Guess what? Santa sent me a message – yep, lil’ ol’ me! It was kind of a performance review, Mommy and Daddy said they do those at work. We discussed my year and then it was decision time – apparently there is a “nice” list and a “naughty” list. I made it on the “nice” list! (I was a little nervous because I was a bit of a pill on Sunday. Apparently, this decision was made a few weeks ago, so I was in the clear.)
(Dad note: the video is a little longer than normal, we taped the whole message.)
If you want to see if Santa left you a message, Daddy says you can look here.
(Click here for the video.)
by Papa K on December 12, 2011
This is a tough one to get when I’m working late…
Interesting, that Maile Girl decides that since she misses her daddy, her daddy must also miss his daddy! I think it’s safe to speak on behalf of Papa Boston, that we both miss Maile Girl too!
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by Papa K on December 11, 2011
On Saturday, we headed out to the Bay Area Discovery Museum and met Maile’s friend, Vincent for a morning of exploration.
We've been to the museum a couple times already, but this time Maile was old enough to really enjoy it and engage in most of the activities...
I never fully grasped what Maile was making here, but it was certainly an ambitious project...
Painting on windows? Yes, please. (Hopefully, Maile Girl is also old enough to realize you can't just do this everywhere!)
Teaching Maile how to climb a rope ladder - reach, step, step, reach...
... and at the top of the rope ladder - a watch tower! Ahoy there!
Maile’s school is doing a project over the next few weeks where they are learning about the post office and getting mail. With lots of traveling happening for the holidays, I thought it might be fun to try to get people to send Maile and her classmates postcards from all over. What do you think? Would you be game to help out?
Just send a postcard to:
Maile & Friends
c/o Presidio Knolls School
Gingko Classroom
250 10th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Thanks! And Happy Holidays!
It’s unclear if Maile enjoys drinking or pouring her milk more!
(Dad note: At school they let the kids pour their own milk so we got here a little pitcher so she could practice at home too…)
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Mommy and Maile made flags today. Maile made one flag for Daddy and one flag for “her sister”? We have no idea where she picked up that word. Maile’s sister sounds interesting though, “he” is out in the car and when I got home from work, I learned that “he” had blue hair and a pizza nose. So keep an eye out!
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Maile Girl was sick most of last week. Fever, cough, cold symptoms. She’s better now (successfully handing off the sickness to poor Mommy), but this one definitely knocked her for a loop for a couple days.
Passed out half through a popsicle snack (which Mommy kindly cut up for Maile Girl)...
Mommy stayed home with Maile on Wednesday and Thursday and I covered Friday. She slept on me for about 3 hours Friday afternoon - I felt horrible, but I'll definitely remember the days where she'd fall asleep on me when not feeling well...
Hope everyone else is staying warm and well!
Exploratorium, December 2011
On Friday night, we headed over to the Christmas Tree lot and picked up our tree. We’re not sure if Maile remembers the last time she decorated a tree, but she certainly had a blast doing it this year! Our tree definitely has a mass of ornaments from roughly 2.5 feet high and below – there’s no doubt that Maile Girl made her mark…
This is a pretty one - let's hang this one on the tree...
Mommy, will you help me? I want to put it right here...
So cool!
And here’s the finished product:
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Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday – we go home to Boston every year and there are a number of traditions that I’ve been enjoying for many, many years. This year was the first year I really saw how much the traditions were changing with all the little ones getting to an age where they could actually start to partake in them with us…
Thanksgiving morning we went to the St. John's Prep football game - it was really cold! Mommy, Daddy hug me closer!
After Thanksgiving dinner, Maile enjoyed some dessert and football on the couch with Papa Mike and his friend Steve...
Daddy plays tackle (yes tackle!) football at his old elementary school the Friday after Thanksgiving - Maile didn't play this year, but hopefully she will be able to soon because its the only way Daddy can retire...
Friday night we hosted the St. John's guys and their families for dinner - Maile had a blast catching up with her east coast friends. Looks like we're going to find somewhere else for the picture soon though!
It was a great Thanksgiving – can’t wait until next year!
