Mali's Wish

 

This is a picture of Mali with her leprechaun trap.

While I was tucking her in tonight Mali said she found a four-leaf clover today. She was afraid her wish wouldn't come true if she told me, but she whispered it to me anyhow. She wished she could be friends with all the birds. She wants to talk and play with them. So cute.

Mali and the Fire Truck

CalFire paid us a visit this week to tell us we needed to clear the grass off of our back hill to help prevent a fire. They were kind enough to give Mali a very lengthy and in-depth private tour of the fire engine. Mali asked the fireman to open just about every compartment on the truck and she even got to try on his jacket. She was super excited!

Mali's Third Birthday!!

Mali had a very ballerina birthday. She received many special ballerina gifts from the family (including a ballerina music box, a ballerina doll, and a wooden dress-up ballerina doll) and had a ballerina cake at her party! We celebrated at Indian Springs Park in San Mateo with a few of her special friends.

Mali Graduates from Little Wonders

Mali very much enjoyed her two years we spent together at Little Wonders. Here are a few photos from her last couple of months at Little Wonders, including her "graduation".

Mali the Ballerina

Mali has become obsessed with all things "ballerina". She started "ballerina" classes a few months ago and now she says she is a ballerina all the time - not a girl, not a monkey, but a ballerina. If her dress gets dirty (and yes, she wears a dress nearly every day) she's a "dirty ballerina". Her favorite song is "Nina Pretty Ballerina" by ABBA. There are several pictures in here of her wardrobe choices for ballet class - it's different every week. There are also shots from her class. She also shows off a few of her many hair clips I made her recently at a "hair clip making party". She just loves to put them in every morning, often before I'm even up.

San Francisco May 2010

Jan took the kids up to San Francisco for a bike ride across Golden Gate Bridge followed by Chinese food in the city. Everyone had fun!

Mali's Second Birthday

Well, it only took 4 months to get these pictures up, but here they are! She had a pretty low-key birthday. We had a small playgroup gathering as well as a little barbecue with some friends to celebrate both Mali's and Dylan's (her best friend from across the street) birthdays which are a week apart.

What's a monkey's favorite word?

If you listen closely, you can hear Mali saying "banana" at the end of this clip...

Amali's First Birthday!!!

Amali's First Birthday - June 9, 2008
Amali turned ONE on June 9!! We had a couple little parties for her. We had some friends over on the weekend for a barbecue and then she had a playgroup birthday party on her actual birthday. She was rather unimpressed by most of the festivities, though she loved her gifts, including her own baby doll.