Maile Girl here. It’s definitely spring time in the city and I’m loving it! This weekend, my Daddy and I went on a long walk down by the water. We had ice cream (I had vanilla) and then we went looking for flowers for Mommy. I found a very pretty purple one. And guess what? When I got home, Mommy said it was her favorite (an iris)! Daddy said I should try to remember that fact. I’ll try, Daddy.
Check out the pretty flower I found for Mommy!
I really like eating eggs. Hard-boiled ones. Especially when my Grandma Gail makes them for me. You know what is even more fun than EATING eggs? PAINTING them! (Plus, after you paint them, you still get to eat them. So it’s a win win!)
Getting ready to paint the eggs - look at all the pretty colors Mommy put together!
Please be quiet, painting Easter eggs is VERY serious work.
And like I said, when you are done, you get to eat the eggs!
When I woke up on Friday morning, guess who was there to see me? Grandma Gail and Papa Cal! And you know what happens when Papa Cal is around? Yep, that’s right – ice cream for Maile Girl!
Mommy and I took Papa Cal up to one of our favorite ice cream spots. I think he liked it because he finished his whole cup and his was way bigger than mine!
Daddy had to work late last night. I was sad about that. But tonight Daddy came home at the regular time! I put him right to work – we played hide and seek for awhile and then we colored. I told Daddy we should color on the same sheet of paper – luckily Daddy is a bit bigger than me, so he colored on the top and I did the bottom.
Daddy, you're squishing me!
Not pointing any fingers, but Daddy was the one who was using the blue marker!
It’s been a long week for Daddy – he’s been really busy working on March Madness stuff.
Mommy and I have been taking good care of him though. In the video below, I’m helping him relax by reading him a story…
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Mommy and Daddy are always taking pictures of me with their cameras. A little while back, Daddy gave me one of his old cameras. I’ve been figuring out how to use and I’m finally starting to get the hang of it!
These are all pictures I took on Saturday. Daddy was at work, so I wanted to make sure he didn’t miss anything!
Mommy on the stoop taking a picture of me taking her picture!
This is the sky. So blue.
This is our courtyard - I think the trees are really pretty.
I call this one 'Bubbles on the stair'
Our big palm tree - Daddy said this one is his favorite.
Self portrait
(Dad note: It’s been a lot of fun watching Maile figure out the camera. She’s using an old Canon PowerShot point and shoot. We gave her some basic pointers a while back, but she’s mostly been figuring it out for herself. This is the first time the pictures were “publishable” – we’ll see if she keeps it up!)
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This is my little plant.
A couple weeks ago I went to my friend, Teia’s, birthday party. We had a great time running around the playground – and we got pizza and cake(!) too. Did I mention we had cake? So yummy.
Anyways, as we were leaving, Teia handed out a little present to all her friends. When I opened it it was just a little cardboard cup with some seeds and dirt in it. (It wasn’t terribly exciting to be honest.) But Daddy told me that we could “plant” the seeds and that a plant would grow. I wasn’t so sure, but I decided to humor Daddy.
We put some water on the dirt and it got really muddy, then I took my fingers and buried the seeds in the mud. That part was kind of fun. Then we put the cup on the window sill over the kitchen sink and waited. I checked my little plant every morning. For the first few days, nothing really happened. Then all of sudden, it started to grow a little bit! Every day it got bigger and bigger (Mommy says this is because I have a green thumb which is weird because neither of my thumbs are actually green.)
I’m quite proud of my little plant. On Sunday, Mommy said it was time to move the plant outside – it was too big for the little cup it was in. Our neighbor, Pat, gave us a pot and Mommy and I replanted the plant (yup, more fun playing with the mud!)
Mommy said it was my responsibility to water the plant. (Apparently, plants like water like I like blueberries and bananas.) So every morning, before I go to school, I water my little plant!
First I check the soil to see if it is too dry and needs some more water... (Dad note: yup, that's drool - Maile Girl just getting a head start on the next step 😉
Then I water my little plant...
... Daddy laughs at me - he says I stick my tongue out like Michael Jordan when I water my plant. I don't know who that is, but I hope he takes good care of his plants...
Maile Girl here. For the past 2.5 years and almost 800 blog posts, I’ve been the “star”. I think I’m ready for something more and have decided to take my turn behind the camera…
I apologize that I’m a little shaky holding the camera – I will work on that – but I hope you agree that I really brought out a great performance from Mommy with my directions!
(Dad note: no trickery here, she picked up the iPhone, opened the camera app, turned it on, recorded, and then, most interesting to me, figured out how to turn it off. Perhaps slightly less impressive because she’s seen Mommy and Daddy do it about a million times already!)
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Daddy told me that he had a headache tonight (that’s a fancy word for “owie on your head”). I immediately knew what to do – I went and got my penguin ice pack and taught Daddy how to hold it on his head. He said it felt a little better, but it wasn’t until I gave him a kiss that he said he felt all better. I guess my kisses are like medicine. (Dad note: Bad medicine, of course.)
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On Sunday we went to my classmate Teia’s 3rd birthday. It was A LOT of fun – I got to see all my school friends and there was this great park that we ran all around and explored. The best part was the climbing tower – Daddy and I have been working on my climbing so had lots of fun showing him how much I’ve learned. He looked a little worried as I got higher and higher, but he’s a good teacher, so I said, “Daddy, you have nothing to worry about. I got this!”
Concentrating like Daddy taught me - making sure I put every foot on a sturdy place...
Dad note: On second thought, maybe this whole teaching how to climb thing was a questionable call...
But how can you pass up this? Joy.