thin blooded. Yes, this is for my poor old Canadian friends who will read this blog entry and scoff at me. I was once a sturdy warm blooded Atlantic Ocean swimmer who understood any water could be entered in a wetsuit and two swim caps but alas I've been in Hawaii now for a grand total of 7 years and I am now a complete wimp.
Today we had a day that demonstrates why we homeschool. At 7:45 Ella and I were snuggling in bed as she told me about a dream she had about two dogs "woofing" and how one was the Mama and one was the baby and they were running. In the distance we could hear a bugle call and she asked what it was. I explained it was the bell to let the kids across the road know it was time for school to start. The thought of having everyone dressed, fed and out the door lunches in hand by this time always makes me shudder.
So we hopped out of bed and headed downstairs where Jason and Hannah were having breakfast, loaded up the car and headed to Barbers Point for some Monday morning surfing. It was just my size so the kids and Dad picnicd on the beach and Mama went surfing. It was beautiful and I caught the first 3 I went for. After that the pearling began and I had some glorious wipe outs. I headed in to check on the gang and see if anyone was interested in coming out. They declined so I headed out again. After some more short rides and lots of paddling I decided to call it a day since we still had to drive Daddy to work. 
This time the girls decided to come in and play. So there is Hannah in her lifejacket and Ella in her $1.99 Elmo floatie (not as trustworthy as a lifejacket apparently) Mom and Dad all bobbing in the shore break. Some of these waves are pretty impressive and if I'd been the lifeguard watching the non-swimmer 2 year old bobbing out there in a swim ring I'd probably have called CPS (Child Protective Services). This is Mama's 3rd trip into the water and unlike Dad she's not sporting neoprene so her teeth begin to chatter. Then her jaw begins to chatter. Then she is shivering so hard her husband teases her the Canadian authorities are going to show up and revoke her citizenship!
Finally I had to surrender as I couldn't even talk I was shivering so much. I felt like I was at NSLS training camp in New Glasgow except it wasn't June in Nova Scotia in a wetsuit starting hypothermia, it was January in Hawaii in board shorts and a rash guard, what can I say, I went soft! Ella and I headed to the beach to wrap up in towels while Dad and Hannah played with my surfboard.
Finally I had to surrender as I couldn't even talk I was shivering so much. I felt like I was at NSLS training camp in New Glasgow except it wasn't June in Nova Scotia in a wetsuit starting hypothermia, it was January in Hawaii in board shorts and a rash guard, what can I say, I went soft! Ella and I headed to the beach to wrap up in towels while Dad and Hannah played with my surfboard.
Once we were home Ella crashed for a huge 2 1/2 hours nap and Hannah did her school work. Now most days its a struggle to get Hannah to focus on her work but today she voluntarily turned off the tv and even asked to do more work when we finished! She is also finally making some progress in decoding words!! She's known all the sounds for ages but refuses to look at the page but today she did it, even reading words I didn't help her with, I almost cried I was so proud (and told her so!).
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