I’m pretty sure I’ve had a post with a title similar to this before. “Mid-winter’s summer” or something like that. Maybe when I’m feeling constructive I’ll go look it up!
Until then… I shall post pics from our mid-winter winter and our mid-winter summer- both of which occured in the few days since my last post. Ah, gotta love CA!!
Also… I know I barely actually SAY anything in here. It’s mostly just pics with a few useless (but hopefully slightly entertaining, sometimes…) captions. What can I say- I firmly believe a picture is worth 1,000 words! But this time, I must brag about Maiya’s latest language explosion. Gosh, I love this girl, and with her current language explosion, I can get inside her amazing head even more, and that makes me love her even MORE!!
In the morning, when she first sees me, she runs up to me, gives me a big hug, and says “Momma happy! Me happy too!”. Now if that won’t melt a Momma heart, not sure what will! She can’t say “I love you” yet, so when I tell her “I love you”, she tells me “BIIIG HUG!”, and gives me one. She is now starting to say “sorry” instead of just signing it, and it comes out like “wowee”. She gave me a hug today with banana in her hand, and got some on my face. When she noticed, she said “wowee Momma”. And of course, had to give me another hug! She is learning “in”, “out” and “on”. On our hike today, we came across many gopher holes. She had to stand in them. “Me in! Momma in too? Momma in! Me out. Momma out too!” She picks her balls up in the back yard “Ball up! Two ball up!”, then throws them down her slide one at a time. “Wee ball! Wee two ball!” She is starting to immitate more words. She says “JJ” for Grandma Joni; “Ah-nie” for Angie; “E-b” for Evie (our cat); “Peet” for Peach (who, though she died a few months ago, Maiya still recognises in pictures, and has to say “Peet”! and pet each one). She goes “riin riin!” and then “ha-do” when she picks up her cell phone. She says “ii-ii” for oishii (Japanese for delicious / yummy) and “a-ii” for hashi (Japanese for chopsticks), and “i-di” for ishi (Japanese for rock). After Tahoe, when Angie asked her “Did you see snow?” Maiya happily responded “Eat snow!” She also loves to declare she will “Eat yain yain (rain rain)!” and “Eat ice!” She’s saying “hee” for see. I’ve always said she is an outdoor girl, and now she can pretty much say it, too! As she opens the backdoor and runs out, happily “Me a-sside” (outside). When Evie joins her “Mou mou a-sside too! Momma a-sside, too? Momma a-sside! Me a-sside too!” She loves to narrat every day events as best she can. “Mou mou down baby!” when she noticed Evie laying on her baby dolls. “Uh-oh, baby down. Owie!” “Duy (guy) bye-bye”. “Bye bye mou mou” (as we leave our house, she says good bye to Evie every time. and hello when we come back). “Hi dog dog!” (as we approach my parents’ house. She also says good bye to Quincy every time we leave!). She LOVES to boss Quincy around. “Day (stay) dog dog!” “Down, dog dog!” “Dit (sit) dog dog” “Yin yin (spin spin) dog dog” (for around). Brian would hiss at Evie to try to scold her, and Maiya very very quickly picked up on that. I’ve been working HARD with her, and now all I have to do is give her “the look”, and Maiya stops hissing and says “No wease, mou mou”.
Have I told you I’m having a ton of fun with her now and LOVING this stage???
Ok, let’s end the long winded non-sense, and on with the pics!
My happy little group on a gorgeous hike on a gorgeous day in March.
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