We were going to have cousin Lauren's going away party at Uncle Jay's, but there was a slight mix up. He thought it was next Saturday, and everyone else thought it was today. Since the food was already bought, we had to think of a new venue. Mommy asked her friend/coworker if we could use the rec room and pool at her place. Turns out it was available all day!
So, after Mommy's yoga session and after we went to the ALS seminar at Queen's, where we listened to Kimi Chun
about Share the Care and how to care for someone with ALS, we headed home. We helped Aunty Stevi and Lauren get food and paper goods ready. Mommy picked up ice and rice. Then, off we went to Hawai'i Kai. Daddy joined us later after his bike ride with the guys, something he hasn't done in a long time, due to the triathalon, rainy weather, and most recently, the nasty spider bite in his arm, which he's been getting daily IV antiobiotics for in order to prevent septic arthritis.
Lauren had about ten of her friends over. Lauren is moving to California next month to live with her other cousins and aunty. She's going to go to junior college there and then will transfer to a four year college. It will be a good experience for her to spread her wings but we'll miss her!
We got there early to help set up tables and chairs. While Aunty Stevi and Lauren cooked food and assembled the steak and shrimp and veggies skewers, Mommy and I took advantage of the swimming pool.
It was a nice sunny day, great for the pool. I had a blast in the pool with Mommy. Again, I played on my cool boogie board (sorry, no one ever has taken a picture of us!), which many poolside parents admired (though this is only the second time I've used it and the mesh is already ripping and by the end of hour, I was pulling the horn out of the steering wheel with my teeth...cheap Made in China toy). Other than that, I had fun putting my face in the water and blowing bubbles. I tried to copy Mommy by floating on my back (though I would always tense up and start laughing...I just couldn't relax my body to lie flat on the water!). I watched all the neighborhood kids dive into the pool. I would go "Splash!!" But, if they got me wet, I would say, "No splash! Stop it!" The best part was when Mommy taught me how to jump in the pool. She sat me on the edge of the pool and told me to jump. I jumped into her arms. Of course, I told her, "Again! Again!" She would try to put her arms around my waist, and I would say, "No! Away!" I didn't want her to help me! I could do it myself! She would move farther away from the wall each time. After about 5 times of jumping, I showed her that I didn't need her to help me, but I think she was cautious because I don't know how to swim yet. I'm ready though! I loved hanging onto the side of my boogie board too and kicking across the pool! I'm a water boy for sure!
After dinner, and as the night went on, Mommy, Daddy, Uncle Jay and Aunty Shelly realized that they're "old" because while all the teenagers were hanging out, eating, and listening to their music (which were probably "oldies" to them, even though Mommy and Daddy were listening to that stuff in high school), we were cleaning and putting things away. I had fun eating ice out of the cooler all day and night, running around the huge lanai, and peering through the railing to watch the kids in the pool below. I noticed ants on the deck and said, "Ants....Ewww! " (Mommy has taught me well.)
It was a fun, busy, but exhausting day. Daddy took me home around 8 pm. After we left, I heard that everyone ended up in the pool for a night dip. But of course Mommy, "the oldie, helped clean up and didn't get home until close to 11 pm. She was pooped! But, somehow she woke up early and managed to struggle through 7 am yoga on Sunday (of course, that was before her 2 1/2 hour nap...Geez, she IS gettin' old!).
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