Hawaii Day 2 - Aulani

Next stop on our day 2 Oahu tour was a quick stop at Walmart to get some groceries for our resort stay at Aulani. We had a suite and had planned to each out about one meal a day. We picked up some breakfast items, snacks, 3 lbs of apples, chips and pb & j fixings. 

Upon arrival at the Aulani, woman recieve a lei, and men get this necklace that looks like it is made of buckeyes (it really is plastic and Hawaiian's don't know what buckeyes are!) I learned that the white flowers on a lei make is smell wonderful, the purple flowers are to make it look good. The kids each got a necklace with the Hawaiian Goddess Hina as a pendent.  

 One thing I would have done differently is kept one bag out with our swimsuits. You can check in as early as you want on arrival day to start using the resort. But valet (you have to valet) had taken our car and put our bags in a staging area to wait for our room to be ready.  So again we find ourselves in the ocean with clothes on! At this point we didn't care, because vacation!

 The resort shared a beach with the nearby hotel, they had created a pretty natural looking protective barrier that allowed you to play in the surf safely.

 Aulani is a Disney Resort, so it had all the awesomeness of Disneyland or World only in HI

We registered the kids at Aunty's Beachhouse, an amazing perk of the resort, babysitting. You had to sign your life away and the kids had to wear a bracelet that tracked their every move. We only used the service once. The kids liked it. Noelle hung out in the craft room, Dallas played video games and Emily played in the iPad room. They had events and rooms for all ages and they would even feed your kid for $10 if it was mealtime.