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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
“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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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