It’s Deja Vu All Over Again

lieslf — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:43:45 +0000

Kiri and I ran off to the grocery store the other night to pick up a couple of items. He was trotting beside me, mumbling off and on about some imaginary adventure in which he was a participant. After a moment or so of staying appropriately near Mommy, he suddenly started jumping away with intense focus on the length of his leaps. I called out to him to reign him in, fearing a collision with other shoppers. He didn’t respond. “Kiri, please come back to Mommy!” I called again.

“Me can’t come!” said Kieran.

“Why not?” I asked.

Kiri jumped around the cart once and then announced “Me not Kieran! Me Leaping Lemur! Me SuperLemur! Me need LEAP-LEAP-LEAP!”

As he leapt happily down the pasta aisle, my mind backed up two years to the same aisle in the same store, where I was accompanied by another SuperLemur. Both SuperLemurs are sweet and adorable, and all about the leaping. Also? They both simply exude joy as they jump from tree to tree in their imaginary jungles.

Moments like this are one of the sweetest rewards of being a parent.

Come, Mommy » Leaping Lemur

It’s Deja Vu All Over Again