Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Paradise glimpsed

After about ten years of talk, we finally went to Hawaii last week despite many warnings that you should never go on vacation without a few extra adults in tow. For the record, it can be done but it's not exactly relaxing.

If I wasn't typing one-handed, this is were I would give you a bunch of practical advice about a beach vacation with kids. For now I will just say that I highly recommend buying a beach shelter so the whole family can hang out by the water without worrying about getting too much sun (we got ours at the Costco on Maui and the nice people on Hawaiian Airlines even let us bring it home on the plane). Also, staying at a hotel with penguins really helped boost the mood.

In the picture is me, stumbling across a huge expanse of coral so I could do some snorkeling. It was beautiful but I was too scared to stay out for long by myself (water sort of terrifies me). This was one of those times I really wished we had someone to watch the kids.

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