One thing I am liking about Hawaii so far is that there seems to be a lot of kid friendly places to visit and things to do. We were invited by a new friend to join them at the Botanical Gardens for a program for kids they were hosting about spices. We decided to go along and the boys learned a bit about cinnamon and ginger. They tasted some foods that had each spice and were able to see the real thing.
A craft was involved and they made these gingerbread men visors.
The scenery was beautiful. The gardens are on a small lake of some kind. The ladies who did the kids' program took us down to the lake after to feed the ducks. Of course, the boys had a great time with this; I think Max came back for a refill on duck food about 10 times. Jackson was way less liberal than Max.
There were also some crazy fish in the lake. They mostly looked like goldfish, but there were some dark brown ones and also some orange and white striped ones. When the boys tossed bread into the water the fish would literally jump up and squabble with one another to get it.
This is a Hawaiian Coot, a duck that is endemic to Hawaii, or naturally from here and apparently not found other places. They have a different kind of beak and weird, cool-looking feet.
View looking up at the mountains, away from the lake.
View walking through the gardens.
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