Sunday, May 11, 2014

Peplum Perfect

 Here is my outfit to dinner our 2nd night in Hawaii…
I found this pretty peplum top at Anthropologie's clearance rack one day a few months ago. I loved that the neck was a sweetheart opening instead of the high neck that seems to cut me off. And the peplum is flat right on the tummy...






Top - Anthropologie
Skirt - Forever 21
Heels - Seychelles
Necklace - Thread Show

FRIDAY:
We remained on our time zone so going to bed 9 PM local time and waking up unfortunately due to our early riser kids around 6:30 AM…
My husband is taking my son downstairs to do school work for the week he is missing early in the morning so he is done by the time the whole group is up and ready. We have breakfasts included in our package so as a group went to the cafe for that then toured the kids club (called Auntie's House) and registered the kids.  Checked them in for hula dancing lessons in the morning while my girlfriend and I did the full body circuit workout on the beach provided by the resort. I was doing great all the way to the end but eating all that starch at breakfast and the sun and the heat caught up to me and I wasn't feeling so hot. Recovered though and picked up the kids and got them in swim suits and spent the day by the pool trying out the slides and the lazy river.
Had lunch at a pool side cafe and they had a huge disney pool party with all sorts of dancing and pool games for the kids.
Afterwards we checked in the kids to the club for canoe racing, eruption disruption and dinner!
While we went out to a nice dinner ourselves.
Then picked them up and settled in on the lawn for a movie night to watch Pocahontas but the group was wiped out and half of them fell a sleep!
Another early night for all of us!

























Saturday, May 10, 2014

Aloha

 We have arrived in Hawaii (Oahu island) on Thursday. This is what I wore at night to dinner…

The inspiration was from Anthropologie's lookbook:

My chiffon paisley pants are very comfy and perfect for the resort atmosphere….

Doubled up the cookie lee necklaces in coral and turquoise...


Top - forever 21
Pants - Threadsence
Sandals - C Wonder
Necklaces - Cookie Lee

THURSDAY:
Had a smooth direct flight to Honolulu and the kids did great in the plane. We are traveling with another couple and their two kids of the same sex and age so the kids swapped seats so the girls can sit together for a while with us while the boys sat together for a while with our friends then they swapped etc…
We arrived to the beautiful island and its tropical warm weather. After getting our bags we were transported to the Aulani (Disney) Resort in a very big van shuttle just for the 8 of us.
The resort was breathtaking and of course they greet you with flower Leighs and necklaces for the kids and water infused with fruit. After a brief description of the resort we made it to our 2 bedroom suite.
Each family took a room and the ladies started unpacking while the dads took the kids immediately to swimming. We decided to get the grocery shopping done right away before entering vacation mode so while the kids swam we jumped in a cab to the super target that was close by.
Bought a whole a lot of snacks and alcohol and food for 2 dinners and some lunches for the suite and came back. What was nice is the bell boys carried it all back to our suite in crates.
After that we were starving the other had eaten already so my friend and I had a dinner together then we went to see the hula dancing show in the lawn! Before crashing very late our time but only 9 PM local time!













Look at those same eyes!