Growing up with a little of both and the lessons learned along the way
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Long time readers might remember that last year Grandma Gail and Grandpa Cal bought the girls a big red Radio Flyer wagon for Christmas. We’ve been having a lot of fun with the wagon this year – hence the 4 minute video below capturing a few of our adventures…
(Click here for the video.)
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At the Christmas party everyone started calling Emily, Katie and I the "golden oreo cookie" and said I was the filling. I've never had an oreo cookie so I didn't really get it.
Emily, do you get it?
Katie, what about you? You're older, do you understand?
What's that mommy? Oh, now I get it...
Funny, funny. Yes, I got daddy's coloring for sure and all this rain on Hawaii certainly isn't helping matters!
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Before we left Honolulu we took the girls to the Ala Moana mall to ride the Christmas train. Last year Maile was too small, but it is a Murashige family tradition that Katie and Emily really look forward to and were excited to share with their cousin. As the title of this post suggests, things started out pretty good, but quickly spiraled downhill…
Guess what Maile Girl? Today you get to ride the Christmas Train!
Psst. That's the train I get to ride today!
Maile and the Christmas Train - still friends. For now...
This. Is. Going. To. Be. Awesome. (Dad note: In hindsight this was the peak of Maile's excitement re: the Christmas Train adventure.)
Umm... hey guys, where do the mommies sit on this thing?
Speaking of mommies, where is my mommy?
Oh, there mommy is. Mommy, I'm not enjoying this anymore.
No, really. It was a nice idea, but I'm all set. Please take me off.
Daddy to my rescue! My hero!
Daddy, it was horrible. The train was moving and I couldn't find mommy and they were singing all these songs and just kept clapping and smiling and clapping and smiling...
Below is the video of Maile just before her early exit from the train. Yes, the train stopped mid ride and we extracted Maile. She wants us to report that she is safe and sound and is looking forward to trying again next year.
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I hope everybody had a fun Christmas. It’s hard to remember everything that happened the past couple of days – it was a crazy busy weekend. I’ll consult with Daddy though and post some updates over the next couple of days.
Let’s start with Christmas Eve – by far the best part of Christmas Eve was that my cousins, Katie and Emily, arrived from Japan. Even though we hadn’t seen each other in a whole year, we fell back into our old ways right away (and by “old ways” I basically mean that I try to copy whatever they do).
From left to right, Emily, me and Katie - I missed them so much!
(And no, we didn’t just coincidentally arrive at the Christmas party all wearing the same thing – it was planned by Grandma Gail. She buys us the prettiest dresses!)
There was one not so cool part of the night. I was going to leave it out, but Daddy says I should tell you about it. This guy Santa showed up. He brought gifts, which was nice and all, but I wasn’t the biggest fan. Let me start from the beginning…
First it was Katie's turn, she went up and got her gift. She's done this a few times already so she acted pretty cool.
Then it was Emily's turn - she was very brave. She's all smiles in this picture, but she told me afterwards she was a little nervous...
Then it was my turn. I was all set. Did. Not. Want. To. Meet. Santa.
Dude, thanks for the present, but if you make a move for me, I'm screaming...
I wasn't kidding - GET ME OUTTA HERE!!!!!!!!!
I did get a fun toy out of the whole ordeal, but now I know why in most books Santa comes at night and leaves the toys under the Christmas tree… all set with meeting that guy in person!
(Dad note: it is an absolute trip to look back at the post from last year’s Christmas. I can’t get over how different Maile looks!)
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I try to keep things humble around here, but let’s call a spade a spade and say that Maile Girl has been known to do her fair share of cute things.
We received the video below from Maile’s cousins, Katie and Emily. They live in Japan so they had to send their birthday wishes from afar.
Apparently, cuteness runs in the family (and also gets MUCH louder as the little ladies get older).
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It’s good to be home, but boy do I miss my cousins!
I had so much fun with my cousins - I miss them so much already!
I can't believe I have to wait a whole year to see them again!
Katie, you are such a fun older cousin - I love you!
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Grandma Gail and Grandpa Cal thought the girls needed some transportation for the backyard. How do you get three girls around? With a wagon, of course!
(Dad note: I honestly think this is the first time they all sat still together this whole trip!)
Three cuties all lined up in the Radio Flyer
Since Maile is the youngest, Katie held on to her tight - she's was a very good older cousin
Mush, daddy, Mush!
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Hi, I'm Maile - as my older cousin I look forward to doing whatever you tell me to do...
On Thursday, we headed to Oahu to celebrate the Christmas holiday with the extended Morisato clan (Grandma Gail’s side of the family). Christine’s brother Steve and his family met us on Oahu. They traveled in all the way from Japan! Since they live so far away this was the first time Maile met her cousins, Katie (age 3.5) and Emily (age 21 months). We’ve been very excited about getting all the girls together in one place. Two things you’ll learn from the pictures:
1. Grandma Gail made sure we didn’t lose track of the girls by making sure they were pretty much always wearing the exact same outfits (just different sizes).
2. It is REALLY hard to get 3 girls under the age of 4 to sit still for a picture and face the same direction all at once. (Forget about smiling!) We did our best, but generally went with a 2 out of 3 ain’t bad approach.
My cousins sure are giggly...
More silliness with the cousins...
For their part, Katie and Emily were fascinated by Baby Maile. They kept staring at her and “petting” her – kind of like their new pet.
Maile was great with the cousins. Although she did need a little help keeping up:
(Click here for Petting Maile video.)
(Click here for Keeping Up with the Cousins video.)
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