Growing up with a little of both and the lessons learned along the way
From the monthly archives:
Mommy and Daddy said that I must be growing since I’ve been eating so much lately. I decided to measure myself to see.
I think this is the right tool, but not so sure I'm using it right...
(Dad note: Mommy did indeed measure Maile today and it looks like she’s grown almost 2 inches in the past two months!)
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Maile Girl making things happen on the potty!
Everyone told us that preschool was great for potty training because Maile would see some of the older kids using the potty and want to keep up. They couldn’t have been more correct – we’ve actually been amazed at how quickly it has happened. Maile is in her 4th week of school and has been somewhat consistently using the potty at school and at home for about a week and a half. She doesn’t make it every time, but she’s starting to get pretty good about telling us when it’s time, especially in the morning and before bed.
The con side of this is that Maile’s new go to move is to wake up at 5:30 AM, stand in front of the bathroom, and call out for Mommy to help her use the potty. We’re totally torn on this – on one hand, you want to encourage using the potty. On the other hand, well, it’s 5:30 in the morning!
Chris got up with Maile all week, so this morning I decided I’d help her out. I heard Maile calling out and got out of bed to help her. Of course, she didn’t want Daddy, she wanted Mommy – so we had a bit of a “meeting of the minds” for about 10-15 minutes. I finally convinced her to use the potty by promising her that after she did, she could go see Mommy (at the point I figured we were getting pretty close to Chris’ normal 6 AM wake up time).
As I was putting Maile’s diaper back on, I happened to glance at the clock and realized that it wasn’t 5:30 AM. It was 4:00 AM! Maile had gotten up to go to the bathroom at 3:30 AM and I just didn’t realize it. Doh. I felt awful, but I woke up Mommy (apologizing profusely) and she took Maile back to bed. Needless to say, we were all exhausted today!
(Dad note: We’re pulling out the big guns now to try to prevent this from happening – Chris found this alarm clock on line that indicates when it’s okay to get up. We’re going to give it a shot…)
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Sunday morning Maile and Mommy did a little construction project and built an addition to our apartment especially for Maile Girl. Her very own “not a box” house!
(Dad note: big props to Mommy on this one – Maile absolutely loves her house, she’s been playing in it non-stop since it was built!)
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Mommy and Daddy took me to see Yoda this weekend. They said that even though I was learning lots of new things at school, Yoda was really the only one qualified to teach me about The Force.
Hello, Yoda. Maile is my name.
I'm not sure who was more excited about seeing Yoda, Daddy or me.
We heard rumors that Boba Fett and Darth Vadar were nearby too, but unfortunately, the building was closed.
I practiced my balance as Yoda watched - balance is a very important component of The Force.
Bye bye Yoda, I'll be back to complete my training. I know you've heard that one before, but I mean it!
(Dad note: we heard about the Yoda statue from this cool San Francisco Daily Secret site.)
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We figure if she’s going to be bossy, we might as well try to have her be polite while she’s doing it…
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We had pizza for dinner tonight and word on the street, the crust was homemade by Maile Girl!
Man, this dough is sticky!
Okay, I can deal with sticky, let's get to work...
Really need to get this just right...
... and then we spread it out ...
So much fun making pizza with Mommy!
(Dad note: I should have taken a picture of the finished product, but it was so good, we just dug in!)
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It’s been awhile since we checked in on Maile and her iPad “skills”. We’ve had this memory game for awhile now, but Maile was never able to figure it out. She’d just press the same squares over and over again getting a kick out of the animal noises. Something finally clicked with Mommy over the weekend and she realized that she could “match” the different animals. The video is a little long, but pretty cool (I definitely got a kick out of this one!)…
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One of the benefits of Maile’s new schedule is that Chris gets some extra time with Maile Girl on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. On those days, Chris picks Maile up at school at 3:30 – about an hour and a half earlier than when she used to get home to see her. That gives the girls some extra time before the rush of dinner, bath, bedtime kicks in. Mommy and Maile art projects have been all the rage and I’ve definitely been a beneficiary!
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We ordered in Indian on Saturday night and Maile tried Mango Lassi for the first time...
She liked it and decided to show off her lassi moustache!
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I’m not a particularly handy man, Chris definitely has more of those genes in her. Luckily, Maile seems to be taking after her mother. This week she’s been fascinated with the tool set we got her for her birthday and has been working on how the screws work. She gets frustrated sometimes, but cool to see that she works through it and finally figures it out. This video also gives a good example of what it’s like to follow along with a “Maile story” these days – actually getting easier and easier to figure out what she is talking about!
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