Seattle Bound

The bags are all packed, and I'm busy playing at Nana's and Pop's so Mom and Dad can load up and get the house all set.  In a couple of hours, we'll be on a plane bound for Seattle!  Yeah!!!  We'll be gone for the next two weeks, so I might not be blogging much!

My favorite pasttimes:  Building towers (and knocking them down, of course!), Drumming, Making music with spoons and pots and pans (and wearing beads...I mean, come on, you gotta dress the part!), Chasing after geckos, and Jumping!!!

Tonight, I went back to Nana's and Pop's house so that Mom and Dad could go on a date night.  First, they had to eat their take-out Thai food in the parking lot under tree light, since the food took so long and then they cut it too close to the start of the play.  They ended up just leaving the food in the car, and they went to see the play "Tuesdays with Morrie".  I hear it was sad, yet heartwarming.  It reminded Mom of Grandpa.  After a panel discussion and talking to some friends from the ALS support group, Mom scarfed down the rest of her dinner on the way home.  She was absolutely starving at 10 pm!

Mom got her sub plans in, and she picked up a sweater and pants for me on sale for like $5 at Gymboree.  She'll try to fit in one more morning class of yoga tomorrow.  Dad will drop me off at Nana's.  Then, they'll get everything all set so we can go on our trip.  We leave for Seattle at 1:45 pm Hawai'i time.  We'll be in Seattle at 10:30 pm Friday night.  I hear it's going to be REALLY cold!  But, we're excited for a fun (and hopefully healthy) vacation!

I like to put 2-3 words together when I talk these days.  Today, we were passing houses in the neighborhood, and I asked, "No doggies?"  I kept looking for "more", but I didn't see any.  Mom took me to her school to check out a mini fair the school was having.  I had fun watching the girls dance hula.  They had these cool drum-like things that made really neat sounds.  I found a cool railing in the cafeteria that made lots of noise when you pulled it back and forth with your arms.  Mom would put her foot on the railing so that I couldn't move it.  I would just pick up her foot with my hands and move it.  She would put her arms on it to hold it still. But I would peel her fingers off the railing.  Making noise is fun, Mom!  

I had fun playing "peek boo" behind the curtains when we got home.  I can stay really still for like 5 minutes without making  sound or any sudden movements.  Mommy is always so surprised when she finds me!!!

Today, Nana introduced me to some new drumsticks...they're called paintbrushes, actually.  Since Nana is a painter, she's got lots of them around the house.  They make a really cool noise when you bang them against cookie tins.  I had so much fun that I didn't want to leave with Mom to run errands, so she left me there to continue drumming.  Drumming?  Or Mom?  Hmmmm....Hard call.

I hung out at Nana's and Pop's house again this afternoon.  I had fun looking for the bright green gecko crawling around in the kitchen.  I would drag Mom into the kitchen.  Then, I would grab the net from in between the cabinet and the washing machine.  I would try to catch the gecko, but Mom says my arms are too short.  I had fun putting the net on my head, dancing around the living room to Muppets music, wearing Mardi Gras beads, and drumming with my mixing spoon and pot.  

Dad took me to play at the park, while Mom cleaned, organized, did laundry, and caulked the ceiling.  It was a productive day, and I got a little sunburned from being outdoors (who knew the sun would finally decide to come out?!).  We went to dinner with Nana and Pops.  I love going to Big City Diner because I get to look at the toy chest, I got a balloon, and I loved looking outside and pointing out all the birds and rainbows in the sky.