Hula

May Day is Lei day in Hawaii. I am not sure what May Day is even all about, but I can tell you dedicating a holiday to flower garlands is better. We got to participate in some festivities at the park in Honolulu. There we watched how leis are made, listened to music, ate noodles, were wowed by the Lei competition exhibit and watched a hula show. It was all very local in vibe to the point where the guitarist was on a first name basis with much of the audience. I almost felt bad that he never turned to me to reminisce about fun times we had together. Guess I will have to go off and have fun times with my guitarist husband in the hopes that one day he makes it on stage and and uses the natural pauses in his lyrics to reminisce with me. While we were walking around the festival we spotted a gaggle of little girls in flowery dresses and bedecked with flowers and leis. Sophia stared at them enviously and declared we could not leave until they performed. 

The hula is a beautiful form of dance. It is peaceful and graceful and mesmerising. It is the waves at sunset and a albatross sleeping in the breeze. It is a gentle inhalation of flower petals and the majestic flow of lava. It is a form of dance with real soul. If anyone has ever seen the hula I can vouch for the fact that it is even better when performed by talented children.  Children's natural inner peace and confidence and genuine innocence shine through. Also those were some adorable children and next time my kids are grumpy I may just have to bedeck them in leafy anklets and flowery leis so that I can't help but smile at them. Sophia insisted we watch the entire hula show. Once her wish was granted she insisted that we had to move to Hawaii so she too could learn the hula. Guess this is our new home now. 

No wonder Soph wants to move

Sunset smoothie 

Oh just an evening at the beach

This appears to be a dark blue seal. Maybe a navy seal?

Zadie's "uh uh, it's all mine" expression