Growing up with a little of both and the lessons learned along the way
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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
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.
Love, love, Allie the Alligator!
Say CHEESE!
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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 
(Click here for the video.)
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Awhile back Grandma Jill and Papa Mike started sending Maile High Five magazine (it’s the younger version of Highlights magazine for those of you that remember that). A couple nights ago Maile discovered that the back of the magazine had a game you could cut out and play. She asked if we could play it. The game is made for 3 players – perfect!
The rules are simple. Each player has a suitcase with pictures of 6 items inside. One at a time you pick a card from the pile. If it matches something in your suitcase, you add it in and then go again. If it doesn’t match it goes to the bottom of the deck and it’s the next player’s turn. Once you fill your suitcase, you get to close it up!
Maile loves this game! And she follows the rules (mostly) and takes turns. We’ve played it every night at least twice for the past 3 nights!
(Click here for the video.)
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A good question. It appears this week’s theme will be “slightly embarrassing things Daddy will do for his little girl”. Yesterday, we had the matching pajamas. Today, it appears the wrong person is wearing the floatie…
Look tough Maile!
(Dad note: The truth is that Maile was scared of the blue dinosaur floatie thing and I was trying to show her it was no big deal. Really. No, really.)
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Every year, I buy Maile and Mommy matching pajamas for Christmas. Maile LOVES them – I think she would wear them every night if she could.
Maile and Mommy, matching jammies - 2012 edition
This year Daddy got into the mix too - although we had to explain to Maile that Daddy's top looks different because boys don't like patterned pajamas.
Dad note: I realize this is one step away from matching family sweaters – we’re not going there though. Matching is for inside the house only. Really. No, really.
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Christmas with Christine’s family is a multi-day affair (and this was even before my Hanukkah-influenced “8 Crazy Nights” came into the picture . Christmas Eve is spent at Aunty Cindy’s house where Santa comes to visit and Grandma Gail coordinates a bunch of family games. Christmas Day is a big luncheon with the families of Christine’s grandmother and her 9 siblings (that adds up to A LOT of cousins!) And then on the 26th we return to Kauai and open up all the presents under Grandma and Papa’s tree.
The girls are ready to rock Christmas...
Waiting for Santa - as we'll soon see, not sure Maile fully understood what they were looking for - she was just following her cousins...
WHAT THE ...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Santa, I've got my eyes on you. No fast moves!
This is the best smile you are going to get out of me. (Dad note: Maile did great this year - she was nervous, but no tears!)
For me?!? So I make nice with Santa, take a few pictures, and I get a present? Now, I understand!
On Christmas Day, with the girls all dressed up, we decided to take some pictures…
Christmas Day family picture with Uncle Steve, Katie and Emily (Aunty Nao isn't arriving until the 29th)
Grandma Gail and Papa Cal with the girls
On the 26th, we headed home to Kauai to a mountain of presents waiting under the tree for all the girls. They had a blast opening everything!
I wonder what this one is...
SO AWESOME! I got a real doctor's kit!
One of Maile’s favorite presents is the doctor’s kit that Grandma Gail and Grandpa Cal got her. Mommy and I have had oh, about a dozen check ups each in the past couple of days. 2012 is going to be a super healthy year for us with Dr. Maile keeping tabs on us.
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The weather here in Hawaii has been beautiful, but for some reason, the water in the hotel pool is FREEZING! We learned this the hard way after Daddy promised me we could go swimming.
We're going swimming, we're going swimming, we're going swimming!!!
Hey Maile, this water is pretty cold. Maybe we should come back another time?
Don't be a wimp, Daddy. Get in there - I'll be right behind you.
Oh man, he really went in! Hahahahaha!
This is so great. It does look freezing though - no way I'm going in...
... let's just take our pictures here, I'll sit right on the side like this.
Woah, woah - what are you doing?!?
Yes, yes, I love you too, Daddy, now let's head back over to the side...
That was cold, but fun. Happy to be back on dry land under these towels!
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Wait for it ...
Bam! Maile Girl smile in full effect!
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