Dear Children,
I almost forgot to tell you the most important reason of all that Mrs. Claus and I have enjoyed waking up silly early for the sunrise every morning- the baby whales and mamas are out then! Imagine a 12 foot long, 3000 lb baby! THAT is as big as a car! Imagine a 45 foot long, 90,000 lb mommy! What else is that big? Well… a school bus is 36 feet long.
Thousands of whales swim south more than 3000 miles from Alaska to Hawaii every winter to have their babies in warm safe water. February was a very good month to come to Maui because the entire month is a whale festival!
Today Mrs. Claus and I decided to go on a whale watching boat to get right up close. Our captain told us that to find the whales you just have to look for the flocks of birds that follow them around eating little bits off of their backs when they surface! We saw dolphins and humpback whales today! They came VERY close to the boat, so close that we now know that when a whale blows water out of its blow hole it smells very bad!
It was a very exciting day! And I am all worn out, feeling very sleepy as I type this. Time for a nap.
Take care sweet children,
Santa
