Mio

Snow Day!

January 23, 2013 By Misono in Mio Tags: Mio, snow, snow day

We had some snow the other day, and we took Mio out to walk around. Our little California girl was a little overwhelmed because she’d never experience so much snow before!

Mio stepping in snow. — Stepping out into the snow.

Overwhelmed by the cold. — Taking in the Winter Wonderland.

Hands are freezing! I couldn’t find Mio’s mittens that day. 🙁

Rainboots after going out in the snow. — I couldn’t find my snowboots so I went out in my rainboots.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.