Day 3 Hanauma Bay

Snorkeling kids! Carter was an animal out there. He was totally able to do it himself and cruised everywhere without needing assistance. Jake and Hanna were a little more tenative. Hanna didn't want mom to help her because Daddy's more stronger!! They were excited because they saw a Haunaupaupa or whatever that crazy Hawaiian State Fish is called!

We didn't let Gr'ma hang with Gr'pa all day. We drug her (and I mean literally!) on each side Jared and I holding her arms out into the bay. My mom is not a great swimmer and so water scares her a lot. Especially when it is in the form of waves and threatening to knock her over. So after a quick lesson on how to breathe in a snorkel....in through the mouth out through the mouth.....don't use your nose, we each took an arm and pulled her out to where you could see some fish. Then we had her put her face in and check out the scenery. She didn't last long, but she was amazed! She said "Wow, thanks for MAKING me do that"! I will always remember that fun memory!

All tuckered and snorkeled out
The big kids!
At the top of Hanauma Bay....the fish weren't quite as good as they have been in years past. Seeing as the bay and coral are trampled on day after day, I'm not surprised. On Friday our last day we stopped at Shark's Cove for more Snorkeling and it was Awesome!

We ate out at the Crouching Lion restaraunt for dinner. I love the view from the outdoor dining tables. It was a neat atmosphere. The menu was a little bit funny. Right when you open it up it has a big picture and subtitle reading "PU-PU Platter". This was just too much for an 11 year old boy not to notice or laugh about. He kept gettting the giggles over it. When the waitress came to take our order, as she was leaving my dad flagged her down to get an appetizer plate of a variety of things. She said sure, we have something like what you just described, its called the "PU-PU Platter!" Carter and I busted up laughing and got some dirty looks from her or maybe they were just confused looks....at any rate we all spent the next two hours giggling about the "PU-PU platter" incident!