Having good fun

An Interview with Nicki:

What was your favorite thing to do in Hawaii? 
Go hiking on the muddy trail to a waterfall.  I liked it because I got to get muddy and take my shoes off in the car.

What will you miss the most about living here?
I'll miss watching hula dancers and miss watching people climb palm trees.


What do you like most about the beach? 
Playing, of course!  Come on! and boogie boarding.  We play sand castle wars.

collecting shells at Waimea Bay

Are you excited to have your own room when we return? 
Yes, very happy because I don't have to sleep with my mean brother, Joseph.

Will you miss being in an apartment?
Not really, but I will miss the balcony because you get a good view the mountain.

What was the coolest thing you have seen while in Hawaii? 
A person climbing up a palm tree.

What food will you miss the most from Hawaii?
Shave Ice

What have you learned in Hawaii? 
A few Hawaiian words like Mele Kalikimaka  (Merry Christmas) and mahalo nui loa (thank you very much),  picking flowers, hula, how to make a lei and ceramics.


What is your favorite Hawaiian flower? 
Plumeria because it has a good smell.


What are you most proud of? 
Drawing 100,000 pictures in 4 months.

What are you most looking forward to when we get back to Phoenix?
I want to see Siti and Jidu and Darla and Uncle Phil and Aunt Amery.

What do miss most about home? 
My family and playing with the red sofa pillows.

Are you excited to go back to school? 
Yes, because I can see my friends and teachers. I cannot see them here.

What's the first thing you think you'll do when we get back? 
Lie down on my bed because I think I will be tired.


     

Kayaking

          We went kayaking this week.  We went in the ocean.  At first, it was hard getting on but eventually we got on.  We went to Flat Island.  We paddled to get there.  Then we went to a beach.

  
 On the way, we saw turtles.  I only saw four.  Kayaking is FUN!

      

Halloween

          Last week, it was Halloween.  First, we got in our costumes.  Then, we went to the Aloha Tower.  I was Alice from Alice in Wonderland.  Daddy was a pirate with only an eye patch with an apple on his eyepatch.  Alex was a lunch person with a plate for a head and a red bowl for his hat and he had a lunch cooler.  And Joseph.....Joseph was nothing.  And Mom didn't dress up either.    The next night, it was the real Halloween.  We went to different houses and said "trick or treat" at the door.  I got lots of candy and each time we got candy, we said Mahalo, which means thank you.   One of our treats was toothpaste.  It was funny because nobody ever gave me toothpaste before.  We got cotton candy and we also saw a house with popcorn and candy.  One was giving out candy, one was giving out popcorn.  I chose candy.  In the elevator, there was a person who talked to me and said "I want your candy, yum" but it was just a joke.  He also asked us to come over and trick or treat at his door. I had so so so so so so so so so so so so so so much FUN!

me as Alice

Alex (as "plate lunch")

Daddy (wearing an ipatch)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fun Things in Maui

       Last week we went to Black Rock.  Black Rock is a beach in Maui.  We did a lot of fun stuff.  I made a pillow out of sand.  Mommy buried me in the sand.  I went snorkeling with Daddy and we saw a lot of fish.  We saw a sea turtle and Lauipala and Lawiliwilinukunukuoioi and Humuhumunukunukuapoaa.  I liked the beach because the sand was soft. I also found a lava rock.

  
        One day, Alex, Siti and I made a lei at the hotel.  Alex and I made pink and purple lei.  I picked the pink flowers, myself.  The pink flowers are called plumeria flowers.

Plumeria flowers can also come in white.  They grow on trees and smell very good.  I made a pattern.  The pattern was purple, purple, purple, pink, pink.

        The pool at our hotel was fun.  There was a waterslide, two spraying turtles, sprinklers and a floating dolphin chained to the ground.  I liked to jump on the turtle and slide down the shell.   It was so much funner than in Phoenix.

    
       

The Polynesian Cultural Center

        We went to the Polynesian Cultural Center we did lots of stuff.  We went canoeing.   We watched a show.  I had a lot of

FUN

My favorite thing was the show.  We also went to a lot of different places, where:
 

1.  We played lots of games

2.  We threw spears

3.  We watched hula dancers dance on boats

4. We watched Dad dance

5.  We went fishing

6. We played the ukulele

7. We watched a person climb a coconut tree

8. We wove fish out of palm leaves

9.  I ate a bag of chips

10. We went on  a bridge

     

Joseph's Birthday

         Joesph's Birthday was fun.  We did lots of things.  We ate a lot of food.  My favorite food was the strawberries.  We ate a lot of desserts, too.  My favorite dessert was red velvet cake.  A person dived down into the fish tank and put a sign up near our table.  What did the sign say?  Happy Birthday Joseph.

        My Grandmother and Grandfather came over to Hawaii three days ago.  I'm having so much fun with them.  I had a sleepover with them in their hotel all by myself, without my brothers.  I went swimming and shopping and to breakfast with them.  It was so much FUN!   We also went to the botanical garden and Pearl Harbor.

