Boulevard of Bumps

Smiley's favourite phrase is "I'm Hungry". When he walked out at the Parade of Nations practice for the Judo World Cup holding this sign I had to smile. This week our wonderful Samoan doctor decided Riley might need to see an ENT specialist to investigate what is going on with his ears. He was brave when she said he might need grommets, he saw what Bunny went through and he knows what might be install for him. Monday he got his yellow belt at Judo, he actually passed the grading three weeks ago, but we had to leave Judo in a hurry so he missed out on the presentation of the new belt. We celebrated with a yellow belt burger at Apia Yacht Club, well done Smiley.

More Hawaiian holiday moments No images of the Domestic Surf God surfing were captured in the Hawaiian surf, as I was too busy watching the "grommets" and making sure they didn't get too "scubetubeular" (awesome underwater poundage). DSG throwing himself into helping his "grommets" in the surf. "Smiley Style" "Boss" Bunny!  Surf lingo was common to many of the people we met in Hawaii. Granted we mostly spoke to people in surf shops, at the beach, by the beach, about the beach, leaving me feeling like I was in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Dude! The surf was sometimes "mushburger" and at other times "flushopolis", but there were days when it was "cooking", but it was never "epic". I was no "Betty" but I managed to balance on a paddle board down a creek with turtles. Smiley hitched a ride on the front a...