Growing up with a little of both and the lessons learned along the way
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Maile had music class at school today and learned a new song about peanut butter and jelly. She taught it to Mommy tonight – apparently this whole back and forth went on for quite awhile and Christine managed to capture a bit of it on video.
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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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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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Maile's very own camera, courtesy of Grandma Gail and Papa Cal
Grandma Gail and Papa Cal sent Maile a great birthday gift – her very own camera. It’s a Fisher Price digital camera takes real pictures and videos, has a screen to view the results, etc.
I’m not sure if it was the previously mentioned 10,000+ photos we’ve taken of Maile, but we didn’t even have to show her how to use it – she just started snapping away and then she’d review her shots as she went (just like Mommy and Daddy). We’re so proud.
For some extra fun, I decided to hook Maile’s camera up with an Eye-Fi memory card. It’s just like a normal camera memory card, except it has wireless built right in – so you never have to plug the camera in to get the pictures off of it. It just syncs automatically.
As an added bonus, I set it up so Maile’s pictures post right to Flickr! You can follow along with Maile’s view of the world right here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mailegirl/
Fun, right?
Right back at you, Mommy!
We're getting lots of pictures like this...
Maile Girl is pretty good with framing her pictures...
Thank you, Grandma Gail and Papa Cal!
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A couple of months ago, Christine heard about a 5K coming to San Francisco called The Color Run. The premise is simple, every 1K throughout the route you run through an area where volunteers dose you with colored powder. They also hand out packets and you can through it all over yourself and other people. We thought it sounded like fun … and boy were we right!
We headed out to the run with a couple of Maile’s classmates. We looked like a commercial for Bob jogging strollers as we each had one. I was a little concerned that Maile wouldn’t be a huge fan of the colored powder, but that was quickly put to rest when she and her friends started throwing it all over. The first time we went through the color cloud, Maile turned to me and said “That was awesome!”
Maile and Mommy getting happy and pumped pre-race!
Daddy and Maile the green elf 🙂
Unfortunately, Maile did take a tumble out of the stroller around the 3K mark. She wasn’t strapped in well and after we went through one of the colored clouds, she turned around to show me and fell out of the stroller when I jammed it on another runner’s foot. She was okay, some small cuts on her nose and forehead and a few minutes of tears. The excitement did wear her out though and she ended up falling asleep for the last 2K – yes, Maile finished the race, fast asleep in her stroller!
Family Picture at the finish line of the Color Run 2012 - with Maile Girl finishing the race in style...
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Maile’s really been into rocket ships lately (she wants to take one to China). I found this great Stomp Rocket online that looked like it would be perfect for her … boy, was I right!
It took Maile a little bit to figure out how to get things going …
… but once she did, man did we have fun!
Mommy got a perfect shot of Maile launching the rocket...
Go! Rocket! Go!
Love my new rocket - thank you Daddy!
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Today was Maile’s 3rd birthday. Last night, Mommy put together the tent we got her and filled it with all her presents from the family. I have to admit we were so excited for her to open her presents, that we kind of didn’t mind if she woke up on the early side. Maile Girl didn’t disappoint, getting up at 6 AM on the dot.
Yay, presents!
3 years old is finally an age where Maile enjoys opening her presents and gets excited about each gift. Lots of “oh wow!” and “Mommy, look at this!” The theme this year was definitely encouraging Maile’s artistic side – painting, photography, chalk, play-doh and all types of fun ways to display her masterpieces. Thank you to everyone who sent gifts – Maile absolutely loved everything! And you’ll definitely be seeing appearances in the coming days and weeks…
Here’s a video of Maile Girl discovering her new tent filled with the goods – sorry so shaky!
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Family picture just a few weeks shy of Maile's 3rd birthday
878 posts.
17,793 photos.
1,613 movies.
Memories saved – priceless!
A special shout out is in order to the Mommy behind the scenes – 90% of photos and videos you see on the blog are done by Christine. Sitting down each evening and seeing what she’s captured is one of the best parts of my day.
For those who are interested, here is what year 2 looked like by the numbers:
10,852 visitors to the blog – 29.7 visits per day. 70% of visitors visit every single day!
20 people discovered the blog by searching “shorts over sweatpants” – and finding this post. Welcome!
We’ve posted 378 videos to Vimeo.
5,099 plays this year on the Vimeo web site and 92,500 loads from the blog.
The top videos of the year were:
5. How Maile Handles Being Ignored
4. Duke vs UNC: Crisis Averted
3. Bossy Pants
2. Maile Gaga On the Edge of Glory
and DRUMROLL please…
1. Hangover
(Hangover actually passed our previous #1 video of all-time – Maile Yoda!)
On a personal note, this blog is a part of my routine now and as I mentioned above, I love doing it. The moments of reflection it gives me today are worth the time alone, but when I think about the story that is being pieced together for the future, continuing is a no brainer. For those of you who read regularly, I hope you enjoy the adventures of our little girl and that more often than not, she brings a smile to your day!
All our best on the eve of 3,
Matt, Christine and Maile
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Hawaii wasn’t all fun and games – Papa Cal put me to work washing his car. Actually, come to think of it, it was pretty fun so maybe Hawaii WAS all fun and games!
Yes, this bucket is almost bigger than me! Papa's car is pretty big so I needed to make sure I had enough soap and water!
Papa taught me a good carwash is all about attention to detail
Here I am in action:
I think my car wash technique is top notch, but let me know if you have any tips…
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Sad to say that tomorrow we head home from our summer vacation on Kauai. We had a wonderful visit with Grandma and Papa. Lots of beach time, swimming, kite flying, shave ice, running around in the backyard, baking cookies, art projects, more shave ice! It was a wonderful 11 days for Maile and Mommy (and 5 for Daddy). We can’t wait to come back again soon!
Thank you Grandma Gail and Papa Cal for a wonderful visit!
Family picture just a few weeks shy of Maile's 3rd birthday
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