Hi, I'm Maile - as my older cousin I look forward to doing whatever you tell me to do...
On Thursday, we headed to Oahu to celebrate the Christmas holiday with the extended Morisato clan (Grandma Gail’s side of the family). Christine’s brother Steve and his family met us on Oahu. They traveled in all the way from Japan! Since they live so far away this was the first time Maile met her cousins, Katie (age 3.5) and Emily (age 21 months). We’ve been very excited about getting all the girls together in one place. Two things you’ll learn from the pictures:
1. Grandma Gail made sure we didn’t lose track of the girls by making sure they were pretty much always wearing the exact same outfits (just different sizes).
2. It is REALLY hard to get 3 girls under the age of 4 to sit still for a picture and face the same direction all at once. (Forget about smiling!) We did our best, but generally went with a 2 out of 3 ain’t bad approach.
My cousins sure are giggly...
More silliness with the cousins...
For their part, Katie and Emily were fascinated by Baby Maile. They kept staring at her and “petting” her – kind of like their new pet.
Maile was great with the cousins. Although she did need a little help keeping up:
(Click here for Petting Maile video.)
(Click here for Keeping Up with the Cousins video.)
We’re back from Oahu and lots to catch everyone up on. First, here’s a couple quick videos of me having fun with Grandma and Daddy. Vacations are the best!
Did you know my Grandma was a horsey? Neither did I – needless to say, quite hilarious when I found out!
And my Daddy suddenly turned into a kissing monster! I was surprised too, but I wasn’t scared…
(Click here for the Grandma Horsey video.)
(Click here for the Kissing Monster video.)
Today we flew to Oahu to celebrate Christmas with Grandma Gail’s family. Unfortunately, there is no Internet connection at the condo we are staying at – so Maile and her blogging team are taking an impromptu vacation until Saturday…
We’ll leave you with Maile and daddy doing their best “Hangover” impersonation.
Daddy taught me how to play catch today. Well, in reality, daddy kept throwing the ball at me and I finally got tired of it hitting me in the face so I grabbed on to it. I hope this isn’t his approach for teaching me everything!
My Grandpa Cal is a judge. Today we went to visit him at his court house. I figured since Grandpa Cal is retiring in 2012 I would audition to be the next judge on Kaua’i. How do you think I did?
Wait! I'm innocent. I swear! I'm being framed... Heeeellllp me!
Whew. That was close - mommy came and saved me!
Okay Grandpa. Break it down for me. To be a Judge, I have to read ALL of these books behind me? Do they have pictures? I'm mostly working with books that have pictures these days...
Now this is what I'm talking about. This tastes ... powerful.
Seriously - let's get these puppies added to the baby registry. New. Favorite. Toy.
Be honest. How does this look?
What's that? I don't need to wear anything under this? Not even a diaper? Nice. I'm liking this judge deal!
Okay, I gotta ask - does all food taste this bland? Not a huge deal if it does, but I'm going to seriously adjust my expectations...
Future Maile trivia question: What was the second “solid” food Maile ate after rice cereal?
Answer: Poi!
What is poi? Poi is a Hawaiian staple made from the taro plant. You can read all about it here. It’s basically a dull purple rice cereal – and yes, its still pretty bland in flavor.
Contrary to the video below, Maile actually enjoyed it so she’ll be snacking on it throughout her time on the islands…
Well, I’ve been in Hawaii for 24 hours and I can honestly say the highlight so far has been playing with my Grandma and Grandpa again. I’m absolutely fascinated with my Grandpa’s face – I keep grabbing it – that man has a great chin! And even though I was a bit fussy today, I still had fun playing with Grandma Gail – I was just fussy to keep her on her toes a bit 😉
Grandma Gail gave me a tour of the neighborhood - she's a great guide!
Hmm... you do look familiar - let me check a few things out...
After a long day of travel, we’ve arrived on Kaua’i! Maile did great once again en route – only one small crying session and an “incident” that resulted in one less onesie in Maile’s attire.
More to come after we get a chance to rest up … for those traveling this week – fly safe!
It’s not always easy to capture Maile in full laughter mode. Most times as soon as she sees the camera she stops or gets more interested in the camera compared to whatever she was in the midst of doing before. This time, however, I think its safe to say we nailed it!
