Chapter 14: In Which We Play in the Lagoon and the Twins Fall in with a Bad Crowd at Auntie’s
On the way back up to our room, I stopped by Auntie’s Beach House to sign the twins up for their activities. Both guys had selected Stitch’s Space Goo at 12:30. Benji would participate in Uncle’s Canoe Racing at 3:00 without Kevin, who had chosen to join the rest of us in a Disney Family Fun Animation class that was scheduled for 3:30.
The family was nearly ready when I arrived at the room. We were all hungry, so made our way to Ulu Café for another tasty breakfast. I ordered a breakfast platter (below).
Kevin had a chocolate chip muffin.
The others ate breakfast too, but surprisingly not everyone enjoys waiting for Mom to take multiple pictures of their entrees before beginning to eat them. So, that’s all you get!
During our stay at Aulani, we had an easy time of finding chairs wherever we wanted near pools or on the beach, and today was no exception. We found nice chairs together on the beach and settled in. We enjoyed the beach, which was not very crowded. We went stand up paddle boarding ($30 per hour to rent boards), with everyone taking turns riding. It was a blast! We had never tried paddle boarding before, and I am sure the extremely calm water in Aulani’s lagoon helped to make it easy. Sam steered for a while and did a good job.
We paused for a family picture, on the way to taking the twins to the room for a change into normal clothes. We like getting PhotoPass for the family pictures, so try to stop where there are opportunities, to make the CD purchase price worthwhile.
I dropped Kevin and Benji off at Auntie’s at noon, because the policy is that children signed up for classes must arrive at least 30 minutes in advance. I’m not a big Stitch fan, but thought this was pretty nicely adorned, so I took a picture on my way back to the beach:
While the twins were occupied there, Sam did some boogie boarding, which was fun for him, but unfortunately a bit dull due to the lack of waves.
Our boys normally enjoy seeing Disney characters whenever we are at Disney World, but on this particular day Sam passed up a meet-and-greet with Goofy so he could spend more time in the ocean. I had to walk nearby the character meet location on Halawai Lawn (the same place that the Starlit Hui is held), so I decided to stop by and meet Goofy on my own. This was a mistake, as evidenced by the ridiculous photo. The cast member accompanying Goofy was letting Goofy direct the poses. The actual photo is full-length, but I cropped it to try to improve it. Didn’t really help, as you can see. Oh, well!
Sam and I used the waterslides and stopped for a PhotoPass picture. This is more our style, although I fear we aren’t cool enough to make the “shaka” look very natural. Observe my handy, if a bit bulky, case I bought for my key card and a couple other small items. I think it was $10, and worth every penny. Since then, I’ve used it at home at the waterpark near us as well as at Blizzard Beach, and it is so helpful.
After drying off and changing, we picked the twins up at Auntie’s and heard reports of a fun time with this guy…
And this guy!
I don’t know what was happening exactly here, but they are smiling and emerged from Auntie’s apparently undamaged, so that’s good.
Finally, here is the Space Goo ™ the boys left with as a souvenir. This sticky stuff did not accompany us (but was not LOST) when we checked out of Aulani.
Next up: We search for frozen yogurt and participate in many more fun activities at Aulani. Oh, and I will get to the explanation for my
face I previewed earlier. Sorry for the delay on that one!