Maui part 1

Day 1:
3/20/11


We left for LAX at 6:15 am, waking K&K up at 5:30. Our flight was at 8:45 and was a little over 5 hours straight to Honolulu. Kaden and Kaleia were champs...I didn't expect any les bc they ar such good kids. Wasn't worrid in the slightest about flying with two 2 year olds :) Their first flight was to the Caribbean which was long and had more plane changes and they were only 20 mo and did FANTASTIC so we were sure they would do great this time too :) We had a 5+ hour flight and then stopped in Honolulu to catch a 30 min flight to Maui. On the first flight, we had 4 seats, all together and it was so fun. It was really nice with them having their own seats bc we had more room and they slept comfortably too. Then on the flight to Maui, Kaden and I had 2 seats together and Daddy and Kaleiah were right across from us :)






Finding things to be entertained with between flights :)







We had lots of fun things on the plane for them. We had an ipad, iphone, new movies, blow pops, snacks, a puzzle and coloring books! Just like last time we flew, we got compliments on how well behaved and quiet they were :)

Once we got to honolulu we had a slight wait to catch our next plane to Maui and then it was just a 20 min flight! We were surprised to see Nana (Randy's Mom) and Auntie Jan (Randy's Aunt, K&K's great Aunt) waiting for us with leis!






Off to the resort!








After we got our car (which took forever) we went to our resort to check in, we let the babies settle in, gave baths (they asked, hey I feel gross after flying all day too!) and then headed out to the pirate ship slide which we had been telling them about for 2 months!!! Then we grabbed a quick dinner and headed up for bed time. At dinner K&K just kept saying "I want to go home" :(
They are seriously so good. Most 2 year olds I know would be totally melting down, tantrums, screaming and crying from a long day like that and being so exhausted. All they do is say they want to go home, rub their eyes and maybe get a little irritable. But I'll take it! They slept great, too. At first Kaden cried and cried, looking around the room in fear saying he wanted to go home. But we did our normal bed time routine as much as possible which really setled them down and comforted them. I''ve said it before and I'll continue to, our babies crave and thrive on routine. They need to know what's coming next and the routine we keep helps them feels secure and attributes to them being so well behaved and easily adjustable!



We stayed at the Marriott Ocean Club resort which was beautiful!!! Multiple pools, slides (a big one for adults and a little one for babies) and best of all, a little play area for kids which consisted of this amazing pirate ship that had 3 slides. We knew the Marroitt had the ship so we had been telling K&K about it for probably a month. They are obsessed w/ pirates and anything of the sort :) So we spent every morning or afternoon at the pool. It was awesome!