You can add “fashion model” to Mio’s growing list of talents and aspirations… lately, she loves dressing up (and is super picky about her clothes, much to my chagrin) and loves raiding my jewelry and accessories, as well as my sister Miwa’s… here she is sporting Auntie Miwa’s sunglasses and posing like a pro. Someone give this girl a fashion blog!
As frustrating as it is at times to have to clean up after Mio raiding our stuff, and having her occasionally break a necklace here, a hair accessory there… we can’t stay mad at this face for too long!
On Monday, my sister, father and I took Mio to a local pet store where they have puppies that you can play with in the store. Mio is really interested in dogs and other animals lately, so we thought she would have a lot of fun with them!
My favorites were the Shiba Inu puppies. There were three of them at the pet store!
Mio looks on while behing held by Auntie Miwa.
A Corgi puppy
Mio staring at the puppies
Walking around the pet store with Auntie Miwa and Ojiichan
We chose a shiba inu puppy to play with, and got a playroom with him in! He was so adorable…
Mio trying to touch the puppy.
Shibas can be extremely hyper and overactive, though, and this puppy definitely had a lot of energy! It kept trying to jump on us and kept biting on the ends of our clothes and pulling… it was intense.
Auntie Miwa trying to shield Mio from the puppy.
The puppy trying to jump on Mio
So playtime only lasted about ten minutes, but it was fun! We spent some time looking around the rest of the pet store together…
Looking at the mice.
Colorful fish in the tanks.
There was a frozen yogurt place nearby, so we went to Sweetberry for an afternoon snack!
Getting some tart froyo for Mio
Mio trying frozen yogurt for the first time.
She liked it! It was great because it wasn't very sweet.
Looking at me for more.
Licking her lips... yummy!
I just noticed that day that Mio is starting to grown in four more teeth (her first molars) in addition to the eight teeth she’s already had for months. She’s had the central and lateral incisors for a while now, but she’s just starting to grow one molar on each side, on both the top and bottom (so one in each quadrant of the mouth). I’d heard that the first molars start to grow in at around 13 to 19 months, so she is right on schedule!
Showing her teeth!
Monday was a bit cooler and cloudier compared to Sunday’s pool weather, so we couldn’t break out the baby pool again, but Mio still had fun romping around the backyard.
In the evening, Auntie Miwa wanted Mio to try on the new Harajuku Mini clothes and sunglasses we’d bought for her when we went shopping earlier in the day, so we had some dress-up time. Check this fashionista out! π
She looks so hip! I love the polka dot sunglasses.
