Tasty!

Medicine

Dr. Mia has been running her own clinic ever since her doctor's appointment last week. She's getting pretty good at administering medication. Elmo, according to the little physician, needs quite a lot of monitoring and medicating.



As her gramps noted, though, Elmo does look a little bit frightened. Poor guy.

Happy Days

Lots of very happy days lately.

Here I am sporting the Dutch slippers that Papa and Gogo gave me. I normally won't wear them, but since I heard there was a new Dutch baby in the neighborhood - congratulations Maike and family! - I was happy to get festive with these comfy clogs.









To the left you'll see what I hope will be my first passport photo. I'm getting tired of posing in front of our only white wall for this passport thing!









Here's a nice shot of me looking rather smug and feeling very pleased with myself after I pretended to be utterly exhausted at the Science Museum so that my mom would get me the heck out of a dark museum on a sunny day. What was she thinking?

Though I'm sure nobody who saw me rubbing my eyes at the museum will believe it, I perked up as soon as we walked out the door. We took a nice around city park and said hi to the ducks. I almost got away with a nap free day, but eventually I did give in.






















In other news, I recently became very fond of Corn. He came with Mr. Potato Head ...




I told him I loved him on Friday and then became a little concerned when his arm fell off. Uh oh.



We also got word of Jimmy & Jenny's BIG DAY - I'm talking about it here.



There is so so so much more to say, but these uploads take way too long and a girl's got to get her beauty sleep.

A girl cannot live by legos alone.

I've been a good sport since my parents basically hid all of my other toys, but it's been like a month straight of legos. I dabble in Sesame Street and Dora now and then, so today I got a little sassy with mom...

Caption: "Oh man! What's on TV?"

Patriotism, Singing and Counting

A lot has happened since my last entry. I have been very busy learning new skills. You may need to check out some translation sites in order to follow along with this entry. The Spanish section will be coming at a later date - we're having technical difficulties with a few of my most stellar performances.

Being so famous, I try to keep a very low profile and never leave the side of my secret service (mom, dad, papa, gogo, omi, opa, xochilt, sofia, danny, janel... hopefully johnny will join the ranks soon) when in public. I save most of my dramatics for only my closest friends and family. Below are a few rare glimpses into the secret life of Mia.

You have to admit it... I'm impressive.

I put the "rockin" in New Year's Rockin Eve

So it's New Year's Eve and you've crashed your friends' house for a killer party. In the corner you spy a perfectly good drum set, much better than the pots and pans you rock with at home. What else is there to do but welcome 2009 in with a killer drum/scat solo?

I'm a little tea-pot blowin off steam
If you put me on the heat I don't whistle, I scream

Just try and stay in your seat while you watch this vid. Thanks again to Ellie and Cooper for letting us party at their swank pad. If there was any damage blame Luke and Max, they started the mosh pit.

Finally Some Footware Fashion Sense

After all my earlier not-so-subtle hints about appropriate footware were seemingly ignored, I was beginning to worry that the Boulder Cotton Tops' cotton was not just on the outside of the aging hippie crania.  But, just about the time you're going to give up, they surprise you. And what a surprise -- straight from Valencia.

In spite of being somewhat understated in style and subdued in color, they really are elegant.  I'm hoping Santa comes through with some castanets. 

Mom's all worried that I'll twist an ankle.  Really now!  Does she think I was born last year?  I'll see if I can post a video to show how glamorous they are in full heel-clackin' Flamenco operation.

Santa on Larimer

work ethic

snow bunny

Thanksgiving '08

First Trip to Red Rocks

Hi!

Yes we did!

Gearing up for the big day and practicing my "O ma ba ma ma ma ba"

Anticipation at the Denver Five Points Obama office before the polls closed on 11/4/2008

Back in February getting ready for the Colorado caucus...

Fall

... this time last year

Learning to love being a bee.

New chair

Hot!

Just another Manic Monday

Monday was one of those marathon days: cleaning for our 65th house showing, shopping, very quick power nap, my first tea party, new potty book with noise-making flush button, acting lessons, groceries, grilling out, playing ball, driving my car, a little "signing time" action, visit with friends. Entirely too much to list here.

WARNING: This post contains a lot of video footage.
Only the most die hard Mia fans will make it through,
but it's well worth your time.

This is me with my new tea set after one of my famously short naps.
Pretty fancy, eh? And aren't you impressed with my tea time manners?





I also practiced my acting skills with a game of "hide the doggy in the kitty bag" like only I can play it. This is a long video, but if you watch the whole thing, I think you'll know who's about to get her big Hollywood break...

Just another fine example of my acting skills. Look at this wide range of expression!

(ok, so this one above was not taken on Monday, but I am pretty proud of it)

I have even mastered some inappropriate Italian hand gestures.


all this and I can still smile quite well, too.


I learned plenty of new words over the weekend including but not limited to...
"drool" "pretty" "pig" "tea" "pink" and "help"

I also say "ha he hi ho hu" constantly as a way to practice my vowels. Check my vowels as well as my tough girl act here:






Here's me with the wonderful new potty book that I mentioned earlier (makes authentic flushing sounds!). I like this book. When I read it I get an odd sensation that I'm studying up for some sort of big test but I'm not sure what it is yet.




I forgot to bring my camera to LT's house.
Too bad - Count Diapula was surfing on his toy truck - so cool.


To top of a very active day, daddy helped me fly like an airplane and then tickled me like crazy. In the footage below, you'll see me request "more more" after about the 30th time around. Great workout for the daddy arms.

As you can see - a very full Monday.

Some of you may assume this kind of day would lead to many hours of uninterrupted sleep, but then you would be vastly underestimating my stamina and resiliency!

Shoes

At Sofi's killer taco party tonight, everyone was commenting on the size of my feet.
I honestly didn't know that size 5 toddler was big for a 16 month old.

With all that attention on my foot size,
it was soon discovered that I inherited my mom's stinky feet.

Better throw some baby powder in those size 5's before the next party!