summer

Reston Water Mine

August 2, 2015 By Misono in Recreational Fun, Videos Tags: dan, Mio, Mirei, misono, pool, Reston, summer, video, Water Mine, Water Mine Family Swimmin' Hole, water park

Our third year at the Water Mine! Mirei could enjoy it a lot more this time, as she is older and can walk and splash around on her own. It’s become a sort of annual tradition for us!

Summer Evenings…

June 22, 2015 By Misono in Mio, Mirei, Videos Tags: baby pool, evening, Mio, Mirei, pool, porch, summer, video, wading pool

The girls taking a dip in the wading pool on the porch at the end of the day… ♥

Last Weekend of Summer

September 22, 2014 By Misono in Family and Friends, Local Gems, Recreational Fun, Videos Tags: Anna, Cara, Clemyjontri Park, McLean, Mio, Mirei, park, Pat, Saturday, summer, Theo, video, weekend

Last weekend was the last one of the summer, and the weather was beautiful so we spent our Saturday at Clemyjontri Park with our friends Pat, Theo, and their little girls Anna and Cara. We each brought food and picnicked on the grass and let our kids run around on the playground and ride the carousel. We always love seeing them, and we had a great time catching up!

Carousel at Clemyjontri Park — On the carousel at Clemyjontri Park

Mirei sleeping at Clemyjontri Park — Mirei fell asleep being held by Daddy. Dan is tired too from Mirei’s heavy weight!

Our Favorite Moments from Summer

September 8, 2014 By Misono in Family and Friends, Mio, Mirei, Recreational Fun, Videos Tags: Mio, Mirei, photographs, photos, snapshots, summer, video

Summer passed by all too quickly this year, and I have been really awful at keeping this space updated in the past several weeks. I thought I’d do a little compilation post of photos and videos here of some of our favorite cute/humorous moments captured on camera to share… better late than never, right?

…and thus follows the photo dump of all photo dumps.

Mio and Mirei's pooltime on the porch — Pooltime on the porch.

M&M as TMNT — Mio’s been obsessed with TMNT lately (or as she calls them, “masked turtles”). Today she’s Raphael and Mirei’s been anointed as Leonardo. (To me, they look more matsuri-ready…)

Lunch at Santini's — Mio patiently waiting for lunch at Santini’s. One of those moments where she still looks like a baby to me.

Sunday at Sweetberry — Gelato and bingsoo at Sweetberry

Stickers from Trader Joe's — Sticker-happy after a visit to Trader Joes.

All it takes is a blanket to keep them giggling non-stop!

Mio lined up the animals around Mirei — Mio lined up these little animal dolls around Mirei as she slept on the Boppy.

Mirei's playdate with Lily — Mirei’s first playdate with Lily. Mirei’s always tagging along to playdates for big sister, so it was nice to have a playdate for Mirei for once!

Mio pretending to kick Mirei… tsk tsk. Sisters…

Mio and Mirei playing — Not sure what is going on here, but it looks like Mio is attempting to lick Mirei’s back?!

Mirei carrying Minion on her back — Mirei carrying big sister’s Minion backpack… which is almost the same size as her.

Sisters. #KTFO #naptime #momentofpeace — Sisters both napping, in similar positions but in different places. (Mio fell asleep where she was playing, as usual…)

Mirei being carried by Miwa — Mirei making an interesting fashion statement… (she can thank Auntie Miwa)

Crawling everywhere!

Mio playing in her bed — Our little angel â™¥

Mirei standing by the cooler — Mirei pulling herself up to stand by the cooler.

Mio playing frisbee with Daddy and Auntie in the backyard.

Mio coming down the slide at Meadow Lane Park

Mirei dozing at the park — Sleeping giant at the park.

Mio riding the roundabout at the park:

Mirei with Obaachan — Mirei being held by Obaachan

Making a mess with diapers — Caught red-handed, getting into the diapers and making a mess!

Mirei at 7 months — Looking a lot like Daddy!

Labor Day at Lee District RECenter — Going to the Lee District spray park again on Labor Day.Â

Selfies with Mio — Mio is very much into making faces in selfies lately. She looks very fierce here!

Mio wrapped in a towel — Mio likes to be in a “towel burrito,” as she calls it, after bathtime.

Mirei standing in the crib — Standing in the crib already!

Japanese storytime in Annandale — Our first time going to Japanese Storytime – wish I’d known about it sooner! Mirei was actually quite the social butterfly, constantly crawling away to other babies, making new friends. Mio preferred keeping to herself and exploring all the books there.

Mio with mango popsicle — An ecstatic Mio with her mango popsicle.

Our resident flappy-bird…

Mirei playing with a taiko toy at a birthday party.

Mirei standing in the playroom — Mirei will pull herself up to standing position every opportunity she gets!

Mirei in the laundry basket — “Daddy put me in the laundry basket.”

Water Mine with the Girls

July 8, 2014 By Misono in Recreational Fun, Videos Tags: Mio, Mirei, pool, Reston, summer, Water Mine, Water Mine Family Swimmin' Hole, water park

Mio had such a great time at the Water Mine last year that we definitely wanted to take her again this summer. We took the girls on Sunday, July 6th for some great splashin’ fun in the sun!

The girls at the Water Mine — The girls on the turtle.

On the lazy river at the Water Mine — Floating down the lazy river.

Dan with the girls at the Water Mine — Dan holding both girls. ä¸¡æ‰‹ã«èŠ±ï¼

Mio and Mirei at the Water Mine — Mio has been SLOWLY warming up to Mirei lately… She’s still not crazy about her, but occasionally shows glimpses of affection towards her.

Mirei's chubby legs underwater — Mirei’s chubby legs under the water â™¥

Drying off at the Water Mine — Drying off under the shade.

Mirei wrapped up in a towel — Mirei all bundled up!

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