Free Family Day at the Honolulu Art Museum

Last Sunday, I had to remove X from the house for several hours so that Bobby could sleep between night shifts. Fortunately for us, it was free family Sunday at the Honolulu Art Museum. While it would have been nice to actually see pieces from the museum instead of darting around after X, it was nice to see him having so much fun. He loved the courtyards. It was Korean Culture Day, and he spent a decent chunk of time watching the Kpop demonstration and, later, a fan dance. It's very unusual for him to sit and watch anything, so I imagine that he was reconnecting with his roots. Later, we took the bus to Spalding House, which is a beautiful estate owned by the museum. We did not see any art or take part in any crafts, but it was worth it to sit on this breathtaking lawn and watch him roll down the hill.

Rapt at the Kpop dancers

Fan dance

Okay, we saw some art.

The pictures do not do this beautiful lawn justice.

Rolling down the hill with "the girls"

Chasing "the girls" through the garden

I'd live here

A Moment Away

Life is going on at a grinding pace. Bobby and I work almost opposite work schedules, so we're together for a few hours a day, if that. We haven't watched an entire movie together in at least a month. One of us always falls asleep partway through it. We tried to carve out some time "camping" (we don't go in for the whole tent-and-sleeping-bag thing, so we stay in cabins) for our anniversary. Unfortunately, Bobby's car is having problems again and we can't afford to fix it. He spent a decent chunk of our together time working on his car at the auto hobby shop at Hickam Air Force Base.

We avoided the young parent experience when we were in Korea. Baby in tow, we went out to all kinds of restaurants, travelled, and had tons and tons of disposable income. I suppose it's only fair that we have to struggle now like our parents did, and countless others before them.

Nonetheless, we did enjoy a wonderful weekend away from all that at one of the most beautiful places on earth, a mere 30 minutes from our condo. We swam in the ocean, played on the playground, walked the trails, and pretended we were far away. Life in paradise definitely has its upsides.

Sunrise

Walking down to the water in front of our cabin

At the beach in front of our cabin

Our cabin

looking at birds

Look! A crab!

Full moon.