Märia had yesterday off which is pretty rare for a Saturday. It happened to coincide with the Baby Expo which happens every year down in Honolulu. It is something like a big carnival for expecting mothers. But they have things for children and mothers of children all the way up to 3 or 4. Seporah and Felicity both had lots of fun playing in the play area with me while Mom went and checked out all the baby/toddler stuff. They even had a bouncy house that the kids got to play in.
After the expo we went to the Hawaii Ice Palace to do some ice skating. We have lived here for 4 years and never been, so we thought it was about time. I keep forgetting that Märia never ice skated growing up. In my mind she is from Washington State, where they play hockey and get snow and live 2 hours from Canada where they play hockey and get snow. She had never skated before she met me and now has only been twice. I probably ice skated 20 times growing up, and roller skated more than I could hope to remember.
Anyway, it was lots of fun. Seporah wouldn’t let us help after maybe the first 5 minutes. She was convinced she could do it. And no matter how many times she fell down she kept getting up and was upset when we finally had to leave because it got late enough that they closed down the little kid area. Märia was utterly exhausted anyway as she had only had maybe 5.5 hours sleep after working the night before and had run all over the expo previously.
We all had lots of fun! Here are some vids for your enjoyment.
Wow! Wish they would let us grownups use those awesome support bars. The girls are so cute, and so enthusiastic. Enjoy all of these activities before they they they are too “cool” to have fun with Mom and Dad. You guys are wonderful!