Lazy day at Baby Pond

I have no idea if the Crack Monkeys are sick of beaches yet, but it's kind of expected that a lot of beach going would take place on a vacation to Hawaii. It was a lot more muggy and hot with another hurricane headed our way, so we decided to hang out at Baby Pond today. It's more of a large tidal pool, so the water was calm enough for the kids after all the waves at Hapuna the other day.

There weren't too many other people when we arrived, which is always a plus.

The kids had no problem getting right into the swing of things. Lots of diving and exploring the rocks underwater.

This boy and his love for soccer...luckily he didn't hit his sister.

Trying their hands at sandcastle building.

They succeeded for about a minute or two, and then the tide came in. Not only did the castle get washed over, but we had to scramble to move our things out of the way.

Even with the tide rising, it was a nice and quiet, lazy afternoon. I think Ryan even got in a little nap; either he was totally relaxed or bored out of his mind, ha! And, no sunburns! Yes! We used up 2 whole bottles this time, but it's worth it not having to deal with sunburns.

The sun was starting to set when we finally convinced the kids it was time to head home. I think they're really getting into the idea of beaches; in Utah, we've only been to lakes with no waves and dirt/sand to play in. And, we're lucky if they play for an hour on the lake shore. So far, every beach we've been to here, we've had to drag them away.

I'll take that as a good sign, yeah?