I found this post languishing in my drafts. We took X to the Waikiki Aquarium a few weeks ago. We were victims of a little passive aggressive parent shaming. X was climbing up and down these stone steps outside an another parent told her child that the steps were not a toy. I guiltily pulled X off of the steps. He proceeded to grab a nut and throw it around, chasing it, while Bobby called him, "a nut with a nut." He was probably burning off the sugary danish we gave him in the morning. The other mom was giving her toddler a biology lesson. They probably had granola for breakfast.
We felt a little like lazy parents, but hey. It was a beautiful day, and X was happy. He wanted to be friends with the good kid, but I guess his parents had warned him.
The aquarium, by the way, was fantastic. They had little toddler step stools at the base of all of the tanks, perfect for X to peer in.
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| Having a snack on the Judd Memorial Trail |
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| A really cool sunset. It looks like the mountain is on fire. |
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| Fish! |
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| A nut chasing a nut |
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| "Will you be my friend?" "My mom thinks you're a bad influence." |
1 comment:
Oh, this is really funny. When you and La were little I let you play on the rails and planters in a sitting area of Hanes Mall, at least until a security cop came by and told me "this was not a play area". It was a rainy day, you guys were happy, and no plants or other objects were being harmed--what a killjoy. We left over your loud protests.
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