halloween!

this is the costume i picked out myself. my philosophy on costumes is that it should feel natural -- a costume should express the inner you, while simultaneously be comfortable enough to lounge in around the house, thusly:




one should always appropriately accessorize his or her costume. in this case, i chose to illustrate the evil monkey from the stephen king book "monkey shines" at my preschool's halloween parade.




monkeys also like to, uh, operate ship wheels inside plastic play castles.

mailee in action

since i no longer take naps, i have two to three extra hours a day to drive my dad nuts. i enjoy watching him try to come up with things to do.

here i am before ballet. i'm saying, "revele!" which i pronounce, "reh-buh-bay!"




here i am playing soccer -- and by "soccer," i mean, "barely jogging while halfheartedly tapping the ball with my foot."




here i am jumping, which my dad forces me to do to see if i get tired.




here i am at dinner for grandma's birthday, repeatedly hitting my cousin austen over the head with my butterfly balloon.




here i am in a big hat.

rancher mailee

my preschool went to a ranch, where we saw a lot of animals, giving me a chance to make my many animal noises in a contextual environment.

"hi goat, i have a secret ..."




"eat it! you can try some!"




say no to crack.

six months later ...

oops. meant to post these a long time ago. sorry!

on mommy's birthday we went to legoland. i didn't know mommies liked to go to legoland for their birthday, but i didn't mind!

here's mailee the monster attacking new york city!




here's daddy kneeling before his dark master:



here's jedi master mailee destroying daddy's dark lord!