By Monday, the weather was starting to improve, hurray! The wind was dying down and it was starting to feel much more like we had hoped it would! Our kids were getting up really early every day (they never did get fully adjusted to the time difference!) so I was able to watch the sun rise most mornings. Thankfully we had a nice sitting area in our room, so we would often just turn on some cartoons for them so they weren't bothering everyone else. We took off in the morning, our little family and Stella, and went for a drive around the island. We went up through La'ie, stopping at La'ie point which was beautiful! Apparently Lynsey is well on her way to becoming that kid that gets bored with everything her parents want to do, because this drive wasn't very exciting for her. She wanted to stay in the van for the few stops that we did (hence why she isn't in many pictures at La'ie point). We drove up to the north shore to the Banzai pipeline and got out to watch the surfers. At this point, Adam had had enough of driving and was starting to be quite a bear back there. Lots of ranting and complaining, it was quite unlike him as he is usually very content to drive in the van. Thankfully, across from the beach where the surfing was happening, there was a playground. Brian took them there and I traded him off after a bit. It was a nice break for the kids, much needed! We still had to drive back to the condo, over an hour, after this stop, and Adam pretty much complained the whole way. By this time, we had figured out that he wasn't feeling very well. When he gets sick and over tired it is a bad combination! When we got back to the condo, he actually had another nap which was a great relief.
One thing I have to point out is that during this whole trip, when someone coughed (except him), Adam would make such a big deal about it. "Oh no, you coughed!". This started on the airplane already, such a headache! The only way to get him to stop ranting was to repeat back to him, "Yes Adam, so-and-so coughed". Nathan also had got a bit of a cough, so every morning, we would be greeted by this coughing-related ranting. Oh how I wish he was able to let these things go! It did ease up by the end of the trip, but yeah - pretty high maintenance.
Okay back to the day's events! While the boys were having a nap, Brian and Lynsey met up with Brian's parents at the beach, and Lynsey enjoyed another 3 hours there with Grandma and Grandpa. That night, we traded off going to supper with Brian's parents. We took the early shift and went out to the Tropic's Bar and Grill on the beach. We had a lovely view of the sunset, and a very nice dinner. We took the beach walk on the way back, it was really nice. A much needed breather for us! The kids had McDonalds so they were happy, too:).
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