Hello Hawaii

My love Echo,

We were fortunate to spend a week in Hawaii for the 3rd year in a row. It's been a while, since we came back, so this is a short entry aimed to record your breakthrough with ocean adventures in history.

We all love Hawaii. This time we went back to Maui as it had more hotels right on beautiful beaches, and many natural sites to explore.

We were all excited to go to the ocean to snorkel around the colorful fish and the turtles, and to swim and play with the waves. You preferred to stay on the beach and build sand castles. When we were done, you'd ask to go to the bubble pool, your favorite attraction, and play the mermaid game. I"m a baby mermaid and you are a mommy mermaid. Zoe was a good sport, and loved the pool, and the ocean, so papa and I took turns entertaining you. In one of the occasions when I came back from swimming in the ocean, I found you in the salty water with Papa and Zoe, floating with the waves and having fun. Somehow papa convinced you to get in the ocean and play with the waves. And you loved it! From then on, you kept asking to play the wave game again and again. You let the waves take you all the way to the sandy shore, and pull you back into the water.

We had a great time in Hawaii but the Luau sucked. Now that you girls have been to 3 Luaus, we think we can stop this tradition of eating bad food and watching bad dancing.

I love you!

Mommy.