About a month ago, I signed up for Field Trip Friends- a company that organizes field trip for
parents and kids that are based on outdoor activities and the Hawaiian culture. Today, I kept Makaela home from school so we could go on our first "adventure". Makaela was very excited for mommy and Makaela time. We headed out to the windward side to learn about Hawaiian canoes and Hawaiian flora.
This particular flower only has half the petals- it's a Hawaiian legend that two lovers were separated; the woman being banished to the sea, the man to the mountains, so this bush (found
by the ocean) blooms half the petals, while the other bush (found in the mountains) blooms the others. Such a cool story. We also got to paint coconuts and taste coconut water. Apparently it's full of electrolytes and is better than Gatorade or Pedialyte. Who knew?
The kids loved helping Auntie Anne cart the coconuts up the hill and they were so dramatic- I wish I had it on video. They were huffing and puffing and Makaela was going "phew...phew"- really hamming up how hard they were working for her.
On the way home, I got nostalgic for the Windward side since we were right around the corner from Matt and mine first apartment, so Makaela and I headed to eat at the Koa house. She loved hearing stories about mommy and daddy's old apartment, where we ate, the places we went, etc.
Can't believe we used to live right across that bay! Ahh, the memories.
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