A few weeks ago there was a Oktoberfest party with food and music and games for the kids. It was a fun reminder of the time that we lived in Germany and different fests that would occur throughout the year, but Oktoberfest is the biggest and most famous. So here in Hawaii there was people dressed up in German dirndl and liderhosen, music, food, and games for the kids —there was a certain race like a barrel race and Connor just did it really quickly and the guy said fastest time wins a prize that they are going to announce at the end. So we waited around and there was some contests that were going on but it’s starting to get later and later and the kids were pretty done so we headed back to the hotel. It was maybe be 10 or 15 minutes after we left when they announced the winner and thankfully Brecon had stayed to be with a friend and he quickly called us up and said they called Connor‘s name. We hurried back and found the people that were giving away the prizes. Connor won a big water gun, a pool big floaty that’s in the shape of a frog, a chair and then he also won two tickets to go to this upcoming pumpkin patch. So finally this weekend October 15 was the first weekend for the pumpkin patch and fall festival. The farms have been closed down for about three years for Covid so this was a big event and everyone was excited, there were so many people! So this little farm had a tractor hay ride around the corn, banana, and pumpkin fields, some carnival games and rides, a petting zoo and the typical carnival food items. One of Connor‘s prizes from his race was to be able to pick out two pumpkins from the patch and that was pretty fun. However a fall pumpkin patch in Hawaii is so much different than what it would be in Utah, New York, or Germany. It was hot instead of the chilly fall season that most people are used to :) but oh well! We are enjoying the warm sunshine!! We got to shave ice and a bunch of different foods to try, but our favorite was the street corn with mayo Parmesan cheese in the Tahin Mexican seasoning. Yum yum!!
After the pumpkin patch we grabbed some food at Costco (classic) pizza and hot dogs and then we headed over to a beach where we would meet up with some friends. The beach is near a local attraction called mermaid cave— there are some shoreline coral caves you can jump down into or you can jump right into the ocean and swim through them— we got there around 3 and stayed until sunset. To be honest- It was pretty dangerous —everyone that jumped into mermaid cave came back with bloody shins hands and even one kid hit his head pretty hard… we were showing our friends- the Meredith’s how to endanger their lives of their children 😬 😬😬. funny enough, no Platt’s came back with bad scrapes or injuries that I could see. Cannon did jump off of the ledge out to the ocean and there was a couple of pretty big waves sets that kept pushing him and pulling him out and he couldn’t make it to the edge to climb it out, he started to panic and then Ben jumped in to be with him and by then the ocean had calmed down and they were able to get out. Cannon said that was the last time and then he was scared of doing it again!! Again— it was a dangerous evening activity— but a good time 😆😆 Also- we have recently purchased some underwater scooters (A little motorboat “spy gear” that you hang onto that can pull you around the water and help you to dive down to the bottom quickly) and all the kids and adults had fun playing around with those—so that was good. The sunset was beautiful! Such vibrant colors you see with your eyes and then you try to take a picture and the camera just doesn’t quite get… but it still looks okay, you know?
So things are going good here for the family, even if we are still living in temporary houses and waiting to officially move into our own house :) we should be getting closer// maybe sometime in the next 2 weeks… fingers crossed!!
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