Growing up with a little of both and the lessons learned along the way
From the monthly archives:
I know we’ve already covered Maile’s 3rd Birthday, but the father of one of her classmates sent over some great pictures and I had to share…
Beautiful shot of Mommy and Maile
Giggles with Daddy
Mesmerized.
Dude, don't even dream of blowing out my candles...
Umm... a little help here?
Ready, Maile? One, Two, THREE...
Happy Birthday, Maile Girl!
Mommy: Yay! Maile: Wait, that's it?
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Guess what? On Saturday, Mommy and Daddy took me to see Thomas the Train! Yep, the blue one. A bunch of my friends from school came too and Vincent and Hannah! We all went on a train car and Thomas took us on a ride – he’s a pretty busy train, so it was cool that he made time for us.
(Dad note: We were having so much fun we didn’t take a ton of pictures – if you can believe it, not a single shot of Maile with Thomas himself! Trust me though, this isn’t a visit she will soon forget – she had a blast!)
Once a summer the Roaring Camp sets up Thomas the Train - and the kids come from all over!
I really thought Thomas would be bigger. Yeah, me too.
Hannah and Maile had a blast watching the forest go by from the side of the train car...
Thank you, thank you, thank you, Daddy (and Mommy) for taking me to see Thomas!
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We went to dinner tonight out in Sausalito. (Cool place called Bar Bocce for the locals.) The restaurant seating was outdoors and opened up onto a small beach. We had a blast skipping (well, throwing at least) rocks and running around in the water. Beautiful night as well – caught a pretty good shot of Maile Girl…
Dinner with a view in Sausalito...
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Maile Girl following a particularly challenging Dora plot point...
I can’t tell you how annoyed Maile was with me that I dared to take pictures during Dora. I loved the way she was lying with her arms though…
Have a great weekend!
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Meet Maile’s new pet, appropriately named “dog” (apparently 3 is a literal phase).
Dad note: Those who know me well, will find it funny that even mechanical dogs apparently like to sit at my feet.
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Last year, it took a little work for Maile Girl to wish Grandma Jill a proper happy birthday…
This year, I could barely get the camera on before she started singing!
This is indeed a welcome improvement!
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Some context behind the video below: Maile has definitely improved on the potty training front, but she’s not all the way there yet. She’s at the point now, where most of the time she tells someone when she needs to go potty. However, every once in awhile she gets in a mood where she is almost willing herself not to go.
That was the case today.
This video is the tail end of about a 30 minute back-and-forth between Maile and I at the museum. She was running around, crossing her legs, acting just like a little girl who needed to go the bathroom – except she absolutely insisted she didn’t need to go. At one point I even picked her up and carried her into the bathroom and begged her to sit on the potty “for a minute” – to which she went absolutely bonkers and refused to go. That brings us to our video…
The good news is that sure enough after this video, we went into the bathroom and Maile went potty. She also preemptively told me two more times that afternoon. So we’re making some progress!
(Click here for the video.)
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Maile, of course you can wear your princess tiara to the restaurant...
… actually, should we skip dinner altogether and just go get ice cream? We can go buy some presents too. What’s that? When you get home you want to watch 3 shows of Dora back-to-back-to-back? No problem, honey.
(In other words, I am so screwed when Maile Girl figures out the power of that face!)
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Maile has liked typing on her keyboard for awhile, but it’s mostly just nonsense letters. The other day she completely surprised me by typing out her first real words!
She’s been able to spell her name for awhile, can point out letters and has even started writing her name. I had no idea she could type it though. Daddy was a happy camper – now to teach her some real programming so I can put her to work!
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On Sunday we celebrated Maile’s birthday at a local park with all her friends. Mommy found a great face painter, Oliver, and Maile was VERY pleased that she got to go first! Maile also had a blast running around the playground with her friends and getting her pick of the cupcakes…
Maile Girl making sure everything is setup for her party...
Before all the friends arrived, Daddy taught Maile some Karate Kid moves...
Like this, Daddy?
Maile and Sophie goofing around on the jungle gym
Hi Oliver, my name is Maile, it's my birthday, I'm 3, and Mommy said I get to go first. Cool?
I can't wait to see what my face looks like!
Look how pretty! (Dad note: Maile had a tumble the day before her party - hence the scraped up knows and forehead. I'm told that's a classic Daddy move 😉
Getting ready to make a birthday wish!
As you’ll see in the video, Maile was a bit overwhelmed by all the attention – but she had a great birthday party. Thanks to all of her friends that helped her celebrate!
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