[there is nothing wrong with the pixelation of your monitor; the above elephant is constructed of LEGO bricks!]
The first couple of days together, 'Shroom would timidly ask Poh-Poh before he hugged and kissed her good-night, "Are you going to be here tomorrow?" It was as if he was afraid that Poh-Poh would disappear back to Boston while he slept at night. After the second night, he didn't ask anymore.
Since our tiny 1,000 SF apartment would be a tight squeeze for the six of us (and since it doubles as Air Boss' home office), my parents made arrangements for us to spend most of our week together in a time share unit in Orange County. Withing hours of their arrival, I packed up the kids and the parents and headed down to San Clemente (the half-way point between LA and San Diego). Poor Air Boss stayed behind and finished out the work week before driving down on the weekend to join us.
In the meantime, we had fun visiting LEGOLand, doing some outlet shopping, and seeing beach after beach (the weekend weather topped off at a scorching 98 degrees!). Here are some of our LEGOLand photos:
Lolli and Goong-Goong enjoying a ride through the LEGO safari in what Lolli calls "the cheetah car." Aparently they have the driving thing down pat as neither care to "drive."
One of the rides required an HOUR LONG wait. Goong-Goong and Poh-Poh, ever the generous, giving and self-sacrificing ones, stood in the long line and waited the hour while 'Shroom and Lolli got to play with the Duplos in the waiting area.
Like I said, Lolli has the driving thing down-pat. This girl can't wait to drive (and don a wedding dress among other "much older" things). This is a three-year-old girl going on 16!
Meanwhile 'Shroom was just happy being lion food. How can kids with the same gene pool turn out so differently?
Well, now that Goong-Goong and Poh-Poh are back home in Boston, the kids can't wait until the summer when we'll finally get our turn to visit. Poh-Poh had told the kids that we'll be coming to visit once 'Shroom is done with school.
"When will that be?" Lolli had asked.
"That will be in three months," my mom replied.
"How long is three months? Is it longer than a minute?"
Well - here's to a long three months! I know it will pass quickly but for a little girl who can't wait to see her Poh-Poh and Goong-Goong, it may as well be forever!
We miss you Poh-Poh and Goong-Goong!
3 comments:
glad to see them still sporting the Red Sox caps in Dodger territory!
Can't wait to see you if you get a chance when you guys are back in Boston!
Just tonight, we were driving home and a driver alongside us yelled, "GO Red Sox!" And we weren't even wearing our Sox caps (but I'm sure the back end of our car revealed our affinity quite clearly)!
Cliff, we'll be back in August. We're totally looking forward to seeing you and the family. So glad JL is finally sleeping at night (sort of).
I didn't have the heart to tell Lolli that 3 months is more like 100 days. She can count to 100 so that time reference would crush her. What did I say?
"Yeah, it's a little bit longer than a minute."
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