Florida

Posted by Puck on April 20, 2008 in Thoughts

LiLi and I went to Florida while Thom was in Russia for a school program. We visited Nana and Boppie and had a wonderful time. While we were there, we met up with Aunt Anne and many friends from Chicago.
LiLi, my bath-hating, screaming child, loved the water but the first day she would not go past the top step but enjoyed pouring water over herself with the watering can that she got for her birthday. The next day she would go up to her knees in the ocean and splash along but would not consider going any further. After she saw Solena swimming, she decided that she could and should do that, too. She jumped into my arms and enjoyed herself quite a bit but then she tried to get me to let go of her because, of course, Solena who is 11 did not need anyone to help her. The next day, she saw Solena in the ocean and again tried to get me to drop her hand so she could go and join Solena in the water. So she became a water lover while in Florida and she has not given me any problems with taking a bath or having her hair washed since. It was really remarkable.

With Nana at the pool