We went over Vincent’s house for dinner tonight. He has a backyard. And his daddy knows how to blow bubbles. So, yeah, it was pretty awesome.
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From the monthly archives:
September 2012
Maile Girl is becoming quite the comedian with her newly learned “knock, knock” jokes…
Have a great weekend!
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While in Chicago we visited the excellent Kohl Children’s Museum. We had a lot of fun and Maile got in some practice to prepare for the upcoming arrivial of her baby sister. She covered the basics – changing, cleaning and feeding pretty well … but we are going to need to work on her carrying technique 😉
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We had lots of fun this past weekend in Chicago. One of the highlights was getting to spend time with GG Irv (and GG Bea and Aunt Julie too). GG Irv turns 93 in November, which means he is almost 90 years older than Maile. In his prime, GG Irv would have definitely battled Maile for the opportunity to tell the next story, but these days he is more in listen mode. Maile didn’t seem to mind – she was amazing with him – very tender and affectionate, she’d rub his arm and give him hugs and kisses. Maile made GG Irv’s eyes sparkle a bit too – and as you can see below coaxed a very big smile out of him!
GG Irv and Maile Girl - 90 years apart, but two BIG smiles when they get together!
GG Irv, Maile and Daddy - September 2012
Maile Girl teaching GG Bea how to draw pictures...
Aunt Julie and Maile Girl had some silly fun too!
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Maile Girl and I traveled to Chicago this weekend to visit with the great grandparents and other Chicago-based family members. We had an amazing trip and will cover some of the highlights over the next few days.
The trip home, however, did not go very smoothly. We ended up being delayed 5 hours and had to switch planes TWICE. Switch planes as in, board the plane, get everything settled, pack everything back up again, de-board the plane, wait around for awhile, board another plane, get everything settled, pack everything back up again, de-board the plane, wait around for awhile, board another plan, get everything settled … and finally, take off for home!
Needless to say, quite the adventure traveling solo with a three year old. I have to say – Maile was a rock star. She had one mini melt down over some confusion between the two of us during our second boarding where I thought she said she needed to go potty, but she insisted she didn’t, but I decided better safe than sorry and Maile decided she doesn’t subscribe to that philosophy.
Other than that though – she was great. She ate lots of snacks, danced some ballet in the waiting area, chatted up the Chinese couple with the baby in the seat behind us (in Mandarin no less!) and only made me read the same three books we brought a half dozen times.
The trick for me while we were waiting on the runway for 5 hours was when to go to the iPad. I knew I had a four hour flight ahead of us once we finally took off, so I didn’t want to go to it too early (and risk a VERY long flight with a little girl who was no longer interested in the magical screen). The iPad was like my water in the desert – I wanted to keep it available just in case that mirage in the distance wasn’t actually us taking off for San Francisco. I’m going to pat myself on the back and say that I made it all the way through the delay without going to the iPad (thanks to the aforementioned old school books and a very timely art project purchase Grandma Jill sent along with us).
In the end we made it home and Mommy was waiting for us at the gate – Maile Girl gets an A+ for being a travel rock star – she can be my adventure wing girl any time!
Home in San Francisco ... at last!
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Maile’s a few lessons in with her ballet lessons and enjoying it – although she gets hungry about 30 minutes in (which makes sense because she only ate 3 breakfasts before we went). In any event, be prepared for cuteness…
(Dad note: Sorry the video is rotated. Tried a couple times – not sure what happened…)
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This is what Maile wore to school today.
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Last night for dinner Mommy and Maile had some fun with grilled cheese…
First, you have Mommy make grilled cheese. Second, you find some fun shapes and push REALLY hard!
IT'S ALIVE!
So pretty, right?
Finally, you eat! (Truth be told, Maile Girl liked the making part, better than the eating part with this one...)
(Dad note: Sorry for the delay posting!)
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Maile went to a “princess” birthday party on Sunday. I went into the office to do a few hours of work and Maile and Mommy came to pick me up after the party. As the pictures show, Maile’s outfit was a little over the top…
Not the best picture, but wanted you to see the outfit: homemade princess crown, poofy skirt, and, of course, red cowboy boots!
Waiting for her prince?
My prince better hurry, I'm getting hungry!
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