April 25, 2008

This morning we all went to the beach BEFORE breakfast. I brought a couple of paper cups down from our room to use to build sand castles, but Gigi and Papa were more interested in digging holes in the sand.

Papa thought it'd be cool to have Gigi sit in the hole.

She seemed to like it.

It was sort of like sitting in her bean bag chair.

But when Papa tried to bury her, Gigi quickly protested and wiggled her way out.

Here she is escaping.

Papa washed her off in the ocean.

She loved it!

This time they dug a deeper and bigger hole.

It filled up with water when a big wave came by.

Gigi enjoyed playing with the water.

She was all smiles until the water seeped away.

So I took her back into the ocean to play.

For some reason, Gigi wouldn't float! She kept on flipping over to swim toward me.

I had to let her grab a hold of my arm, so she could 'swim' around.

After breakfast, we walked around the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center with Grandma and Grandpa. Papa had visited the Juicy store there yesterday, and he surprised me with a matching dress. Here we are with our matching outfits. Papa's the best!

When we walked by Senor Frog's, Gigi read the sign..."frog". She wanted to go in, but we had just finished breakfast.

Instead we went back to the hotel and changed into our swimsuits to swim in the pool. Papa arranged for a late check out...4 PM! Auntie Mirella stopped by to swim and hang out with us. Thank goodness (and Papa) for the late checkout, because Gigi fell asleep while we were poolside a little after 1 PM. She took another long nap and woke up at 3:15 PM! We had a wonderful mini-vacation! A big THANK YOU to Grandma and Grandpa!