Kiddie Fun

Recently, my kids have joined an online game called Club Penguin. It's a *modern* computer version of Tamagotchi, where you earn coins to buy food, health, and rest for your pets. You can also buy homes, furniture and clothing. Well, I've been having sooo much fun with it! I've helped my sons to earn enough coins to upgrade their homes, and decorate it! (I love playing the coffee bag game...) FINALLY!!! A game that mom can play too! I just wish it was this easy in real life to earn all those coins...

I WANNA GO BACK!!!!


We had a wonderful time in Hawaii. I have to admit, I'm now a cruise fanatic. In fact, we got a flyer yesterday in the mail, and I've already got our next cruise circled and its sitting on the fridge. I think I'll have to start a 'Cruise' jar, and keeping throwing money into it! I hope it's not another 10 years before my husband and I can take another 'serious' (weekends away within driving distance do NOT count) vacation together! Here's a picture of our ship, the Pride of Aloha.

We toured the Hawaiian islands, and rented a car in each port. We started off in Honolulu, Oahu. This wasn't my favorite port, although we weren't there for very long. Honolulu is very 'big city-ish' and we were looking to get away. We have friends who live on the north side of the island though, and they LOVE it there.

Our next port was on Kauai. We loved this island. It's where the filmed the movie 'Jurassic Park.' It's beautiful and has a very 'country' feel. We would go there again if all we wanted to do was 'get away' and sit on a beach.

The next port was Hilo, on Hawaii. We went to Volcanoes National Park and a black sand beach to see the turtles. We wouldn't go back there again, although seeing the park was one of those 'musts' that we're glad we've done.

That evening the boat went around the island to see the lava flows. WOW!!! That was an experience I'll never forget. It was really hard to get a good picture though as it was dark out, and the ship was moving too much to take a slow exposure.

Kona, Hawaii - great snorkelling spots. We saw TONS of fish and even swam with the sea turtles!

Maui - this was our favorite island which we spent 2 days on. The 'Road to Hana' was so breath-taking, and worth every bend in the road. Our last day in Hawaii was spent on the beach in Maui. We were on the same beach as Steven Tyler from Aerosmith. There was a photographer hiding behind the beach umbrella beside me. I wonder if he's the one who took these pics??

Here's some more pictures: