Maia turns 2

A quick post about Maia's second birthday, before I start unloading my camera. I've got some recipe posts lined up. :-)


































If you can't tell from the
pictures, Maia gots lots
of Hello Kitty for her
birthday. I'd been saving
the Hello Kitty building
block (kind of like Lego)
for quite a while. I had
picked it up while in
Tokyo and it has both
English and Japanese characters, and the completed set makes a Hello Kitty scene.
Most of her gifts came from her two grandmothers, with plenty of Hello Kitty among those as well.


































There were many outfit changes to accommodate new dresses. I just realized I have more pics on my phone that haven't been unloaded. But I ended up buying a Moo Cluck cake because our oven broke!

before she was 2

Yep, this is an entire post dedicated to Maia shortly before her birthday. I couldn't resist. Sorry!














































Check out the retro dress thingie below on the right...I wore that when I was the same age! Maia wore it for the first day of summer.

























The lilies in the back yard didn't stand a chance against the wrath of Moo!











































Maia's first snow cone at the preschool picnic...

Hi Pikachu

I haven't used my Pokemon sandwich maker set in a while. Ryan was excited to see Pikachu.

Ryan's
lunch:
steamed
broccoli;
Pikachu
sandwich
of soy
cheese,
smoked
Tofurky,
lettuce
on wheat
bread;
rice
Pokeball;
blanched
spinach;
juju
stars.




My food yesterday:
7am- smoothie: 1/2 banana, 1/2 mango, 1 T. almond butter, liquid DHA, water.
10am- 1 avocado.
12pm- small bowl of raisins, date pieces & sliced almonds.
3pm- 1 apple w/almond butter.
5pm- soaked steel cut oats w/walnut-cashew creme.

Not much else to report...
so I suppose I'll show you
Maia, who insists on
sleeping with an (empty)
Hello Kitty soap dispenser...

And her usual blue bear
and Jessie of course...

Along with quite a few
other Hello Kitty's.

The tiny Hello Kitty
figurine that she likes
the best is the most
difficult to keep track
of...not terribly pleasant
to have misplaced at
naptime!