Playing the Wii

        Hi, my name is Nicki.  I am a loving person.  My family is, too.  Alex played the Wii yesterday.  He played Super Monkey ball.  I played the Wii, too.  I played a different game.  It's name is Harry Potter Wii game and Joseph wished that he got to play.

        One night I got a haircut, then we went to bed.  Daddy told me a story.  It was a Pigs on Motorcycle story.  It was about the zoo.  It was very funny!  I liked the part where the big bad wolf was in the zoo and he got into the crocodile cage and he jumped down and landed on a crocodile.  The crocodile's mouth opened and he jumped to the King crocodile screaming very loudly.  He didn't know it was the King crocodile.

Me with my balloon heart and lovebirds

  
 

Hau'oli La Hanau (Happy Birthday)

        I swam with a dolphin this week for my birthday.  I did a lot of stuff with a dolphin named Miki'oi.  I gave the dolphin a signal and it did Hula.  I rubbed her tummy and it felt soft.  I tickled the dolphin, too.  The dolphin kissed me.   Afterward, we went to the Humbolt Penguins which Daddy was interested in.

          The next day was my real birthday.  It was so much fun!  When I woke up, I watched a movie.  What movie?  Alice in Wonderland.  Then we went on a Shopping Spree. I got a lot of playing supplies.  Later, we made a cake.  The flavor was lemon.  We also had Jell-O.  The flavor was orange.  When it was dinner time we played the Wii.  We played Wipeout.  I had a great birthday!

       

Kauai at Home

       We went to Kauai to have fun.  I had a lot of fun. 

We found a dog in our backyard at the hotel.  I rubbed his tummy and pet him.  The hotel was nice.  I picked Hibiscus and Plumeria flowers to make a bouquet for my mom.  There was no TV in the hotel.

Sunset near the hotel

        We went to the beach to get on the boat.  The boat ride was fun because I took a nap and I ate Doritos and a sea turtle stuck his head out of the water.  That was funny.  When we got out of the boat, we saw a river.   We played at the beach.  I found lots and lots of shells.  It was very very fun.

        One day, we went kayaking for a long long long long long long long long long time.  I liked finding a coconut in the water.

        We went to the park on the day we had to go.  We played on the playground for a very long time.  It was fun to climb to the rocket.  I LOVED the park.  It was fun to be in Kauai.

fun tree

hiking the Kalalau (NaPali) trail

Good Friends

One day, we went to the beach and played and some people went snorkeling like my mom and dad.  Joseph did not want to go into the water.  It was very fun.  Then we ate a snack.  I was still hungry so I ate more wheat thins.  It was yum yum in my tum tum.  I like the beach.  Then we went home.

Afterward, we went to the science class at the park.  I spent all my time on the cover of my science book but I was listening, too.  The cover of my science book has lots and lots of hearts that I drew.  We did an experiment.  We put water in a dish and we put matches in the water and they were floating.  Then we put dish washing soap in the water.   What happened to the matches?  They spread out to the corners of the dish.  And then we went out of school and played on the playground.

I liked the hula class, too.  The teacher was nice.  We did hula.  It was very fun because we got to do stuff that I like.  We pretended to pet the kitty to move our arms in the right way that we do hula.  And I also made a friend.

   

Fish Tale

        We saw dolphins at the Sea Life Park and we fed sea turtles.

Nicki (with her cup of lettuce) feeding sea turtles

        We went snorkeling at the beach.  We saw fish.  We saw humuhumunukunukuapuaa, alaihi and lauwiliwilinukunukuoioi, pakuikui, oliuwiuwi, kihikihi and lauipala, kikakapu, hinalea lauwili.  I think I saw all of the fish in Go Fish! Hawaii version except for puhi kapa, the speckeled eel.  It was very fun.

Nicki snorkeling at Shark's Cove

        Then we went home and it was school time.  I cut out words and pictures that I liked in the magazines and I glued them in my life book .  I used up three pages.  I cut out food and dolphins and fruit, cupcakes, smoothies, ribs, places, waterpark, dog surfing, snorkel, pineapple maze, lighthouse, flower, whipped cream, strawberries, bacon, eggs, waffle, sausage, pineapple.  I want ribs.  And I love my pictures.

The end

I Love Pictures!

Kihikihi

 

 

Rainbows

There once was a day that was gray
and had a rainbow
in the night and day

I love rainbows because they have red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple in the rainbow.

I miss my bed.  My blanket is warm but it is not here.  I miss my home because I do not have my grandparents.  I miss my teacher and my school because I do not have any friends here.  I do like it here because we go to the beach and the volcano which we can't do in Arizona.

 

At Hawaii

We did a lot of fun stuff.  We went to the Big Island and Coconut Island and the black sand beach.  We saw sea turtles at the black sand beach. 

All of us got pancakes at the pancake house except for mommy and daddy.  I fell off a tree at Coconut Island but I'm ok.

Aloha

Hawaii is fun because we can go to the beach.  We went hiking at Diamondhead and it was bumpy and fun.

Nicki at the top of Diamondhead overlooking Honolulu

I love my home
I love my bed
I love my Mom
I love my Dad
I love my teacher
I love my brothers
I love the beach

           The End

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