Recently we had several real conversations with Leilani, and her sentences are getting longer: “Mommy, come. Follow me. Follow Leilani, running. Dady come too. Chase me.” was her record today. I think she walked / ran / was chased about a mile at the park…
Climbing at one of the old playstructures at the Wailua Houselots park.
Andy writes: another conversation I had earlier today:
— Leilani, what did we have at the beach yesterday?
— Nam-nam! (I was trying to get her to tell about the campfire)
— That’s right, we had a picnic. And how did we cook the food?
— Fire!
Indeed, yesterday was Kamehameha Day (photo), and we did all those things with some friends from the usual gang. I did explain to her about the fire and cooking food (a concept she seems to understand) at the time, and she was very good around it. But today, I did not rehearse the answers with Leilani, it’s the first time I’ve seen her process and talk about a pure long-term memory (no reminders from us and no photos to look at).
With Joseph, Jaya and Eden at Rock Quarry Beach
Leilani finally drinks (soy) milk
