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Babbling Baby
August 30, 2008
Today Ellerie starting waving and saying "buh-bye". And the video camera is in Bangladesh... Maybe she'll still be doing it next week. Of course the question is, does she have the faintest clue what she is doing? On one hand, it seems more than coincidence that her hand waving seems to coincide with the "buh-bye" sound. Also, she sees her sister spend a lot of time exchanging pleasant goodbyes with her friends after a playdate. She must have seen us tell Mia to say bye-bye and wave hundreds of times. And you can't discount the fact that when I said it back to her she smiled proudly as if excited that I understood her. On the other hand, she's 6 months old. I guess time will tell. Now, if she'll only cooperate with me on movie making day....
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Just standing around
August 19, 2008
Will someone please remind the child that she's only 6 months old? Talk about trying to keep up with big sister. She also has developed quite the attitude when you take something away from her. I know I said before that she was easy going, but lately she certainly has her own opinions and has a pretty loud, high-pitched, shrieky way of letting you know what it is. Now THAT is familiar!
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Princess Mia
August 16, 2008
Here is Mia in her new Belle dress. She has many other princess clothes. But I was informed that she did not have a BELLE dress. Belle's dress is yellow. Belle is a princess. No Disney princess has ever worn a purple or aqua dress such as the ones she has apparently. This one was very special. And it comes with the requisite crown and wand which may be modeled at a later date if the bribe is just right.
As a side note, I haven't really mentioned Mia's potty training progress here on the blog much. When we first started, she was great at it and picked it up right away. She rarely had an accident and was staying dry at night. Then one day it all changed. Suddenly and without any explanation. She wasn't just having *more* accidents. The child had quit using the toilet altogether. She would squat and pee right there in the middle of the living room. Five times in an afternoon. Not cool. It got better, then it got worse. We flip flopped back and forth a few times and tried every trick in the book. The most frustrating part is that I knew she could do it, she just was choosing not to. Obviously, more bribing was in order. If Mia kept her underwear clean every day for 5 days in a row she could get her beloved princess dress. Guess what the child can do if she sets her mind to it?
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Mia writes Map
August 15, 2008
Well at least that is what she says she wrote. It looks like "MAPE" but I say give the kid a break. It's still pretty impressive! She was watching Dora while drawing and then she came over to show me what she did. She said it was a map (not sure to where) and she had labeled it and drawn herself wtih Dora (big hair) and map (pretty good likeness) on the road to... somewhere! This child never ceases to amaze me.
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The pianist
August 08, 2008
This is our FAVORITE pasttime lately!
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Penmanship
August 07, 2008
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More Tokyo
August 05, 2008
I mentioned our Tokyo trip a few months ago, but we never did get the video and pictures from the other camera downloaded. Until now. So here are a few random clips from the trip. Enjoy!
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Catch-up
August 02, 2008
It's summer break in the Japanese school year. But before vacation started, her school held a Bon Odori festival. It's a summer tradition in Japan and it was so cute to see all of the kids dressed up and dancing around. Mia didn't get to participate this year, but she'll be ready for it next year.
Mia started gymnastics this summer after being on the wait list for a year. She had to go to one mommy and me class before she could "qualify" for the older kid's class where she participates on her own. She has been to one of these so far and I was VERY impressed at how well she could understand and follow directions. Between our schedule changes and the teacher's vacation, we haven't made it back to another class yet. So, more pictures soon!
A few weekends ago, we discovered a place quite close to our house that collects salt from the ocean. You can tour the factory and see how the whole process works. We had to guess at some of it because of our limited literacy. The funniest part was at the end where they had a salt-man on display!
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