Friday, April 6, 2012
Monday, April 2, 2012
Scottish Sundays and time to go!
So today there was more Scottish dancing - the sword dance, the reel, etc and more time at the beach and more dancing and more beach and then pool time. Lori, Erika, Joella and I headed out to the dancing early leaving the boys back at the hotel as Timothy had been ill during the night. Erika was all kitted out in her Scottish dancing costume with kilt and those fancy black lace up shoes and white broderie anglais blouse and black velvet vest and looking fab. We set up camp under a tree again - it was already 30C at 9am and not a breath of a breeze. [Whose bright idea was it to hold Scottish dancing with those heavy winter weight costumes in Hawaii - I am surprised none of the dancers fainted!]. Fraser and the boys joined us mid-morning -and then Nick and Tim & i went to the beach and were later joined by Fraser - for a bit of snorkelling and sandcastling and swimming. Fraser & Tim & I were building a great castle when Nick arrived with a rock and introduced a meteor storm ... and the wondered why I chased him into the water!
Then it was back to the park for more Scottish dancing. I filmed all of Erika's dances today - the new little camera is very swish and takes a great 'film'. And I discovered today that the dances Erika did in competition yesterday she only learnt last week. Talk about impressive! Yay god-daughter! After the dancing was done the others went back to the hotel and Erika and I had beach time - which involved another sandcastle - this time with a double moat and no meteor shower. Then back to the hotel for a swim in the pool . Lori. Erika, Nick and I had dinner at Chili's - which is apparently a chain restaurant - and left Fraser with Tim & Joella. Chilis does a very drinkable margarita (which doesn't come with a side of ketchup). There has been more talking and sitting around in the hotel room and swapping stories, and filling Nick's travel journal with Australian phrases that he has to translate and checking out their iPod song lists - which are suprisingly diverse.
Tomorrow we are off to breakfast at Duke's on the beach and then I head to the airport and they are off to the North Shore for surfing lessons for Nick's birthday. I don't want to go. It's been so much fun and so cool getting to spend time with them all - and getting to know the kids individually - and to see Fraser and Lori again. There are plans afoot for a Hawaii Redux - Maui July 2014 for Erika's 13th. Which probably means a LA Adventure in 2019 for Tim's and Tahiti maybe for Joella's 13th in 2022....
Then it was back to the park for more Scottish dancing. I filmed all of Erika's dances today - the new little camera is very swish and takes a great 'film'. And I discovered today that the dances Erika did in competition yesterday she only learnt last week. Talk about impressive! Yay god-daughter! After the dancing was done the others went back to the hotel and Erika and I had beach time - which involved another sandcastle - this time with a double moat and no meteor shower. Then back to the hotel for a swim in the pool . Lori. Erika, Nick and I had dinner at Chili's - which is apparently a chain restaurant - and left Fraser with Tim & Joella. Chilis does a very drinkable margarita (which doesn't come with a side of ketchup). There has been more talking and sitting around in the hotel room and swapping stories, and filling Nick's travel journal with Australian phrases that he has to translate and checking out their iPod song lists - which are suprisingly diverse.
Tomorrow we are off to breakfast at Duke's on the beach and then I head to the airport and they are off to the North Shore for surfing lessons for Nick's birthday. I don't want to go. It's been so much fun and so cool getting to spend time with them all - and getting to know the kids individually - and to see Fraser and Lori again. There are plans afoot for a Hawaii Redux - Maui July 2014 for Erika's 13th. Which probably means a LA Adventure in 2019 for Tim's and Tahiti maybe for Joella's 13th in 2022....
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Scottish dancing Saturday
So...most of today was spent at Kapiolano Park with the 31st Scottish Dancing / Highland Games - which was full of Scots and Canadians. I suspect it is an excuse for everyone to come to Hawaii and escape the northern winter - but the competition was also serious. Erika was in 4 dances today - and I think another 4 tomorrow. So we set up camp in the park today and watched dancing & the Marines Band & burly Scots caber tossing and hurling and the Society for Creative Anachronism sword fighting. I also took Nick & Tim to the beach and tried not to let them a) drown, b) get sunburnt and c) kill each other. I have been teaching Nick Australian terminology - which I am sure he is finding endlessly amusing! I'm getting a lot of "what did you call them?" questions everytime I speak, starting with calling his 'flip flops' thongs. Erika has also been practicing her diving skills in the pool with me this evening, and I got to see all Tim's photos of the car journey from Red Deer to Calgary and the flight to Vancouver, the Vancouver hotel room and the flight to Honolulu. I can't help feeling that there is a very PoMo artwork in this just waiting to get out that Tim could be the next 'great' video artist of our time. Joella is better and happy and smiling and demonstrating her talent for going cross-eyed and giggling.
Tomorrow will probably be more of the same - Scottish dancing, beach time, sandcastles - and sunset on the beach. And then I'm pretty much done and on my way home.
Still feels like I am in Queensland!
Tomorrow will probably be more of the same - Scottish dancing, beach time, sandcastles - and sunset on the beach. And then I'm pretty much done and on my way home.
Still feels like I am in Queensland!
Saturday, March 31, 2012
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