We took advantage of the family reunion get together to snap some family pictures at 23 months.
Mommy, Daddy and Maile at 23 months
Grandpa Mike, Stephen, Daddy, Auntie Elyssa, Mommy, Maile and Grandma Jill
(Note: Poor Maile Girl started to feel a little under the weather on Sunday – too much excitement from the weekend perhaps. Not as smiley as she normally is, but hey, the rest of us look pretty good 😉
Auntie Elyssa, Mommy and Maile enjoy a hay ride (Daddy opted out due to his allergies ... truth.)
Swimming(!) with Daddy - not quite Hawaii waters, but we still had fun!
On our last day in Hawaii, we headed to the beach one last time. When we showed up, we found this huge turtle (a “honu” in Hawaiian) just chilling on the sand!
This is the big turtle on the beach...
... and this was as close as Maile was willing to get.
(Dad note: this is our last post about our Hawaii trip. It was an amazing week. In addition to spending lots of quality time with Grandma Gail and Grandpa Cal, we had two cool break throughs: (1) Chris and I escaped for some alone time and Maile did absolutely wonderful with her grandparents; (2) Maile really embraced the water – by the end of the trip she was even swimming around in the ocean, something she barely would put her feet in before. Maile definitely enjoyed the outdoor pools and beach much more than her swim class at the JCC – no doubt if we lived on Hawaii she’d be little fish!)
Regular readers might recall me (Daddy) almost wiping out Maile and her cousins during our Christmas trip with an over zealous Radio Flyer trip. Well, this time it was Mommy’s turn. A little fun with Maile’s “not a box” race car turned dangerous in the blink of an eye 😉
(Dad note: No Mailes were injured in the filming of this video.)
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Nothing like a popsicle on a hot Hawaiian day – although I did have trouble deciding between the red one and the orange one…
This red one is pretty yummy...
Hmm... but the orange is tasty too.
Mommy, can I just have both? Pleeeease!
You might be wondering why I am standing like this...
... because I'm copying my Mommy, of course!
Okay, go away now and let me enjoy the rest of my popsicle!
We’ve been keeping things action-packed here in Hawaii. Typically, we have a morning activity around the house followed by venturing out after Maile’s nap. (Dad note: Since Maile has been waking up at 4:30 AM, not really much to do outside the house in the morning!)
Grandma Gail remembered how much Maile enjoyed making cookies over Christmas, so we tried again today. And this time, Maile didn’t have to battle her cousins for the sprinkles!
Decorating cookie silliness with Mommy and Maile
After a nice long nap, we headed over to visit Great Grandma Kiyoko and took a swim in her pool. We had the whole pool to ourselves and Maile absolutely loved it (which was surprising, since she isn’t always the biggest fan of her swim classes at the JCC). Maile has definitely come along way in the pool since we first started swimming more than a year ago…
Swimming is fun, but horsing around with Daddy is even better!
Hopefully, with all this adventure, we’ll wear Maile out and she’ll sleep later than 4:30 AM tomorrow… fingers crossed!
Quiet time with Grandma Gail
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We took some great pictures today at Poipu…
Daddy, Mommy and Maile (22 months)
Grandpa Cal, Grandma Gail and Maile (22 months)
As of a couple months ago, this post was going to be our first from our Japanese adventure. We had been planning to go visit Katie and Emily in Japan as well as tour Osaka and Kyoto. Due to the earthquake and the tragic aftermath, we decided to postpone our trip. (We should report that Katie, Emily and the rest of the family are fine.)
Not bad to have Hawaii as the fall back plan though! We arrived this afternoon and immediately took to some fun outdoor action…
Should I use my purple club or my pink one for this hole?
Hmm... this doesn't feel quite right, can I get a little help over here?
Maile, fair warning, your daddy is awful at golf. We'll need to get Papa Cal in here to give you a true lesson...
After golf, we decided we wanted to ride the bike – unfortunately, Maile still hasn’t figured out the whole “move the pedals to make you go” aspect of bike riding… (although at least this time, she was interested in sitting on the bike!)
Bike riding powered by Papa Cal
Daddy-powered bike riding...
And, mommy-powered bike riding! Basically, everything except Maile powered bike riding...
Mommy, Maile, Megan, Hannah, Andrea and Jake - Mother's Day 2011
Hannah, Jake and I prepared a Mother’s Day get together for the mommies. We all headed over to Jake’s house and had a fun afternoon hanging out and eating. Hannah, Jake and I actually spent some time with Jake’s new kitchen trying to put together the meal. Results were a bit mixed.
Dude, control yourself.
Hey mommies, we know its your special day, but can we get a little help over here?
What was that? I don't know. So much drama with the boys, right?
The James Beard Foundation announced their best restaurant/chef awards today. Mommy and Maile were inspired so they hit the kitchen together to cook Maile’s dinner. Maile was the chef and Mommy was the sous chef – on the menu – eggs, mommy-style!
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Maile's stamp commemorating her first poop in the potty...
Big news tonight on the home front (and no, it has nothing to do with the death of a certain terrorist). We were doing some family hang time this evening when Maile said something about “poop”. Mommy asked her if she needed to go and she said “yes” – so they headed over to the potty (along with some reading material … after all you need a good book on the potty!)
After about 10 minutes of reading and singing, sure enough a little poop made its way to the potty. It might surprise you, but we decided not to film this momentous occasion. We did, however, conduct a post potty interview:
“Awesome” is a new word from this evening as well – it feels right!
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