More photos from Andy, for Sonja who hasn’t seen them yet. Again, minimal corrections and resizing.
After taking Sonja to the airport Thursday morning, I had to work all day. But I did take a break to go to the Thursday concerts at the Central Presbyterian Church in Austin with everyone. A trio of teenage girls played piano, violin and cello superbly in the pretty church:
On Friday, I was working again, but Grandma took Leilani to the new children’s museum in Austin. It has a strange name, but seems to be well done:
Inside, Leilani played with water and circuits (but her battery was dead so the circuit didn’t work):
Outside, there was a sculpture of cement pigs, so she jumped on it:
Better yet, there was a big fancy playground with lots to explore. Leilani described it to me before I saw these pictures, and she did a very good job of explaining it. You start by climbing up this net:
Then you can either go down this long tunnel:
And look out this window:
Or go down another tunnel to this area. Here, Leilani said there were a lot of children making it hard to get through, but she was good at climbing above them:
Some more fun things to climb:
And one of the pretty sculptures that moved with the wind and changed colors with the angle of the sun.
After the children’s museum playground closed, Leilani went across the street to play at the municipal playground nearby. She found a group of kids and played with them for a long time:
That night, we finished our game of Settlers, with Grandma taking David’s place, and Leilani taking Sonja’s place. Leilani learned the game very well and managed to win it.
On Saturday, Andy and Leilani went back to the ice skating rink. Leilani had a short lesson and we spent over 2 hours on the ice. Leilani loves skating, she is so happy and excited that she doesn’t get upset when she falls or has to practice a lot.
We may need to get roller-blades for Leilani so she can skate on Kauai–there is even a roller rink in Kapa’a.
