road blocks be damned! i yelled

in my head, because that's hardly something you yell out loud with two youngins in the car.

we were on our way to preschool and the road was mysteriously blocked.... and it was our day to bring the snack.... so, i called the preschool to explain the situation and decided that, dash it all, we were going to eat that snack on our way to the north shore for a day of adventure! just me, ambrose, and asher and we were gonna have fun.

so we did. as we made our way to haleiwa, we dined on granola bars and apples and pointed out all the "ocean!" "trees!" and "birds!"...etc. that we could find. ambrose begged for "songs!" and "coco!" (which translates to wilco) and we sang the whole way there.

when we arrived we chilled in the car for a bit so i could nurse asher:


boy do i love my minivan. for reals.

then we got out and looked at all the boats. which ones had blue ("ba-due") on them and which ones were BIG and could we find any small ones???


it was fun.

then we parked a little further up the road and headed out for a walk

i picked up some new slippers at surf n sea just to switch things up a bit since i have worn the same brown ones for two years now

and by the way, you never quite realize just how tiny the aisles are at that over-stocked store until you have a big old stroller to push around. honestly. what do they do when people in wheelchairs come in??? who do i need to call about this? jk. i dont care that much, but it was annoying. moving on! we headed up to get shave ice. matsumotos is over-rated but the price is right. it's not like i dont like that store, i do. but why is it the one all the tourists go to when angels and other similar places taste the same? i've heard people claim otherwise but i cant tell the difference. we had a grand old time there though. see:





and then asher decided he had had enough and so i told him not to feel left out and i promised him some shave ice when he was a little older and so he went back to being his normal happy self.

and then we loaded up in the car and came home.... now to see if ambrose will settle down in his room and go to sleep. that's a whole other adventure.