Maui Day 2

Our first full day in Maui.  It's Monday.  Getting up a little early (still on west coast time), we head to Napili Beach.  We get dropped off at the Sea House, but head over to the Gazebo Restaurant for breakfast.  It's just on the other side of the beach and they have yummy pancakes.  Unfortunately, EVERYONE thinks the breakfast is good, so the line and the wait is long.

While Dad stands in line, we explore the beach and the tidepools. We also saw whales while waiting for breakfast.  How cool is that??

I wrote names in the sand. 

Yes, we are almost there.  Next in line.  Thanks for standing in line, Daddy!

Mom and her giant hat.

Nice view from the table.  Right behind Cameron's head is where the whales were.

Gazebo.

I found this crazy starfish thing in the water.

Nice sandy beach and gentle clear waters.  We loved Napili Bay and came back several times.  

Back at the hotel for a quick lunch before our class.  This was the only time we ate at the hotel because it was pretty pricey and the food wasn't that great.  But we were in a rush, since Mom had signed us up for a class at the Cousteau center. 

POG (Passion Orange Guava) is the best.

Walking down to the Cousteau center.

Part of the hotel

With the other two kids in our class.  Fires of Pele.  We learned about the volcanos and how Hawaii was made.  And we had fun making a volcano!  It was about 3 hours, so Mom and Dad went to run errands.  They picked up some groceries at Safeway for light breakfasts and some floaty tubes for snorkeling.  And they checked out the local mall.

Standing on Maui on Maui.

At DT Fleming Beach, we went to work making our very own volcano .  This was pretty darn fun.

Meeting Loco and Moco

I really wanted to pet them.  So cute!

Later, we went to hang out in the kids rec room up in the hotel and we're running back to the center to greet Mom and Dad.

Playing some bball

Went into town (Lahaina) to check out the sites.  Not a whole lot, just shopping and the banyan tree and the shaved ice!

This is some tree.

We're not allowed to climb it, otherwise, we'd be all over it.

Hmmm...was it the best?

Wow.  It looks really big, but its not really.  I mean, it's just ice.

Lahaina

Then we went to dinner at Kahana Grill.  It was so so.  We wouldn't want to go back, but at least we didn't have to wait.  

We return to the hotel to find dessert for us and Mommy and Daddy.  Thanks again Auntie Terrie for the fondue.  I love chocolate!

next, Maui  - Day 3

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New Ski Movie

Ski Trips 2013 (narrated by C) from ctsang on Vimeo.

Writing Samples

Here are some current writing samples from my Kindergarten class.

Ski Trip #3

We kinda went crazy.  3 ski trips in 6 weeks...crazy, but so much fun!  I love skiing and thankfully, I'm getting better.  This trip, we went to Squaw Valley.  It's a gigantic mountain with lots of nice green runs and even some blue ones that I can do.  I went all the way from High Camp, down to the bottom.  And it wasn't that hard.  I even did it during the night skiing session...though, I wasn't too fond of night skiing because the snow was icy.

Remember this chair?  From years ago.

The last time we were in Squaw...my brother was wearing this jacket.  

Bet he didn't have this awesome orange helmet cover.

It's 830 in the morning and we are ready to get this day started.  

Where's the tram, people?

Up at High Camp - the pool is open for business...brrrrrr

Mountain, here I come.

Hi Mom!  You're so far away.  This chair seats 6!  What?

Well groomed.  But I didn't like the ridges.  It was much better in the afternoon.

Always time for snacks...

Taking the funicular to lunch.

Nice view!

Back up for some late afternoon skiing...it's actually what they call "night skiing"

Hmmm...should we be doing this?

Uh oh!

Mom's binding broke during the first run of night skiing...so she sat it out.

While we went all the way to the very bottom and then rode the tram back up again.

This is my first run of night skiing.  It wasn't that cold, but I didn't like that the snow was now icy,

and noisy too.

The races they had going on this weekend ended with a bang.

Fireworks on the slopes!  Awesome!

Fireworks!

Another beautiful day

Wandering the village.

Mom and snowball

Time for tubing

Wahooooooooo!

Destination Imagination

This is my Destination Imagination Team.  That's YouYi, Bryce, (his brother Rheilly), Me, Guillaume, and Tejas.  We did a short play on ROYGBIV.  It was really fun, but it was a lot of work for Dad.  He was the team manager and it took a lot of time.  We had our presentation on March 2nd at the Destination Imagination Tournament.  

Purple Pizza Planet from ctsang on Vimeo.

Birthday Ski Trip!

Another ski trip?  Why yes.  Only this one was to celebrate Gung Gung's 70th Birthday!  Happy Birthday Gung Gung.  I like skiing with Gung Gung cuz he can keep up with me.  I don't like to stop. Last year, I didn't like to turn, but this year, I finally figured it out and now I do plenty of turning.  But I still don't like to stop.  (We usually have to stop for Mom and Dad b/c they are on snowboards and tire easily.  Or they are just getting old.)  Anyhow, Gung Gung is on skis like us, so we go down together.

The whole family

I'm in the red.  That's Enzo behind me, with Uncle Chris...

Now it looks like I'm the horsey...yeehaw!

Here we come!

I'm racing!  I like to go fast!

We're going to have dessert. Lots of smiles.  Yum.

At the end of the last day, it started to come down...a lot!