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Every last drop…

by Papa K on February 2, 2012

Mailes loves her some apple sauce!

Mailes loves her some apple sauce!

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Counting

by Papa K on January 31, 2012

Things I love about this video:

(1) We have no idea where the Spanish came from. Our best guess is “Dora the Explorer”…

(2) The part at the end when she is counting on her fingers and can’t get “7″ to work absolutely kills me.

(3) Building on #1, her go to counting language appears to be Spanish despite having english-speaking parents and attending a Mandarin immersion preschool. Thanks Dora.

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Maile, Daddy and our babies

by Papa K on January 30, 2012

Maile has been on a “mommy” kick lately, meaning that she liked to carry around her stuff animals in a pouch and pretend they are her babies. The other night she roped Daddy in on the action.

Maile, Daddy and our babies

Maile, Daddy and our babies

Daddy: What is your baby's name? Maile: Giraffe. Daddy: She's adorable. Maile: Thank you!

Daddy: What is your baby's name? Maile: Giraffe. Daddy: She's adorable. Maile: Thank you!

Maile: Your baby is cute too. Is she an Alligator? Daddy: Yes, her name is Allie the Alligator.

Maile: Your baby is cute too. Is she an Alligator? Daddy: Yes, her name is Allie the Alligator.

Love, love, Allie the Alligator!

Love, love, Allie the Alligator!

Say CHEESE!

Say CHEESE!

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Working on our Maile smile

by Papa K on January 29, 2012

Mommy

Mommy

Daddy

Daddy

Maile (the original)

Maile (the original)

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This one was a lesson for daddy.

On Saturday, Maile and I started to do an experiment that came in the latest Kiwi Crate. It involved seeing how different things floated in both regular water and salt water. We had fun, but the experiment quickly progressed to Maile dumping her half eaten pears into the bowl of water and creating pear soup.

I’ll admit, my initial gut reaction was “oh no, she’s making a mess” and “wait, that’s not how this experiment goes” – but then I realized, that sometimes, kids need to make a mess and, well, experiment. So I let her go with it.

Definitely, a good lesson for daddy!

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I’m actually not 100% sure what the topic of conversation here, but regardless, Maile makes her point pretty clearly, that only “grownups” like Maile and Mommy go to school. Daddy is NOT involved.

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We’ve covered Daddy’s attempts to get Maile bike riding a few times already. Today it was Mommy’s turn. They headed out after school with Maile’s brand new helmet and pedal-free bike that Grandma Jill and Papa Mike sent for Hanukkah. Maile had a blast – my guess is that under Mommy’s tutelage, she’ll be zooming around in no time!

Do you want to go for a bike ride with me?

Do you want to go for a bike ride with me?

Come on, keep up!

Come on, keep up!

Need to concentrate a bit to get this right...

Need to concentrate a bit to get this right...

Watch out San Francisco, here I come!

Watch out San Francisco, here I come!

Mommy supporting the cause of Maile Girl wearing her helmet. What a good Mommy!

Mommy supporting the cause of Maile Girl wearing her helmet. What a good Mommy!

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The Candle Song

by Papa K on January 17, 2012

Mommy taught Maile a new song about being a candle. Maile liked it so much that we (yes, the whole family got involved) sang it 10 times in a row. Don’t worry, we only captured 3 of the times on video…

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A Monday Maile Smile

by Papa K on January 15, 2012

Just a Maile smile to start your week...

Just a Maile smile to start your week...

Hope you have a great start to your week!

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Just Maile Babble? Or Is It?

by Papa K on January 12, 2012

The other day Maile came home from school and told Mommy she wanted to read her a book. She picked up the “Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar” and proceeded to tell Mommy all about “máo máo chóng” on every page until the end when it became a “hú dié”. Some quick googling made Mommy realize that Maile was indeed saying the words for caterpillar and butterfly!

Pretty cool! So then Daddy, of course, had to grab the camera and try his hand at it ;)

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