My therapist left the room & I slipped under the sheet, face down looking into a beautiful bowl of fresh flowers. When she returned, she asked what kind of pressure I like, and I said firm. Well. Either she didn't understand me, or we have very different ideas of firm pressure. I'm a petite person, so perhaps she didn't want to press too hard, I'm not sure. I did ask a few times for more firm pressure, but nothing changed. I eventually just relaxed into a nice soothing, gentle massage and was just happy with that. It really was relaxing and I nearly fell asleep a few times.
After the massage, she gave me some waster and a tasty sugared ginger jelly cube. I changed back into my swimsuit and took my book and towel drifted out to the soaking pool and lounge areas. My wife joined me in a few minutes.
My wife used to be a massage therapist, so is very picky about her massages. She reported having a wonderful massage with a very responsive therapist. She was totally blissed out.
We alternated, reading, dipping in the pools and various showers and relaxing on the cushy loungers. We had brought salads for lunch as once you leave the spa area, you can't come back to the spa gardens. We stayed until about 2:00 and then left to go to the Adult Pool and get drinks!
The new Adult Pool is a very nice addition to the resort. It's larger than I had expected with fun waterfalls to sit under. We got our drinks, Coconut Mojito for me, Lychee Fizz for my wife. We chatted with the people around us, swam and just enjoyed our time together.
I picked up the kids at 4:30 and took them swimming. They were very happy and had a great time at Aunty's. Space Goo was a huge hit.
Dinner was teriyaki glazed chicken I grilled on the gas grills, broccoli wrapped in foil and grilled/steamed with lemon and rice from the rice maker.
Thursday night was the Starlight show on the Aulani lawn. The kids & I were pretty tired, but really wanted to see the show. My wife doesn't do well with crowds, so she skipped it.
We got in line around 6:45 and picked up our mats for the lawn by 7:00. I brought large beach towels to sit on & mark our spot. I also brought glow sticks for the girls and a bright pink glow cube to wave in the air so they could find where I was sitting.
L, who is 6, immediately ran off to do all of the various crafts. T, ran off to join the hula lesson. I sat happily on my mat, drinking my vodka & pog in my Aulani mug and nibbling on hummus and pretzels. L checked in often to drop off crafts & then ran off to make another one. I could see T dancing from where I was sitting and also watched the parade of families entering the lawn.
The family in front of me had two young boys who were very upset about the lack of snacks their parents had for them. I offered my pretzels, but the parents declined, much to the kids dismay. I found my kids are A Lot this trip. Much More so than at home due to daily swimming and lots of walking.
My girls returned to me just before show time and ate Greek yogurt while watching the show. At every opportunity to go up and dance, L ran to the front. We waved our glow sticks afterwards to find each other.
The performance was amazing, especially the Hawaiian dancers. I wasn't too into the ukulele part, but that's just personal preference. The actual show is 30 minutes, followed by 30 minutes of dancing with Disney Characters. My girls were so tired by 8:30, that we left. They were asleep by 8:45 and I fell asleep in T's bed while getting her down.
Relaxing all day is tiring.
Next up: Friday: Fish are Friends!