Dear Mai,
It is almost 1 AM and I'm up working. Well, I'm trying to work but I keep getting distracted. In my distractions I realized that is has been nearly 3 months since I've posted anything!!! 3 MONTHS!!! That is way too long.
It's late. I'm tired so I'll keep it short. Let's just say that Seattle has been having an unseasonably early, hot and sunny summer so far... and we've been enjoying the heck out of it. Let's see, what are the highlights for the past 3 months...
We took Tito on his first road trip back in April. Whidbey Island is one of our favorite places to go. It has this awesome off leash dog park. Stella and Foz used to love to run around like idiots on that beach. This was Tito's first test on the road and I'm happy to report he did outstanding. He's a good car rider just like Foz and Goose and was very good off leash. He pretty much wanted to stay around us the entire time but whatever; that was only his first month with us. You got your first taste as a Washington State drift wood artist too. I like to call your first piece "wood. in sand."
And hey, guess what? You're getting more and more opinionated each day! Who would have imagined! It has gotten nearly impossible to dress you because you have your opinions on what you want to wear. It is ridiculous that you have this many pairs of sunglasses. It takes nearly 10 damn minutes every day for you to just pick a pair. In your words "I want them to match." Sheesh. We're in for it as you grow up. Mommy refers to you as our threenager. Maybe that means you'll get it out of your system before you hit 12. A daddy can dream right?
You're still our good little eater too! I love the fact that you'll try anything once.. for the most part... if you feel like it. Forget the fact that you're on a hotdog kick right now. (You had your first hotdog when we went back to Ohio in May) When we play though you like to eat sushi, dim sum (Dim Sum Party!) I work in the International District now and we've been trying out new restaurants! Japanese noodle soup! Dim sum! Sushi and Chinese! It's all very yummy. We also went to a taco truck show down in the International District which you loved. Of course you were excited to eat tacos but when we got there the lines were crazy. We had to settle for chicken and fries at Ezell's. (Not a bad thing) You also got to see your first luchalibre big time wrestling! You liked it at first but then got a little concerned for their safety. We often refer to you as our safety first girl. You're buddy Genevieve loved it though. In one of the pics you can see her on the fence in the front row!
We had a blast at that little festival and topped it off with a little Mariachi band and some dancing and falling down. You and I love the ID.
Okay, I'm wrapping it up for tonight. You just woke up and had to potty. I'm very proud of you for doing that but... you also threw a fit when I told you it was still nighttime and you had to go to bed. It's definitely not all sunshine and roses over here. The fits you have these days are epic. I think they are starting to wind down in terms of numbers. You are understanding more and I think dealing with life in general better. But man, catch you in a tired or hungry mood? Hangry isn't the half of it. Epic fits I tell you. Epic.
Anywho, I intended this update to be a summary of the last three months. We pretty much hit some key points in April and that's it. I'll continue more later. Until then, sleep tight my complex little threenager.
Love,
Daddy