Growing up with a little of both and the lessons learned along the way
From the category archives:
Maile's preferred way of riding her tricycle
We made some progress on the bike riding front this weekend. Mommy taught Maile how to use the pedals to get around. We’re still working on the steering component, but definitely getting closer to adding “tricycle riding” to Maile’s ever expanding bag of tricks…
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Our neighbor, Lizzy, heard that Maile was a soccer player and invited us to one of her games. On Saturday, we went to check things out. Maile and Mommy made a “Go Lizzy!” sign and Lizzy’s team won 1-0!
After the game, Lizzy gave Maile some pointers…
Lizzy taught Maile some great moves and reinforced the "no hands" rule!
… and then she schooled Daddy with a great drive to the goal!
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We’re entering a pretty fun stage of being two – the “no” stage. Maile is Ms. Independent these days and if Mommy or Daddy make a suggestion, turns out we are often wrong. The video below is a good example. Maile Girl put on her shoes all by herself (yay!), unfortunately, she put them on the wrong feet (woops!). Simple fix, right? Eh, not so much.
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After hearing the news that Steve Jobs passed away this afternoon, I packed up for home, gave Maile (and Christine) a big hug when I arrived, and then Maile and I played some iPad games for awhile. Felt like a nice way to pay our respects.
Tonight I thought I’d repost a couple videos from the past about Maile’s interactions with some of the wonderful things Steve and his team created.
The iPad Wizard – Maile at 16 months old(!)
Maile Hearts the Apple Store – Maile at 22 months
Yes, Apple is a business. (And they’ve certainly made a lot of money off of this family!) But the devices they’ve created are magical. Nothing has proven that to me more than watching Maile pick up and use an iPad at just a little over a year old. I’ve never met Steve Jobs, but the devices he’s created impact my life every single day both professionally and personally. For that I am thankful.
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My mommy is always making my hair look pretty, so I decided to return the favor. First I had to work out all the knots – that’s tough work. After that I straightened everything out and added a “pretty”. Voila!
(Dad note: starts to look painful for Mommy towards the end…)
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Maile has a ton of stuffed animals and dolls, but she’s never taken too much interest in them (outside of the bunnies that she sleeps with). She’ll play with them on occasion, but never seemed particular attached to any given one. That appears to be changing. Over the last week, she’s really started to play with her dollies more and is treating them like her own little babies. She’s particularly interested in changing their diapers and bringing them to the potty. We catch her talking to them too, like how we talk to her (for example, she asked her dollie if she had a good nap while it was going potty in the bathroom the other day).
Needless to say, as with most things, Christine and I are getting endless amusement from this new development.
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At this rate we're just going to get rid of Maile's toys and pick up a bunch of empty boxes...
Even though Grandma Gail makes her Halloween costume every year, Maile still likes to explore different options. Tonight, Mommy was breaking down some boxes and Maile grabbed one and made a costume out of it. We’re calling it naked girl in a box. I think Grandma Gail has her work cut out for her to top this one!
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It’s been awhile since we checked in on Maile Gaga. She’s still rocking!
And in case you want to relive previous Maile Gaga moments:
The original: http://www.hapa-haole.net/2010/08/11/maile-gaga/
The sequel: http://www.hapa-haole.net/2010/11/17/maile-gaga-2/
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On Saturday, we headed down to Marina Green for the Family Day Kite Festival. It was a blast, I actually forgot how much fun kites are. They had some incredible kites that you could watch, but the best part was that the YMCA setup a booth where you could make your own kite. I had pretty low expectations that the kite we made would fly, but it really did!
Mommy, Daddy - DUCK! There are huge animals in the sky that are going to fall on us...
This is the kite that Mommy and Maile made...
... and here is Daddy and Maile flying it!
Video of Maile’s first solo kite flight…
Kites. Are. Awesome.
Bye bye kites, we'll see you soon...
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