Since Maui was a few hours behind CA time, the kids were up at least an hour early everyday, until the very end when they finally acclimated! We took advantage of the early risers, to get up and out the door pretty early every day, which helped beat the crowds and the heat. Everyone was up bright and early with the intense Maui sun, so we headed to Kapalua beach for some tidepooling and playing at the beach.
This one has sensory issues… not sure how she feels about grass!
Island baby.
Everyone was screaming, “I WANT TO HOLD ELEANOR.”
We hiked along the rocks to reach the tidepools and found some colorful starfish, sea anemones, urchins, and an octopus.
Ouch! Amelia took a spill. Good thing I had the diaper backpack with me… another lady fell, and cut herself so badly there was blood everywhere. We helped her wrap it with an extra disposable baby changing pad I had on me until she could get help.
Sammy was excited about her colorful finds.
Meredith reflecting on the meaning of life.
After the tidepools, the girls played on Kapalua Beach for hours.
Kapaula beach was tiny, but picture perfect. It was packed by the time we left, but wasn’t bad while we were there, early in the morning.
I had packed a 12 month swimsuit for 5-month-old Eleanor, thinking it would fit her perfectly. But when I tried it on her in Maui, it wouldn’t even go past her legs! I had to buy a 24 month size swimsuit for her! Everywhere we went, we were flooded with comments about the chubby mermaid baby!
Eleanor was not sure how she felt about sand.
The girls made some new friends, and Meredith kept confusing the little girl for her friend, Maple, back home.
The boys declared war on the girls after Meredith kept dumping water into their sand hole.
That apparently wasn’t enough beach time for the girls, because they wanted to go back in the afternoon. We ate in Lahaina and walked to Kaanapali Beach for the evening.
Watching the crazy divers do back flips off of Black Rock was entertaining.
The twins were exhausted after all the swimming they did.
Even though the sun was setting, it was still incredibly hot, so Eleanor and I found a nice spot in the shade and observed from there.
Playing oopsy daisy with Daddy.
On island time, without a care in the world.
Lots of love,
