"Shampoo, Shampoo..."

Ya, this is Reina's new favorite spot.

We have been busy, busy this weekend (well, the last couple of weekends) and are preparing for Granddad and Romeni's visit this weekend.  This past Saturday we went down to Kinser to see Chris' soccer "team" play in a tournament.  We only stayed for one game, but it was still fun to see the boys playing.  Then on Sunday I got up bright and early to bike in the mini Tour de Okinawa.  It was 50k with 3 other friends of mine.  We were the only American girls and we were the only people who did not have road bikes (of at least 500 - there were only 100 in our race, and there were MANY more than that out there).  It was fun, but hard.

Making pancakes on the weekend.

Reina working on zipping.

Reina has been working a lot on singing lately.  If you recall from last summer, Reina often asked for more and more songs to be sung to her.  I had high hopes of the first song she would start to sing on her own...you know, like "If you're happy and you know it," or "Head, shoulders, knees, and toes." But, Reina busted out with CHris' homemade, "shampoo, shampoo, everybody shampoo." This was created in the tub (as you probably imagined) and goes to a very monotone melody that I cannot liken to anything.  Fortunately, Reina also sang "rain, rain go away" on the same day (and it was totally appropriate, as it was pouring).

Reina is also getting much better with combining words.  Usually more than two word sentences sound like, "mama, sit down" with a patting motion to some location she wants me to sit.

Well. That's all.  Next time I post, Granddad and Romeni will be here shortly followed by Thanksgiving.