Hawaiian Potluck

As I've mentioned before, the potluck is a staple of the culture here in Hawaii. Business meeting?  Bring a dish to pass.  Soccer game?  Bring a dish to pass.  Neighborhood watch?  You guessed it - bring a dish to pass.  No gathering is complete without the potluck, and the potlucks are AMAZING.

Tonight the Wildcard had swim practice followed by ----you guessed it ----a potluck.

As usual for any weekday, I flew out the door of my office at 4:30 sharp, grabbed Captain Awesome from his after-school program and made it home in time to yell to the Wildcard to get ready for swim practice.  Five minutes later we were on our way to the pool.

Captain Awesome:  Mom, I'm hungry.

Me:  Okay, get a (leftover) snack from your lunchbox.  We have potluck after swimming.

Captain Awesome moans in the back seat.

A few minutes later, as we are approaching the pool....

Captain Awesome:  Mom, can we just go to a restaurant?  I'm hungry!!!

Me:  I know you're hungry - we have potluck in two hours.  We're not going to a restaurant!!

Another moan from the back seat.

So, we pull in to the parking lot to drop the Wildcard off.  

Captain Awesome:  Mom!!!!!   I'm STARVING!!!

The Wildcard:  Enough already!  We're having potluck.

Another moan from the back seat.

The Wildcard gets out and trots off to the pool.  Captain Awesome and I drive out of the parking lot and head for home.

Captain Awesome:  Can we please go eat?  

Me:  We're having POTLUCK.  Have a snack to hold you over until then.

Yet another moan from the back seat.

Then this.....

Captain Awesome:  Mom?  What's a potluck?

That explains a lot.......and the kid had his first Hawaiian potluck experience tonight.  Next time I say we're going to potluck, he will get it.