Prince Lot Hula Festival

I never really appreciated the beauty and history of the hula until we went to this:

It was incredible... the music, the dancers, the chanting, the history. I loved it. It made me love Hawai'i and it's people and I've been craving more of both the dancing and the history-- the culture of Hawai'i in general. I need to find out how and where I can enroll myself and my girls in some hula classes!

Aren't these girls cute?

While we were watching, the un-fun part of being a mom came up. I left Avril to watch our stuff while I took a bored, keyed up Roman and a dancing Xandri to the bathroom, missing some of the dancing. While on our way, we passed a both of senior citizens making leis and other flower crafts as a fundraiser, so I bought a little wristlet for Xandri and they oo-ed and aaah-ed over Roman and Xandri and gave Roman a little something as well. Sadly, I didn't get any pics of Xandri (battery died at the crucial moment). Avril was jealous when we returend, of course, but I consoled her with the knowledge that, yes, she too would get a wristlet:

During intermission the girls decided they'd had enough and so even though I could have stayed for the whole thing, we took another potty break and took off. But not before Avril posed her little heart out and climbed all over some tree roots.

Meanwhile, Roman did the one thing he wanted to the entire time: pushed that stroller like the big boy he is.