The green outfits were worn a day late because Mio’s preschool had a St. Patrick’s Day party on the 18th, but here are the girls dressed for the occasion!
St. Patrick’s Day
sisters
Video/Photo Catch-Up
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.)
Playing Indoors
It’s been so cold lately that I dread taking the girls outside! On days that Mio doesn’t have preschool, she tends to get cabin fever because we stay cooped up indoors. Here are some photos I snapped last Thursday afternoon, when the sunlight poured through the windows despite the wintry temperatures, illuminating Mio’s room where the girls were playing.
Christmas Eve Photos
On Christmas Eve, I dressed up the girls in matching dresses (thanks to my cousin Yuko!) to take some cute photos of them together. It didn’t quite go as planned, with two wild and rambunctious little girls who refused to stand still — they turned out more comical than picture-perfect!
Sweet Sisters…
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.
This is from over a month ago, but Mio tickling Mirei with me:
