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Sunday Fun

January 21, 2013 By Misono in Mio, Videos Tags: Borge Street Park, Chinese takeout, customer in training, mini shopping cart, Mio, Trader Joe's

Some of our favorite moments from this past Sunday. The highlight for Mio was definitely getting her own mini kids’ shopping cart to do some grocery shopping in!

Mio grocery shopping with her mini cart. Yet another reason we love TJ's!
Mio grocery shopping with her mini cart. Yet another reason we love TJ’s!

 

 

Afterwards, we went to the local park and to let Mio run around.

Sunday afternoon at the park.
About to go down the slide.

 

Hanging on (with some help from Dadoo)
Hanging on (with some help from Dadoo)

 

Mio is already a fan of Chinese takeout! Her favorite is lo mein and beef with brocolli. 🙂

Dinner delivered by Mio.
Dinner delivered by Mio.

 

Ellie’s First Birthday

January 11, 2013 By Misono in Family and Friends, Foodie Love Tags: birthday, Ellie, party, Seah

Last Saturday, our friends’ daughter Ellie had a birthday party celebrating her first birthday! They held such a beautiful party, with adorable decorations and delicious food! Here are some pictures of all the birthday fun. ♥

The beautiful spread for Ellie's first birthday party! ♥
The lovely spread for Ellie’s first birthday party! ♥

 

Beautiful Korean rice cake for Ellie's first birthday!
Beautiful Korean rice cake for Ellie’s first birthday!

 

Delicious cupcakes for a Dr. Seuss-themed party!
Delicious cupcakes from Georgetown Cupcake for a Dr. Seuss-themed party!

 

Ellie's first birthday!
The birthday girl with her cake!

 

21 month old Mio
21 month old Mio, taking in all the excitement. She was a little overwhelmed by all the people and refused to leave my lap for the first half of the party.

 

Ellie chose the trumpet. Future musician! 
For the Doljanchi tradition, Ellie chose the trumpet. Future musician!

 

21 month old Mio and 1 year old Ellie
Mio and Ellie meet for the first time.

 

Ellie is weirded out by Mio sticking everything in her mouth
Ellie looks concerned and a little weirded out from seeing Mio sticking everything in her mouth. “Seriously? Shouldn’t you have outgrown that by now?” lol

 

Love that gaze.

 

Mio hanging out with Ellie and Ellie's Daddy
After a while, Mio started warming up to everyone, especially Ellie’s Daddy.

 

Ellie and Mio
Cutiepies!

 

Showing Ellie a duck.
Trying to get a smile out of the birthday girl.

 

Madison girlfriends!
Madison girlfriends! I can’t believe it’s been almost twelve years since we went to high school together.

 

Thank you so much to the Hwang family for inviting us to be a part of such a special day! Happy birthday sweet Ellie ♥

Cupcakes & Tea!

January 9, 2013 By Misono in Mio, Videos Tags: cupcakes, Mio, New Years, party, tea, video

On New Year’s Day last week, Mio hosted a little party for Dan and I and her doll friends using her new kitchen. We also let her play with her cupcake set (which our friend Katie got for her last year) and she was super excited to bake cupcakes just like Mama! She knew exactly what to do because she’s always watching me closely while I’m baking.

Mio was so excited to "bake" her own cupcakes!
Taking the cupcakes out of the oven. She even wore her oven mitt and said “Acchi-cchi!” (Japanese sound for when something is hot to touch.)

 

Putting frosting and candles on the cupcakes.
Putting frosting and candles on the cupcakes.

 

Giving everyone their treats.
She made sure everyone got a cupcake. (Poor girl scratched herself in her sleep so there’s a scratch next to her nose. Thankfully, it’s already healed and disappeared!)

 

Decorating the cupcakes.
I helped Mio decorate the cupcakes. By the way, this cupcake set by Melissa & Doug is awesome! It comes with a cupcake pan, removable “frosting” and dry erase “icing” markers that you can draw on the cupcakes with. And it all wipes clean when you are done.

 

Daddy and Mio admiring the cupcakes.
Daddy and Mio admiring the cupcakes.

 

Mio surrounded by cupcakes!
Mio was so happy with her cupcakes!

 

Tea time with Daddy
Dan teaching Mio how to properly drink tea (pinky up! lol).

 

A video that I took during Mio’s “party”:


 

It was so sweet to see how much Mio loved playing with the cupcakes along with her kitchen. She’s definitely a dessert lover — she’s so quick to spot them in a book or at a restaurant, and will point and says “kei-ki” (her way of saying “cake”) obsessively. A girl after my own heart! ♥

Tippy Toes!

January 7, 2013 By Misono in Mio, Videos Tags: Mio, tip toe, video

My first blog post of 2013! I haven’t had a chance to really write because the first week of this year has been a whirlwind… lots of office visits to get my professional life in order for the coming months. It was tough only seeing Mio for two hours in the evenings, but I’ve come back with even more of an appreciation for the time I have with her now.

Here’s a funny video we took of Mio over the weekend. We noticed she was walking funny and wobbling in a way that looked like she was almost limping. We watched her closely and realized that she was walking/running on her tip toes, not letting her heel hit the floor. It’s nothing we taught her nor showed her, and I’m not sure what prompted her to do walk like that, but it amused us so we got it on video.

Tippy Toes from Misono on Vimeo.

It’s little moments like these where Mio teaches me not to worry so much and be light in my step… 🙂

End-of-the-Year Snapshots

December 31, 2012 By Misono in Family and Friends, Mio Tags: Instagram, Mio, New Years Eve, snapshots

Some memorable moments from our last week of 2012! 2013 is just around the corner… Happy New Year! 😀

rosy cheeks
Puckering up for a New Year’s kiss!

 

Daddy put this silly hat on me.
“Daddy put this silly hat on me.”

 

We took Mio to the Bull Run Festival of Lights!
Last Thursday, we took Mio to the Bull Run Festival of Lights!

 

Mio made us brunch today with her new kitchen.
Mio made us brunch on Saturday with her new kitchen.

 

A quiet dinner date with the hubster.
Dan surprised me with a seafood dinner date on Saturday night.

 

Setting new fashion trends for 2013... ;)
Setting new fashion trends for 2013… 😉

 

Tearing up some NYE Bonchon, doublefisting drumsticks! She knows the good stuff... :)
Last meal of 2012! Tearing up some NYE Bonchon, doublefisting drumsticks! She knows the good stuff… 🙂

 

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