Luau time

Cheers to Christopher's (and Mommy and Daddy's) very first luau experience! Our first hotel in Maui presented a Polynesian luau and it was a great night for all of us. Christopher is holding up his big boy drink that he was greeted with as we were shown to our seats. (He's very excited because it is juice mixed with soda and he got to have two of them!). While we waited for the buffet line to start, we were serenaded by a Hawaiian band (complete with a ukulele) and several hulas. Here are some pictures...

And our host for the evening, complete with deadpan jokes and coconut cracking skills, was very entertaining throughout the night.

Once we ate dinner (and yes, vegetarians do have lots of options at a luau these days), the heart of the show began. It was filled with Hawaiian history and dances from Hawaii as well as Tahiti, Fiji, New Zealand and other parts of the South Pacific. It was so much fun to watch and Chris was mesmerized!

At one point in the show, they asked honeymooners and people celebrating their anniversaries to stand up. Then they basically asked all the couples present to stand and they proceeded to play the Hawaiian wedding song. Brian and I danced with Christopher at first until, that is, he found his own lady to dance with!

The little girl Chris is dancing with (she was probably 2 1/2 or 3) was so sweet and she was completely mesmerized by the women dancing at the luau. When they would get up on stage, she would stand right in front of them below the stage and try to dance like them. It was so cute! The big finale of the luau was the fire show!

After the luau was done, Christopher got to meet some of the stars of the show!

As we walked back up to our room, I asked Christopher what his favorite part of the luau was. His response? "I liked the girl dancers Mommy because they were soooo pretty." Smooth, buddy, very smooth.