A note about the Tooth Fairy

Sometimes, we are blessed, even when we may not deserve it.

G lost a tooth the other day. This one has been coming for a long time. She is really crowded on the bottom front and her new teeth coming in had stopped the baby tooth from falling out, until a couple of days ago. So, we made the usual big deal and made all the preparations. We had to make up her pillows special so that it wouldn't get lost when we read our story. All was good.

G has been getting attached to the dogs lately. H usually keeps the dogs reserved for her room in the evenings for bedtime but lately G has been really pushing to have them in the room with her. We have been alternating a lot and usually, after G goes to sleep, H just moves them. Well, on the night of the lost tooth, G begged and begged to have the dogs in her room, so we obliged.

I then proceeded to forget about the tooth fairy's visit.

G woke the next morning (yesterday) and excitedly looked under pillow to see what prize had been left to her by the tooth fairy. The dogs had actually stayed in her room for the entire night that night. Well, on looking and finding her tooth still neatly placed where she had left it, you can imagine her disappointment. But, as grace sometimes falls upon us ... she quietly went in to see L and said "Mommy, the tooth fairy didn't come last night. I think she is afraid of the dogs."

Last night we made sure the dogs slept with H. The tooth fairy did in fact come to visit and G should wake up this morning with her beliefs fully restored.

Thank God for the mind of a 5 year old ... and for those little blessings we sometimes overlook.

Aloha.

Early Morning Swim

Aloha,

This morning started early. We, B, H and I, left the rack around 0520 and got on the road about 0605 and headed north. The North Shore is pretty barren this time of the day, but a few die hards were already out. We made a B-Line for Shark's Cove. This is a wonderful little cove east of where the really big surfing occurs, that is a great place to snorkle.

We had gone snorkling at the Cove a couple of weeks ago when some friends were here and I was very impressed. The water is very clear and the coral in the area is quite plentiful making opportunities for fish watching regular and interesting. This morning I was pleasantly surprised that our previous visit, in the middle of the afternoon with a small multitude of people there, was nothing, truly nothing, compared to what was in store for us this time.

We hit the water around 0645 and there was only 1 other group of 3 there. The Cove is probably 70-80 meters wide and about that distance out to the rocks that gaurd it from the open sea. Thus, you can see that we basically had the place to ourselves. I knew we were in for a treat when, upon getting out to about the middle of the Cove, I looked out at a distance and my field of vision was just peppered with fish. More to see in this one view than in my whole visit last time.

While H went wading in the tide pools, B and I headed to the shallows opposite to the end where we put in. We got close and B points frantically at this school of fish. We moved in a bit closer and noted a school that appeared to be a couple of hundred strong. As we sat watching, the tide pushed into the middle of the shool past a couple of very large rocks that had previously been blocking part of our view. What we saw then was truly amazing. We were indeed within the school but the size had been rather misleading. Now, looking from the middle out, we saw that the school was not in the hundreds but nearing the 1000 mark. It was remarkable. Parts were so thick that we couldn't see anything behind the fish. They were literally all around us. We sat quite still allowing the eb and flow of the tide move us within this small shallow and thus the fish were not alarmed at us but considered us part of the landscape. They moved in rather close and we felt that we were part of the group.

It was truly amazing. We also saw all of the different types of fish we had seen last time, just in much greater numbers. It was awesome being out there basically by ourselves. We had the whole place at our liesure. The early bird gets the worm.

Today was a great day.

Aloha.

Yup!! you guessed it. We are in official party mode now ... 1 day away.

We did the ABC Family channel marathon over the weekend to prep up ... we have our HP t-shirts (though mine has bleach stains where someone (ahem L, L, L, L, L, L, L ... not mentioning any names of course) spilled it on the back) ... and we've got our tickets (we'll be in line by 10pm tomorrow nite so that we can get some good seats (maybe earlier if I can't get in a good nap due to all the excitement!)) Yup ... true geeks!

That's ok. At least B and H chose to go with me to go to the midnight show instead of friends (YES ... Dad Rocks!!!!!). I better enjoy it while I can!

C'ya there!! :-)