Hey we are waiting in the airport to go to Thalia's wish trip and thought we would give a quick update. We were picked up early this morning in a big black stretch limo and whisked away to the airport. The flight takes off in about 30 minutes and the kids are very excited. Everything is in order, we made our packing list and checked it twice. We dumped Puggles off at my parents house and we are good to go. Well....we are boarding now - Golden Zebra here we come. ALOHA!!
...and after the plane lands....
The kids endured their 9 hour flight with great aplomb (aside from the questions of "are we there yet" every 10 minutes). We landed in Oahu to catch our Hawaiian airlines flight to the big island. The flight was delayed about an hour, but other than that everything worked out just fine. With Hawaii being 5 hours behind Central time in the mainland, the kids were exhausted by the time we got to our "hotel". We made our way to our first home away from home. We got the kids in bed by 9:00 pm local time …just three and a half hours shy of being up and traveling for 24 hours straight. Make a Wish provided a WONDERFUL townhouse for us. The kids had their own room and bathroom. Mom and dad had a master bedroom with master bath, and the main floor was equipped with a full kitchen, dining area, powder room, and living room. All this plus the convenience of maid service! Demetria had the first adventure of the trip. She opened the cup holder in our rental car (minivan), and found a dead cockroach. Then… (queue the psycho shower music)…she saw a live cockroach on the passenger floor of the minivan! At the same time the kids saw a few more in the back…Daddy to the rescue! I quickly dispatched the creepy crawlies but I was unable to assuage the fear and anxiety that was now gripping the family. They felt like there were bugs doing the "La cucaracha" all over their bodies. Mom has created a new to-do list in Hawaii for me and the first item is to get my butt to Wal-Mart and get some cockroach traps!
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