This weekend is Punahou Carnival! Even though I don't want to send Isabella to Punahou (as if we could anyway), I do want her to experience Carnival every year, so this year I am going TWICE! Given my gastric limitations, I have to space out all the food I miss all year long and catch up on at Carnival.
Last night I went with Grace and Jess, and we met up with Christina and her mom for a little bit. This is literally what we did, in order, from when we got there, about 8:00, till closing at 11:00: Walk from the car up in Manoa, met with Christina, went to the bathroom (pregnant bladder, you know), bought and ate Taco Salad, bought and ate deep fried Oreos, got our faces painted, bathroom again, hand-dipped ice cream on the go, teriburgers, games. Grace got us addicted to game after game, first the Chip 2 Plates in 1 Throw game (we didn't win), then the Pop 3 in the Square dart game (we won a lot after we figured out how to cheat). But the night was mostly focused on food. Tonight I'm bringing tupperware for the Portuguese bean soup (thanks for the idea, Sari)!
Isabella seemed to love all the food I was crowding her with - and by that I mean it was worth fighting the crowds, allll the walking I was doing (on my feet all day at work, then walking all night - I EARNED all that junk food!), and the excruciating walk back UP to the car (parking above campus - what was I thinking?!), not to mention the gastric punishment I would suffer all night as the acid and reflux attacked despite downing Gaviscon and "sleeping" sitting up.
Funny, as we were weaving our way through the crowds I kept forgetting that the usual, turn-sideways-to-fit-through-a-narrow-gap-between-people strategy wouldn't really work for me - whoops I just got wider, not narrower! And Jess is so little I made her walk in front of me most of the time to "practice" not losing a child in the crowd! Haha, she wouldn't let me hold her hand though.
I will admit though, watching all the parents of young kids and babies - this is going to be my last stress-free Carnival...
Mmmmmmmmm! Portuguese Bean Soup. I love it! Can't wait to hear what you eat tonight.
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Second night was taco salad again for me and Alex, fried noodles for Alex, teriburger for Alex (I was trying to hold back!) and malasadas for both of us. When Kevin and Jess and Herbert met up with us, we *tried* to get deep fried Oreos for Kev and Alex, but they were sold out again! I had promised Kevin I would make them for him for his birthday coming up if they were out (we had sent him pictures of our Oreos the first night, and he wasn't there, and was pretty irritated with our glee) - I guess I better get to work! Then we did the Portuguese bean soup, Jess had fried noodles, and Kevin got a slice of pizza. I miss the old Punahou square pizza though - EK Fernandez will never be as good! NEXT year I'm going to hit the chili first. :)
ReplyDeletethanks for the soup in june! and i want in on these deep fried oreos too!
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