The Bugbee Family takes Hawaii Day 1

After a heroing 6 hour and 5 minute flight into Honolulu we checked into our "closet" with two beds and snuggled in for some sleep before our hawaiian adventures began.  Heroing?  Yes, heroing.  I now believe that anybody that survives a 6+ hour flight with a 7 year old, 3 year old and 1 year old should be deemed a hero.  Especially those that have to pack, close down the house, disperse the animals and manage to get 3 boys to the airport during rush hour to meet daddy who was flying in from LA to make it to our flight on time.

Low and behold our adventures began at 0530 the next morning... dang time change!
The boys and I got up and hit Starbucks and the beach so daddy could catch some extra z's.  One of us might as well be rested!

The boys were oddly amazed with all the birds there, most of which are pigeons.  It was as if they have never seen them in Seattle.  Pretty sure they fed their entire donut to those pesky birds.  I bet the hotel staff loved us.

Next up... a romp on the beach in our jammies.
Or in Graham's case, in his diaper.  He wasn't quite sure what to think about the sand at first.







Finally we woke up this guy and headed to the pool.



Day one was met with a steep learning curve.  The life guards at the Hale Koa are strict.  There was pretty much nothing we could do right by them... including, but not limited to, throwing the "pool football" on the pool deck.





There is no doubt you can tell where we are from.  Pretty sure, if they weren't already wearing their sunglasses, all pool goers quickly dawned them to protect their eyes from the harsh glow of our pale skin.



Maybe black and white is a better look for us on our first day.



Next up was nap time.  I have to say, despite the close corridors, the boys did great.  At nap times we wheeled Graham's archaic looking crib into the bathroom where he napped.  Alex slept out in the room and Tyler and I hung out on the deck reading and playing the iPad.  The only downside was that Tyler and I had to run downstairs to use the bathroom during that time.  But it was worth it to have two rested little boys.



Then it was off to the beach...









drinks in hand!