Growing up with a little of both and the lessons learned along the way
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On Sunday, I helped Mommy make me and Hannah homemade playdoh. And by help, I mean I played with the food color while she made the dough...
I can't decide what my favorite color is, I like them all!
Muhahaha, it's ALIVE!
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When Daddy came home from work today he told me to get my jacket because we were going to “SFO” to go get Mommy. Yay! (Apparently, “SFO” is where they keep the mommies. Mental note, next time I’ll just make Daddy take me there straight away.)
When we got to SFO, I realized I had my work cut out for me. Luckily, I brought my trusty walker to speed things up.
Maile: "Daddy, this seems like a pretty big place. Maybe we should split up?" Daddy: "No, Maile, we are not going to split up."
Baggage claim area is clear, Daddy. No Mommy to be found.
SFO was pretty big. Just when I had given up hope, guess who walked around the corner!?
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So happy to have my Mommy back! Happy day!
(Dad note: Special thanks to Megan for help with the signage…)
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Excuse me, Maile Girl here. Just wanted to chime in. I miss my Mommy. And even though Daddy keeps telling me “go to sleep, wake up, go to sleep, wake up” – I’m not going to sit idly by any longer. I’m a little girl of action.
So I hatched a plan.
First, I booted up the computer Daddy gave me and figured out how where in the world New York is.
Maile: "Daddy, what's the site I see you on sometimes with the maps?" Daddy: "Google Maps?" Maile: "Thanks."
After I few clicks, I was able to get a line to draw showing me where I needed to go. It was basically as long as two of my hands, so I figured it was doable.
After that I told Daddy I wanted to “go outside and practice walking.” He obliged and we headed out with my walker. After that I was off!
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As you can see, I hit a few obstacles, but I will not be denied! Mommy, I’m coming!
(Dad note: Maile walked the furthest she ever has on this little adventure. With that said, this is how far we made it:
Needless to say we have our work cut out for us…)
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(Dad note: Before Maile jumps in and tells you about the fun day we had on Saturday, just a quick update on our Home Alone adventures. Maile has done great the past two nights. She’s gone down relatively easily and slept through the night. She still misses her mommy very much and can’t wait to see her on Thursday. For all those who asked, Chris is doing okay as well – she’s thinking about us non-stop, but she’s surviving and getting her stuff done in NYC.)
On Saturday, Mommy and Daddy took me to the Nihonmachi Street Fair in Japantown. The Nihonmachi Street Fair is a big street party for the Asian American community. I’m part Asian and 100% American so I qualified no problem (they let Daddy come too, so apparently the rules aren’t too strict).
It was a fun day – we had mochi and walked around to all the different booths. Mommy’s friend Johannah joined us too – it was fun to see her again.
Nah, I didn't have any fun at the Fair...
They even had dragons that made loud noises – mommy thought I’d be scared, but it didn’t seem like such a big deal to me. Kind of ho hum to be honest. I knew there were actually people under the dragons – can’t pull something like that over Maile Girl.
Mommy, I know those dragons aren't real...
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There was a band too and Daddy and I went dancing. He’s a fun dancing partner although if I get much bigger he said he won’t be able to throw me around like he does now. I say “suck it up” daddy, I’m not getting any smaller!
Watch out Japantown, here comes a Haole and a Half...
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I’m a lucky girl. My next door neighbor, Lizzy, is the best! I think as we get older she is going to teach me all types of fun things. Even though she is already 7 years old, Mommy said that she’s not quite ready to babysit me. Daddy said its never too early to start her babysitter training, so I put her through the paces a bit. Needless to say she passed with flying colors!
(Dad note: Check out what Maile does about 10 seconds into this video… I think its fair to say she is a big fan of Lizzy!)
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What? I've got the munchies...
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Mommy and I went to the store on Sunday and we picked up “crayons”. I actually had no idea what they were, but they looked all colorful and fun and Mommy said she’d show me how to use them. At first, Mommy and Daddy just let me play with the crayons to see what I would do (although apparently putting them in my mouth is bad because every time I tried, they grabbed my hand and said “NO!”). I didn’t really understand how they worked, so Mommy gave me an art lesson. She’s quite talented. Daddy drew a few things too. Between you and me, I REALLY hope I get my art genes from Mommy and not Daddy.
Mommy, what are these colored sticks? If I can't eat them, what can I do with them?
Oh pretty! Thanks for showing me how this works...
Maile: Like this Mommy? Mommy: Yep, Maile Girl, you're a natural!
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Last weekend I had a very fun visitor – my Cousin Donna came all the way from Chicago to visit me! (Technically, she is my Grandma’s cousin – so maybe that makes her my Grand Cousin? Not sure. Regardless, how fun that she came to visit me!) I took her up to my favorite restaurant, Street, and then she celebrated my birthday party with all my friends and I.
Of course, she didn’t come empty handed. One of the fun gifts she brought me was a book called “Kiss Kiss” – she said she saw how I was learning how to do “love, loves” and that I should learn how to throw a kiss into the mix. (Dad note: I’m not sure I 100% agree or that we should be encouraging this, but it is ridiculously cute.)
Daddy has read me the book a few times before bed and I think its safe to say, I’m “getting it” – check out the video below:
Thank you, Cousin Donna, for coming to visit!
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Now that I’m 1 year’s old, I made it very clear to mommy and daddy that I was tired of facing backwards in the car. Nobody puts Maile in the rear facing car seat! So last weekend, we stopped by the store and upgraded!
This. Is. Awesome. Seriously. So now that I'm forward facing, when do I get to take this puppy out for a spin?
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