Last week while we were on my work trip to Kauai, we took some time to drive through Waimea Canyon, known as the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific." Needless to say, it was truly beautiful scenery, & we weren't the only ones to think so. There were plenty of other tourists visiting from other countries, & while we were parking at one of the vista points, I commented to Jadon that the van parking next to us was full of German people.
Jadon apparently noticed that the Germans were walking to the same observation point, and when we got the (fenced in) cliff's edge, Jadon proudly declared, "Unterwäsche." As I was trying to get him to be more discreet, he asked those around us, "Does anyone here speak German?" The German visitors' tour guide looked over at him & replied, "I don't, but there are a lot of people here who do." Jadon smilingly re-stated, "Unterwäsche" to the initially confused looks of the German tourists, who weren't expecting to hear German come from the mouth of an Asian American boy. Not until did they realize that he was speaking their language did they start to widely grin, giggle, & repeat his words under their breath, "Unterwäsche!"
It really surprised me that Jadon remembered the word Unterwäsche which I must have taught him over a year ago & certainly didn't even mention again in the last 9 months at least. Not only did it highlight to me what a wonderful memory Jadon has, but it also pointed out to me what kinds of things our boy likes to remember. What does Unterwäsche mean, but "underwear" in German!
I couldn't help but think that Jadon gave those Germans the laugh of their day!
