a historic weekend

well, not really, but we decided to check out the hawaiian plantation village in waipahu this weekend and it was all about the history of sugar plantations in hawaii. as they advertised, we learned all about the days when "sugar was king!" it was great and would have been a lot better if i had remembered ambrose's stroller, or baby carrier or anything resembling either of those items. we either had to carry him the whole time (and it was LONG) or let him walk which meant a few awkward moments when he decided to explore some important artifact on his own, grab the pant legs or buttocks of some stranger in front of him to catch his balance, or take on some rickety stairs with all the confidence of a crazy one year old toddler. it was a good time regardless though. thomas and i took turns taking pictures during the guided tour and almost every shot was interesting because of the nature of the subject: old or replicated items from either Portuguese, Latino, Spanish, Chinese, Filipino, Japanese or Okinawan culture (cerca 1900- to late 1930s). very cool. oh yeah, and they had just about every type of fruit or other kind of tree hawaii has to offer and explained which ethnic group brought what over to the island- the tamarind candy was pretty good too... or maybe we were just hungry from walking around forever with the monster child.