DollGIrl Adventures: BIshop Museum.

A few weeks ago when we took DollGirl to the zoo, our original plan was to go and eat lunch at The Old Spaghetti Factory...unfortunately when we got there it was CLOSED! Good then when we did get there, there was a nearby restaurant that DollGirl liked that we were able to go to! After that day we planned another outing with my DollGirl, but we planned that we were going to The Spaghetti Factory FIRST before going to take DollGirl to our main exploration place that we had in mind for her!

Once again, she was disappointed because she LOVES their macaroni and cheese...but they didn't have any! So she had the spaghtti and she was fine with that. She loves their bread...and you can never go wrong with that when it ends in...

Spumoni! And being the Aunty of this lovely girl, I let her have her spumoni! :)

I know that she doesn't look that excited, but know that she is concentrating on not getting a brain freeze! :)

It makes my heart so happy to see how much these two love each other.  My Dollgirl calls her "TuTu A" and every time she does, my heart bursts from happiness. No joke.

I have been here before, but this is the first time going with DollGirl. And I am so excited to see HER excitement. I love seeing the wonder and the processing of new things and places in a child's face. I love it.

These two. Happy heart.

We specifically decided to come here to the Bishop Museum on our Fun Day with DollGirl because of this exhibit, the Dora & Diego: Let's Explore! This exhibit was made with the early children ages in mind and so I know that she will have a blast here!

DollGirl, my pirate girl! :)

"Rocket"...this picture melts my heart! :) As you can see, there were SO MANY things for her to do! From the pirate ship, to acorn collecting, to rocket ship blast-off, and search and find scavenger hunt...so many things! We stayed here for a good two hours...THE FIRST TIME! And then after explore other areas of the Bishop Museum, she waned to come back again for another go!

I hate how this picture is so blurry, but it will always be in my memory. She was so happy today. And when my DollGirl is happy, it makes me happy. :)

We then went to the discovery area of the museum...where she was front and center of a demonstration of lava! It was SO bright, and she couldn't take her eyes off of it! And even though the guy spoke a lot, she sat there and took in everything he said! I loved just watching her!

She cracks me up! She said that she wanted to take a picture with the Nene bird, ands he proceeded to sit on it's head! :)

This was another place that she loved to stay at for a lot time and coming back to several times! A submarine simulator! I need to find a submarine for her to explore! :)

Here is my DollGirl participating a flight simulator...she loved it! :)

I pray this girl never stops wanting to learn. I pray this girl never looses her sense of wonder. I pray that this girl stays curious. I pray this girl never settles. This world is to vast for her to settle...I want her to explore. I want her to question things. I want her to be curious about things enough to learn and explore anything that piques her interest and more!

It's "our" thing to always go for a treat to close our day and this day was no different. After driving around and getting lost a few times we found this gem of a place called "Frost City" and check out this!

Of course, the little one wanted a peanut butter and jelly ice-cream frost! And it really did taste like peanut butter and jelly! It wasn't my favorite...but it sure kept a smile on her face! :)

I ended up getting the mud pie flavor..and even though it looks HUGE, it was SUPER light! I loved it! :)

Frost City, if you ever have a chance to go...you should check them out! They are are little mom and pop kind of store. Pretty awesome find, that's for sure!

I had a wonderful, beautiful, awesome, fun-filled day! I love these days where I am with DollGirl and my good friends! I love to explore. I love going on adventures. I love my life! :)

Fun day with friends and family!

Today was an awesome, awesome, awesome day! My TA who has turned out to be a "mom" to me had asked me if she could take me and my DollGirl out sometime this break...and I told her YES, I would love that! And we also invited my other friend, and her soon-to-be daughter-in-law, to come as well, and like I said, we had an awesome day!

We decided to bring her to the Honolulu Zoo and then take her to Spaghetti Factory since that was one of her favorite places to eat...well, that was the original plan! But it had to be changed since when we went to the Speghetti Factory IT WAS CLOSED! We went to Mexico Cantina instead. That is another place that DollGirl really liked since it is one of her dad's favorite place.

But, at the zoo, DollGirl was super excited! She had been asking to go back to the zoo for a long time, but sadly her brother is allergic to something there and the last time they went there, he had to get shot with his epi pen because he had an allergic reaction to something. So she was super happy to go come back again. I wanted her to feel special because I know that she has been having a rough couple of weeks lately with a lot of things happening. So, I'm glad that we were able to take her out. :)

She stuck to Mrs. A super much though! She didn't even want to hold my hand because she wanted to hold Mrs. A's hand! I am so happy that they are super close like that. :)

Look at her happy smile! :)

Lemurs! Super cute...and DollGirl kept singing, "I like to move it, move it!" :)

These tortoises were HUGE! And so beautiful! I still want one though! They are HUGE! :)

My all time favorite are the elephants. Although, as much as I love seeing an elephant, I do wish that I can see them in their natural environment in the wild. But they are amazing creatures.

Here is DollGirl enjoying the penguin exhibit! She loved them and they were always swimming towards her! It was SUPER cute!

DollGirl REALLY loved the giraffes! She couldn't stop looking at them and she even got TWO coins with the imprint of the giraffes! :)

You see that black thing under the square house thing?! That is a porcupine! It's SUPER cute! I love it! :)

Here is a monitor lizard. We were up close and personal when they fed it a rat. I'm still on the fence whether or not that was a good thing for DollGirl to see! I was queezy myself!

I love fish and so I loved watching these huge koi and cards! They are so beautiful and HUGE!

A dragon!  A real dragon! A komodo dragon! They are HUGE!

Before we left we got our hands stamped! The Aunty gave DollGirl TWO stamps! How nice of her! :)

Then we went and made our way to The Old Spaghetti Factory...and found out that it was CLOSED! So we drove down the road to Mexico Cantina...and I was SUPER proud of DollGirl, she ate ALL HER FOOD, and even was super polite to our waiter! I am so proud of her! :) We told her that we were going to a surprise place for a surprise treat.

So, there is this new ice cream store that is only two weeks old and we went there. Cookies and Cream! And it was AMAZING! The service was amazing, the ice cream choices were amazing, the cookies were amazing and their selection of desserts were AMAZING! And I love how it is a family business...and come on now, how can you NOT love ice cream?! :) My favorite!

Look at this DollGirl enjoy her special treat! She wanted the chocolate ice cream scoop in a cone with sprinkles and oreo cookies. I love it. I love her. I'm so glad that she loved today just as much as I did! :)

The store is BEAUTIFUL! The artwork is amazing and it was done by a local artist! I love the foot prints, and I just love the whole presentation of everything!

I got the cookie sandwich with two ultimate chocolate chip cookies sandwiching the yummy, yummy chocolate mint ice cream! It was SUPER ono! :)

The owner even took the time to talk to use and tell us about the story of opening this store. He moved here from CA with his family. His wife and his two kids were incorporated in the stores design in ways that you wouldn't have known unless you were told...and I love that! All in all, if you are looking for a family-friend, decent price, YUMMY dessert, you should come here to Cookies and Cream in Kailua!

It was a good day today. I loved today. And I'm glad that today happened. :)