All of our flights went smoothly and we arrived on Kauai without any trouble. I was a great little traveler and did not cause Mommy and Daddy any trouble during our trek.
As usual, Nana was waiting for us at the baggage claim and for once I was actually awake to see her. I usually fall asleep on the inter-island flight to Kauai but this time I was awake the whole time, taking in the scenery outside and playing with my toy cars on the tray table, armrest, and other parts of the plane.
When I saw Nana I was so happy to see her that I didn’t know how to react so I pretended to be asleep. An odd choice, but I went with it.
She brought me a toy which I was happy to receive, but I had a lot more fun playing “tap” with her. It is a game that she and I created during my first visit when I was a little over one year old. We would tap each other and get a kiss or tap each other like tag and have to tag each other back. We were tapping each other in the baggage claim while Daddy went to get our luggage.
The luggage came very quickly so we were able to call Papa to pick us up and head home. I was happy to see Papa too, but still a little shy. I was quiet on the ride home, but I perked up a bit when we talked about lunch. It was almost three in the afternoon, but we hadn’t eaten lunch yet. We decided to go get Burger King.
Once at Nana and Papa’s house we went straight to the dining room to eat lunch and I ate quite well. But I was having more fun just interacting with Nana and Papa. Then after lunch I took Nana with me to the toy cabinet and asked her if I could take out the Hot Wheels. She said I could and then after getting all the cars out on the carpet I invited her to play with me.
We were playing for a bit when Mommy and Daddy said that we had to go pick up some things for tomorrow. I told them that I wanted to stay home. Nana said she would watch me. Papa was going to drive Mommy and Daddy to the store, but I said that I wanted him to stay home too. So I got my grandparents all to myself while Mommy and Daddy headed out shopping.
When they came home they found all three of us on the floor playing with Hot Wheels and Magna-Tiles. Every trip we make to Nana and Papa’s house it takes me less warming up time to them and the house. I just made myself at home.
Of course making myself at home includes making myself at home in the backyard as well.
But I also had to explore the house again and make it my own.
I took a bath before dinner, just to get all the travel grime off of me so that I could have dinner while fresh and clean. I ate quite well, considering that I just had lunch a couple of hours ago. I ate a lot of beef from the beef stew and had salad with the dressing Papa likes. It was sweet and made the salad so good that I had seconds.
Then for the next stage of my bedtime routine Nana read me my books then it was off to bed. I was asleep in no time. It was a long day for me, but I was such a happy and fun day. I can’t wait to see what the rest of the trip will be like!