Growing up with a little of both and the lessons learned along the way
From the monthly archives:
A quick one tonight as Daddy is tired. Lauren is making the move to the sippy cup and has mastered a technique that will serve her well a bit later in life… the chug!
Lauren displaying her chugging technique...
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We might have another artist in the family. She’s still in her “eating phase” – but she’s starting to show some interest…
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Last Friday was my birthday and I decided that I wanted to “hit the club” to celebrate. Of course, instead of Saturday night club, it ended up being Baby Loves Disco on Sunday afternoon. This was our second time and once again we had a blast.
Maile, Lauren, Mommy and I danced up a storm – but it was clear that Maile was getting older. Towards the end, she was less interested in dancing with her Daddy and more interested in what was going on over by the booths…
So this is how they pick up the ladies these days...
Too bad I’m so old, I think I would have been good at this style 😉
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On Saturday, Mommy introduced me to one of her favorite movies, The Sound of Music. I can’t really tell you what it is all about because we mostly just fast forwarded to the parts where the kids are singing. But the music was fun!
Mommy and me getting ready to watch The Sound of Music!
Towards the end, we just let the movie play through and I have to say, I really didn’t like the parts where the children weren’t singing. Their family gets chased by some bad men. I would recommend just fast forwarding through that part – I know I will be next time!
Get away Von Trapps! Get Away!
Oh man, I really don't like this part - can you let me know when the children are singing again?
(Dad note: I am thoroughly enjoying the beginning stages of Maile’s movie watching. I was in the other room when Christine started sending me these pictures – they just absolutely slayed me. I love her so much.)
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Maile and Lauren make a good team. Lauren LOVES riding her toy car. And Maile LOVES pushing her in it 🙂
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This morning Christine and I went to Maile’s school to participate in a tea ceremony. Maile and her classmates have been practicing all week. It was a great little ceremony.
Mommy, Daddy and Maile - Chinese New Year's 2014
New Year Tea Ceremony is a traditional custom in the Chinese Lunar Year celebration. Traditionally, on the day of Chinese New Year, children present a cup of tea to their parents, grandparents and elders in the family to wish them a prosperous new year. This ritual is called 拜年（Bàinián) wishing people happy new year. In return, the elders give the children a red envelope for good luck and good wish.
To start the ceremony, Christine and I sat down in chairs and then Maile served us each tea while wishing us happy new year in Chinese: 新年快乐 （Xīnnián kuàilè）Happy New Year!
Maile serving Mommy and Daddy tea...
After we gave Maile a red envelope we had prepared – Christine made a butterfly by folding a dollar bill 🙂 I gave it to Maile using two hands and we wished her Happy New Year too and 恭喜恭喜（Gōngxǐ gōngxǐ) Congratulations!
Daddy giving Maile her New Year's envelope...
Tonight we put the envelope underneath Maile’s pillow where it will stay for 15 days. After that she will open it to find our good wish on February 14th 🙂
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On Saturday, Mommy and Lauren went to take a nap. I had some work I needed to do, so Maile headed into the living room … and then things got really quiet.
I came in about 20 minutes later and Maile had moved all the furniture she could handle herself into a massive fort/castle. To her credit she was super quiet while doing all of this – I had no idea! And she even helped put it all back after she played with it for awhile 🙂
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It wasn’t the matchup we wanted to see, but we still invited some friends over for the Super Bowl and had some fun. We kept the cameras off for most of the party, but did catch a few quick shots for this series…
Lauren was all decked out in her Stanford gear (it's the sportiest thing she owns really), but she got a little messy during pre-party lunch, so we had to change.
Maile Girl filling out her squares...
What's in this big bowl, Daddy? Come on you can tell me...
I feel pretzels!
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