Aloha Hawaii

          We are going to leave Hawaii soon.  I will miss Hawaii.  I will miss going to the beach because it's fun to go  to the beach and there is no beach in Phoenix.

          I will miss Shave Ice because I really like Shave Ice and it is fun to eat Shave Ice.   There are probably no Shave Ice stores in Phoenix.

          When I get back to Phoenix, I will play with my toys and sit on every sofa and chair.   I will be happy to have my own room.  It will be nice to get home.


     

Pali Lookout

             We went to the Pali Lookout because my brother and I wanted to go again before we leave Hawaii.  There are a lot of mountains that we climbed.  It was hard because there was no trail.

us on a mountain

     

I did not like the mud or the mosquitos but there was a good view of the windward coast of Oahu.  At one part, there was a big and slippery rock that was hard to get across.  Pali lookout is fun.

view from Pali lookout

       
     

Paddling

        This week, we went kayaking.  This time, we went into the ocean.  Kayaking in the ocean is harder than in canals or rivers because there are waves.

me kayaking

First, we kayaked to flat island.  It is a tiny and flat island.  Flat island has a lot of birds.  We also kayaked to a beach where we played.  The sand was very soft.

Flat Island

         We also went stand-up paddling.  It is like surfing, except there are no big waves and you have a paddle.  It is hard to stand up paddle.  I crashed into a lot of parked boats.   Stand-up-paddling was fun.

       

Humuhumunukunukuapua'a

        Can you say Humuhumunukunukuapua'a?  Humuhumunukunukuapua'a is the Hawaiian name of the state fish, the reef trigger fish.  A lot of  Hawaiian fish names are long and hard to pronounce.  I can pronounce a lot of fish names.  My favorite fish name is Lauwiliwilinukunuku'oi'oi  because it is really long.  Lauwiliwilinukunuku'oi'oi is the longnose butterfly fish.

        Humuhumunukunukuapua'a means reef fish with nose like pig and this is how you pronounce Humuhumunukunukuapua'a:

hoomoo hoomoo nookoo nookoo ah poo ah ah

         It's a lot easier to pronounce Humuhumunukunukuapua'a if you break it up.  When I get back, don't be surprised if I ask you to say Humuhumunukunukuapua'a.

Humuhumunukunukuapua'a

Poems 

by Alex Desch

a haiku:

Look a cherry tree

Somebody has cut it down

It's George Washington

another haiku:

The bears are sleeping

Nobody should wake them up

I'm getting attacked

a limerick:

There once was a ball named Bally

A lot of the time, he was jolly

It happened one day

He did roll away

To golf ball that was named Fally

       

Maui

        We went to Maui for a vacation last week.  On Saturday, we went on a boat ride.  We made two stops to snorkel.  We snorkeled at a tiny island called Molokini.  We saw fish we've never seen before.  We saw trumpetfish, kikakapu.  We even saw a spotted eagle ray.

Spotted Eagle Ray

         We also went to Haleakala, the volcano.  It was a long drive because Haleakala is very high, 10,023 ft above sea level.  It was very windy and cold at the top. 

Me at Haleakala

There is a plant called the silversword that only grows on Haleakala.  It is a bush with spiky silver leaves.

Silversword

        On our last day in Maui, we went on the Atlantis submarine.  We had to go out on a boat to get to the submarine.  We saw a lot of fish, coral reef and eagle rays.  We even saw a sunken ship.  It was cool!

School of Kikakapu from submarine

Polynesia

        This week, Joseph and I went to a school where we did science activities.   We learned about oil spills and expanding marshmallows.  We put a marshmallow in a vacuum and when we took the air out of the vacuum, the marshmallow grew.   We made phytoplankton models  out of random materials that had to sink in water and sink slowly but we had to use a metal rod.  We also did circuitry with a set that had a light bulb, a beeper, a buzzer, a switch, alligator clips and batteries..  Circuits are wires that go around in a circle.  We completed circuits that lit up light bulbs and buzzed buzzers and we took a quiz about circuitry.

        We also went to the Polynesian Cultural Center.  It is a place with Polynesian activities.  We did spear throwing.  You throw a spear by making a tunnel for the spear to go through with your hand and you use your other hand to push the spear through.  We also wove fish out of palm leaves.  We could cast the line and the fish slid down the line.  I also went real fishing.  There was bait on the fishing pole.  All the fish came toward the bait.  The fish ate the bait but I wasn't supposed to catch any fish.

We also learned to play the ukulele.  A ukulele is like a guitar, but it has four strings instead of six.  It is a Hawaiian instrument.

We also went to a show where we had a chance to do a Tahitian dance.  The performers taught us the dance and then  they picked three people in the audience to dance on stage.  Daddy was one of them.  He did a really good job.  I also made a bracelet out of colorful kukui nuts and wooden beads.  The Polynesian Cultural Center is cool.

     

Parasailing

        On Sunday, we went parasailing.  Parasailing is where you are on a parachute attached to a boat.  The boat moves and you go up in the sky.  It is like being a kite.  When I went parasailing, half of my body got dipped in the water.

        I also had science class this week at the park.  I found a lot of things at the park.  I found a button, a dime, a thing to close bags, a broken rubber band, and 5 legos.


     

Pancakes

Pancakes are yummy

Pancakes are a circle or puff

Syrup goes on pancakes

Butter goes on pancakes

Bacon goes with pancakes

Pancakes are breakfast

Pancakes are fun

Pancakes are cooked

They can be burnt and the opposite of burnt

Pancakes are cool