Mio

All posts about our firstborn, Mio Elise Allen.

Preschool Halloween Parade

October 29, 2014 By Misono in Mio, Seasonal Celebrations, Videos Tags: costume, Halloween, Minnie Mouse, Mio, parade, performance, preschool, school, singing, song, songs

Mio’s preschool had a Halloween parade and performance for parents and siblings to come see last Wednesday. All the kids wore their Halloween costumes, and Mio decided to dress up as Minnie Mouse, to mix things up a bit and she declared that her sushi costume was strictly “just for trick-or-treating.” Here are some video and photos I took!

Preschool Halloween Parade — Holding hands with the assistant teacher during the parade around the school.

Some video of the performances and the kids exiting afterwards:

Sweet Sisters…

October 23, 2014 By Misono in Mio, Mirei, Videos Tags: bath, bathtime, crib, Home Depot, Mio, Mirei, nap, napping, playing, playtime, sisterhood, sisters, tent, video

Now that Mirei is getting more and more active, she and Mio are also interacting more. While Mio still often seems to regards Mirei as a little bit of a nuisance, it’s sweet when we find that she is not just tolerating/ignoring her and letting her join in activities alongside her and even playing together.

Mio and Mirei playing with Eeyore — Mio and Mirei playing in Mio’s room.

Backyard fun on first day of fall — Backyard fun together back on first day of fall

This is from over a month ago, but Mio tickling Mirei with me:

Mio and Daddy at Home Depot — Shopping at Home Depot with Daddy

Mio picking on Mirei — Mio playing with Mirei… and Mirei deciding she’s not going to take it anymore.

Mio and Mirei at bathtime — Bathtime together. They both love taking baths! (And it’s so much easier now that we can bathe them together.)

M&M watching TV — Watching a Japanese children’s show (Shimajiro) together

Playing in the crib — Mio likes to crawl into Mirei’s crib and put a blanket over it, creating a little tent within it. Mirei usually hates being put in the crib, but she’s totally fine with staying in it as long as big sister’s in there with her! 🙂

Olaf

October 16, 2014 By Misono in Mio, Mio Says Tags: Anna, Mio, Mirei, Olaf, quote

Mio, twirling after watching Frozen: “I’m Princess Anna!”
Me: “Who is Mirei?”
Mio: “OLAF!!!”

Not the answer I was expecting…

Theatrical Mio

October 14, 2014 By Misono in Mio, Videos Tags: ABC song, alphabet song, ã¨ã‚“ã¼ã®ã‚ãŒã, ã†ã‚Œã—ã„ã²ãªç¥ã‚Š, Be Still, blue tongue, crab crown, crab hat, dance, dancing, earmuffs, Frozen, hairband, headband, Let it Go, Max, Mio, mustache, performance, performer, singing, song, theatrical, video, Where the Wild Things Are

Mio is quite the little performer these days! Every day she entertains us and makes us smile and laugh with all her dancing, singing, acting, and jokes!

Mio with her wand — Dancing with her wand

It was only a matter of time before she fell in love with Frozen…

A distracted alphabet song performance…

Let’s try this again…

Mio looking very 80s — Looking very 80s with this frazzled look… a result of her recent obsession with headbands.

She also likes to sing Japanese songs… though she doesn’t always get the lyrics right…

I helped her out a little the second time. 😉

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Encore!

Mio with a blue tongue — She likes to shout, “tongue’s blue!” and show her tongue after eating blue popsicles, lollipops, etc…

Mio's selfies — Mio selfies: Smiles one moment, mean-muggin’ the next.

Mio’s funny video message to Grandma and Auntie Miwa who were in Japan at the time:

Mio eating California rolls — HUGE smiles when I made her her favorite California rolls for lunch. (Note the Mirei photobomb!)

Mio playing with my socks — Mio was playing with my socks here. She took of my sock and her sock, and switched them so that she put her sock on my foot, and my sock on her foot… silly girl.

Wearing a crab hat from a Japanese restaurant:

Pretending to be Max from Where the Wild Things Are: “Be still!”

Mio on a rainy day — Ready to star in “Singing in the Rain”!

Playing make-believe with her Minnie Mouse(s):

Mio with her kitty earmuffs — Donning her kitty earmuffs and a table runner as a shawl.

climbing up on the changing table — Climbing up on the changing table and pretending it’s her “new bed.”

Making a “diamond” with a DVD case:

"Orange tongue!" edition — “Orange tongue!” edition

Mio by the curtains — It’s really a joy to see Mio’s personality coming out more and more every day.

Mio’s First Day of School (3’s Class)

September 10, 2014 By Misono in Milestones, Mio Tags: 3's class, first day, first day of school, Mio, preschool, school

Wednesday was Mioâ€™s first day of school in her 3’s class at preschool! She has missed going to school over the summer, and was very eager and excited to go back to school. She had a great time meeting her new teachers and classmates last Friday at the sneak peek orientation, and didn’t shed a tear when I dropped her off! She didn’t look back and went straight into the classroom.

Here are some photos I took to document her first day of her second year at preschool!