Mio: “Mommy, I shared my snacks with Mirei.”
Me: “That’s so nice of you, Mio. Thank you for sharing.”
Mio: “I’m a good big sister.”
Me: “Yes, you are a great big sister!”
Mio: “And I’m your FAVORITE daughter!!!”
…this girl. Already putting words in my mouth.
I have been a horrible procrastinator about updating the blog lately! Here are a bunch of photos and videos from the past couple month that we’ve taken of our sweet girls! Some are quite funny — never a dull moment with these two!
Mio singing “Happy Birthday” to Mirei, about a week before her birthday. We had been telling Mio that Mirei’s birthday was coming up.
Mirei riding the zebra toy — her favorite!
Mio singing and guiding Mirei through the Japanese song, “Ito Maki Maki.” She was pretty sick and sniffly at the time, but it was really sweet to see this moment between the two of them!
Mirei clapping to the Japanese songs in her musical book! This totally reminds me of the video of Mio doing the same thing when she was around Mirei’s age!
Sisters scooting around on their princess ride:
Mirei continuing to ride while Mio dances around her…
Mirei is kind of scared of the talking Mother Goose doll she received for Christmas:
Warming up to it, but still seems distrustful…
Dance party in Mio’s room!
Mirei loves to pick up apples and oranges while we’re not looking, and walk around taking little bites out of them. She’s definitely a fruit lover!
“Welcome to my ‘humbled’ home.” Not sure where she picks these phrases up, but I love it! (Dan claims she probably learned it from Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh.)
Bathtime with M & M!
Mirei dancing (or rather, swaying) to the music from a Japanese kid’s show.
Mirei playing with pop-on toys:
An attempt at playing instruments together… our family never really did have any musical talent. haha*
Mirei trying to twirl to the xylophone music: (Her hair looks funny because she had just pulled a pigtail out.)
Mio, twirling after watching Frozen: “I’m Princess Anna!”
Me: “Who is Mirei?”
Mio: “OLAF!!!”
Not the answer I was expecting…
A conversation from yesterday evening…
Misono (to Dan, jokingly): “Are you still butt-hurt about that one thumbs-down you discovered on your jib video last night?”
Dan: “No, I’m not butt-hurt… I just don’t understand why someone would give it a thumbs-down.”
Mio (goes over to rub Dan’s behind): “Daddy BUTT HURT!”
Laughter ensues all around.
It seems that Mio’s vocabulary has grown by leaps and bounds the past couple months, and it’s really fun to hear what she’s saying while she’s playing by herself or with us, or even with Mirei. Here are some videos we took of her recently.
“Quack! Quack!”
The other day, I found her chatting with Mirei while I left them alone for a moment. When I started recording, though, Mio clammed up.
Being playful with blankets: