Leilani Says…

10 days and 500 photos later, we’re back from lovely-as-ever Kaua’i. After sorting, there will probably be only 200 photos to keep, and Sonja will probably find dozens to post.

In the meantime, we’re having a quiet weekend cleaning up at home. Leilani was getting dressed this morning, which means putting on the same shorts and t-shirt as yesterday and picking out a new dress (because yesterday’s had spinach on it already). The first pink dress she pulled out had been used for painting, so now it’s a crafts apron. Then she got out her pink, red, and orange Hawaiian-print dress to wear. At the same time, another pretty dress fell off the hanger, and I suggested that one.

“No, it’s too Eastery,” she replied, and she was right. It was light pink, yellow and very flowery. I asked Sonja if she had ever called her dresses that, and she said no. I know I have probably said some dress looks like an Easter dress, but that was long ago. In any case, Leilani picked up on the meaning perfectly.

Later at breakfast, Leilani and Sonja had Trader Joe’s probiotic strawberry smoothies. These come in little bottles, and I had Leilani shake hers before opening. After taking the first sip of the now-frothy drink, she said “it’s like beer for kids.” Again, the similarities are many when you think about it, probably more than she’s aware of: cultured, sugar/alcohol, curved bottle, etc.

Finally, Sonja and Leilani were getting ready to go to 24-Hour Fitness. The best part of this gym for Sonja is that they have nearly-free childcare most days of the week. And the child care room is a great playground for the kids, with climbing and sliding, coloring, and TV, which is probably why Leilani likes it so much (we’ve asked the care-givers to drag her away from the TV if she watches too much). The 24-Hour Fitness is in the same plaza as Leilani’s Little Gym, so we’ve taken to calling it the Big Gym. And I always thought the children’s area in the Big Gym was called the Jungle Gym, which seemed to be a clever name by this corporate chain that thinks of all these little details. I learned today that Leilani made up the name Jungle Gym one of the first times she went, and it’s just what we call it in our family now.

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