Yes I made them clean all day Monday, but Tuesday we went on a hike. They have numerous "pillbox" hikes here, basically hikes that have old military lookouts. This one was by Kailua, so we packed up water, snacks, and the dog and headed out to the other side of the island. It was a beautiful day, windy but thankfully not rainy.
After the hike, we went to Kailua beach park. We tried to get Xyla to play with us in the ocean but the waves were a bit rough and loud and y'all know she's afraid of our vacuum so she wasn't having any of it. We found an authentic Portuguese bakery and got some malasadas (egg-yeast batter puffed and then fried like a scone). It was a great day.
Every time we clean a room, we end up with large amounts of heavy duty black garbage bags which we stack outside, along with bags and books that we donate to the local Savers. On Wednesday, our friend Kea Haverly (friend of Thomas from high school) brought a truck that we got to borrow for the day. Isaac, James, and I took two full truck-loads to the dump, and then stopped by our storage shed and picked up half of our stuff (and our stove)!
Angela, James, and Isaac got dressed up that night and got to go see the opera "La Boheme" (one of my favorites) with the Hawaii Youth Opera Chorus. They said it was amazing.
I can't remember what else we did that week, but it was great for the kids to be off school. If we'd realized it sooner, we would have had Thomas take some work off - oops!
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