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!


 

pesto face Mirei
Pesto-faced Mirei

 

pesto face Mirei
They look like freckles!

 

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:


 

M&M riding their princess-mobile together
It was pretty adorable!

 

Mirei continuing to ride while Mio dances around her…


 

Mirei next to me
Love her sweet gaze ♥

 

Mirei is kind of scared of the talking Mother Goose doll she received for Christmas:


 

Warming up to it, but still seems distrustful…


 

adoration + indifference
adoration + indifference

 

Mio climbing the bannister
Mio climbing up the stair railing

 

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!


 

Mio peeking from behind
Mirei is quite the messy eater!

 

Messy eater Mirei
She’s a big eater, just like her sister!

 

Messy eater Mirei
ohmygoodness

 

“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.)


 

M&M at the kitchen table
Blank stares… lol

 

Storytime with Daddy
Storytime with Daddy ♥

 

Bathtime with M & M!


 

Mirei dancing (or rather, swaying) to the music from a Japanese kid’s show.


 

Mirei stole Mio's snacks
Stealing a snack from big sister.

 

Mirei playing with pop-on toys:


 

"avocado soup"
Mio explained that she was making “avocado soup” here.

 

Mio's marshmallow teeth
Marshmallow teeth!

 

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.)