Day 164 (Wahiawa Botanical Gardens)

Harrison's 18 month pictures.

Ethan's 11 Year Old Pictures

And curls didn't want to be left out.....

Day 163 (Waikiki)

For Ethan's birthday outing, he wanted to go to Waikiki and eat grilled cheese and shaved ice. We went down to the Hale Koa hotel to swim and walked over to Cheeseburger Waikiki for lunch.

Lunch was good, they were all excited about the umbrellas that came in their food and the light up cups.

Birthday Coke. He's allowed one, once a  year, for his birthday.

Got to the pool, and there was a LONG line. Apparently everyone on the island came to the pool. Wait in line, get in, get the babies all lotioned and ready to go, walking to the pool and the whistle blows, break time. Link is of course pissed, he wants to swim dang it.

Wait out the break time, and finally get to swim. For aobut 45 minutes, then the whistle blows again. Pool is contaminated (put swim diapers on your kids people!!!) Closed for 3 hours. Sigh.

Link & Ethan played in the baby pool for about a half hour, but there were just too many kids in there. We ended up eating shaved ice and leaving.

So, it wasn't the best birthday outing, but he got his grilled cheese and shaved ice.

Day 162 (Ethan's 11th Birthday!!)

 Spoiled 11 year old! I'm mean though, he had to look at them all day until Daddy got home from work.

Ethan wanted to go to the pool, so I braved it with all 3 of them. It wasn't so bad except for Mr. Harrison likes to run away, and not be in the water.

 I think Lincoln was just as excited as Ethan to open presents.

 His favorite presents. He couldn't believe we got him a go pro.

Birthday dinner. No surprise - chicken nuggets and mashed potatoes.

Lopsided creeper cake!

 He's getting old, he couldn't blow them all out.

 This guy was into it, he spit all over the table.

Day 157 (Ethan's 11th Birthday Party)

Pretty sure Ethan had a good birthday party :)

They had lots of water balloons....(that was an hours worth of me making them and Lincoln popping them)

Party favors to go with the piñata candy

I found Lincoln in the kitchen, eating watermelon. There were about 5 slices with one bite taken out, and then put back on the platter.

 Trying to dump the bucket of water on the birthday boy's head.

Grass Dirt Blocks

The piñata I  made, and my littlest loving hitting it.

Lincoln was more timid than I thought he would be, I thought he would really go to town on it, but he was quite gentle.

Ethan was not as gentle.

Whiff! Daddy thinks he's funny pulling it up when the kids are swinging their hardest.

So. Much. Candy.

This looked much nicer earlier in the day, the balloons kept randomly popping.