{"id":32988,"date":"2013-08-30T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/?p=32988"},"modified":"2013-08-30T12:16:39","modified_gmt":"2013-08-30T17:16:39","slug":"hawaiian-falls-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pondfam.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/30\/hawaiian-falls-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Hawaiian Falls 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We had the best day with Poppa and Rara the Friday before school started at Hawaiian Falls!  Although Mike had to work, we were three adults to three kids, so it worked out great, and we had a lot of fun!  Anna Kate wanted me to tell you guys she was pretending to be a mermaid in this picture!   <\/p>\n

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Noelle was as happy as could be!  She knew this was her last day of summer, and she wasn\u2019t going to miss a thing!<\/p>\n

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Waterfalls with Poppa and Rara!<\/p>\n

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Rose \u201cswimming\u201d with her little mermaid doll.  We got those silly little mermaids at the Dollar Tree (they were 2\/$1), and we\u2019ve enjoyed them all summer!  Last time I checked, they were still there in the toy section.  They are in a hanging package if you\u2019re interested for next summer.  Buy ahead people; that\u2019s how we keep these girls clothed! (and entertained, ha!)<\/p>\n

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We\u2019re just the Pond girls (and Poppa), having a good time, having a good time, having a good time (no I didn\u2019t).<\/p>\n

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Never in a million years dreamed our summer would end with Anna Kate swimming!!!  Granted, she isn\u2019t taking breaths yet and going back in for more, but she\u2019s holding her breath underwater, and moving without touching the bottom!  We are beyond proud of this girl!  This was a HUGE learning summer in the water for her.  Go Anna Kate!!!<\/p>\n

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Every time Noelle came down a slide, she would strike a pose.  Each time was different.  She\u2019s so funny!<\/p>\n

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Rose loves the water too (as long as she can touch)!<\/p>\n

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I love these pictures!<\/p>\n

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Nothing happier in my world that this right here!<\/p>\n

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And this!  Although, Anna Kate had fun learning to swim this summer, she didn\u2019t do anything else at Hawaiian Falls!  She was terrified of ALL of the slides; even the ones she had fun on last summer.  I\u2019m not sure what\u2019s up with that, but Rara kept her in the wave pool most of the time, and she was in heaven!<\/p>\n

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Noelle has a new 0 tolerance policy for \u201ctoddler tantrums!\u201d  Rose knew she was playing with her, and they were screaming and having so much fun joking around about when Rose is really upset (pics to come at the end of this post of that number). <\/p>\n

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It\u2019s so funny how Noelle was even copying the way Rose holds her hands when she screams!  Noelle really cracked Rose up, and Rose kept on pretend screaming.  It was too funny!<\/p>\n

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Rara has the best eyes in the water.  She said her mom, my Granny, did too!  Anytime I saw a kid going too far in the deep in, she was already on it.  Going with Mom and Dad was the only option; these girls are too special to take a chance, and I know my limits, but they love it so much, and it works out perfectly, because they love spending time with Poppa and Rara too!<\/p>\n

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More sassiness from our diva girl!<\/p>\n

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So about Rose, well, yay!  We\u2019ve discovered this summer, she is quite the dare-devil!  She didn\u2019t even know what the big slides were called (she called them big rainbows), but she wanted them!!!  She kept saying \u201cI go!  I go big rainbow!\u201d<\/p>\n

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After sliding down the little slides a million times, she was ready to move on!<\/p>\n

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And Noelle kept posing!<\/p>\n

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We ran into one of Noelle\u2019s cheer friends, Kinsley!  Can\u2019t wait for their first game!  We\u2019re going to have lots of fun with Kinsley this fall!<\/p>\n

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These were the big rainbows Rose wanted to ride on, but they were just too big for this Momma, so Poppa tried to cure her curiosity with letting her be up in all the action.  It didn\u2019t work.<\/p>\n

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Rara was so sweet to take a picture of me and the girls!  She begged.  This was a day I was not feeling so great, but I\u2019ll do absolutely anything for a good time with my kids, so I put myself aside, and enjoyed this happy day in the sun I was privileged to share with these amazing loved ones! <\/p>\n

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And then this happened.  Rose.  Rose. Rose.  She finally talked me into it.  I was so scared.  She was not.  Poppa was cool with it, so down we went.  Rara snapped these shots!  She went down with Poppa next.  And wanted to go again and again.  We left the \u201cbig rainbows\u201d in tears because all we wanted was more of all that action!<\/p>\n

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Cutie Kate knows how to turn on the charm, and Poppa and Rara came to play, play, play!  We were getting our money\u2019s worth today (all $14, thank you very much)!<\/p>\n

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Noelle has attempted this obstacle course every summer and has fallen somewhere in the middle each year.  As I watched the bigger kids go before her, I knew there\u2019d be no way.  I even told mom, she won\u2019t be able to do it, but it will be good for her to try.    <\/p>\n

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And then step after step\u2026 <\/p>\n

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lo and behold\u2026<\/p>\n

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She held on tight and made it all the way across!  I must have looked like a fool, because I was screaming, \u201cYou did it!\u201d  with my camera in the air.  I was going nuts and didn\u2019t care.  My baby did it!  Simply awesome!  After years of trying to do something, you know how good it must have felt for her to finally reach her goal, after all that time.  She motivates me for sure.   So proud of Noelle!<\/p>\n

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And then this happened, ugh!  Sorry Mom. <\/p>\n

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It\u2019s all show.  She went from putting on this upset face (left pic), to being interested in getting into something else (water fountain), right pic.  She is such a ham and knows when to turn it on!  I don\u2019t put up with screaming when we leave.  She always gets in trouble for that, no exceptions!<\/p>\n

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But we had fun joking around with her about this little bit that she does.  You can tell she\u2019s done it before, because the big sissies knew exactly how to imitate her.  We make light of sweet Rose and her terrible 2\u2019s.  I was too mortified to put any terrible pictures of the other two on the blog, so she\u2019s getting the last laugh from all of them being 2.  I realized somewhere along the way, they will grow out of it, and humor is better than getting all bent out of shape over it!<\/p>\n

Poppa just had a birthday, and we hope you had a good one!  Thank you Poppa and Rara for coming to spend the day with us at Hawaiian Falls.  It was so much fun, and the girls will never forget it!  Also, thank you for taking Rose home one last time so we could get through back to school obligations.  She loves every minute with you guys!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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