Beach

This Sunday we took a family trip to the beach, and it was WONDERFUL! We took the Long Island Railroad to Long Beach (on Long Island) with our friends Mary and Cira, had burgers at Five Guys for lunch, and enjoyed the perfect beach day! It was just hot enough to make the cool water feel fantastic (about 90 degrees), and we were able to rent a huge beach umbrella to keep Kiana (and us) cool (perfect!). Aidan loved the beach (hooray!): he splashed in the water, loved "driving" the beach car that Mommy built him (it even had a "95" on it, just like Lightning McQueen from Cars), and jumped over the waves with Daddy. Kiana was fascinated with the trains in the morning so missed her morning nap, but then slept a lot in the afternoon to make up for it, which made it MUCH easier for Mommy and Daddy to enjoy the beach ourselves. So, everyone was happy! I wish we could do that every day!


Notes from the rest of the week:


AIDAN: I feel like every day this week, Aidan said something incredibly memorable. On Thursday, he brought a "new" song home from playschool:

Row, row, row your boat
Gently down the stream
/If you see a crocodile, don't forget to scream!
/If you see a polar bear, don't forget to shiver!

On Friday, we all went on the train to pick up Daddy from work and then pick up our pottery pieces from our project last week. While we were there, the radio started playing "Yesterday", and Aidan gave the 6 or 8 people doing pottery an impromptu concert, singing along! A couple of people did a double take to see a 3-year old seriously singing, "love was such an easy game to play!" - it was incredibly cute. Another day at home, he also sang Kiana a lullaby (a Hawaiian one I sing him to the tune of Brahm's Lullaby that is in his Goodnight Hawaiian Moon book). He's pretty amazing!


KIANA: This week, Kiana has really started "talking"! (Check out the video.) She's oohing and ahhing at her fish in her swing, saying "ah goo" to all of us, and having all sorts of little baby conversations with us whenever we stare at her and talk back! She continues to be fascinated with Aidan, and will crane her neck so she can see him, wherever he goes. She continues to be a wonderful cuddlebug, and we are having so much fun with her as she gets more and more interactive!