This morning for mother’s day we headed out with the girls to explore SF a bit. This time we headed over to these beautiful new stairs that recently were finished at Lincoln Park and then cut over for a bit of a stroll at Lands End on the very edge of San Francisco. It was a little cold, but Christine got to do one of her favorite hobbies – taking pictures of the girls! – and we had fun exploring a bit.
The steps at Lincoln Park are beautiful - and fun to climb!
Perfect setting for a picture of our girls (Maile just a couple months shy of 6 and Lauren just about 2.5)
Yeah, we're in trouble with that look!
A mother and her daughters with the Golden Gate in the background
This one is from May 8, 2011. Particularly cracked me up because Lauren has become an ace at the green bike. It sat in our house for four years hardly used by Maile Girl, but Lauren loves it. I’ll try to get a video of her this weekend on it.
For now, back to what it was like “riding bikes” with Maile:
Have a great weekend – and happy mother’s day to all!
This weekend we had a very fun visitor join us – Great Aunt Suzy (Grandma Jill’s sister) came to town from Michigan. Maile and Lauren had a blast showing her all around San Francisco – and, especially, our home and neighborhood. Between visits to the park, a dance class, swimming, so quality time with dolls and art projects – Aunt Suzy got a good taste of what life is like these days for us!
On Saturday for lunch, Maile and I took Aunt Suzy to hit up the food trucks!
Aunt Suzy and Lauren enjoying the see saw at our neighborhood park...
Thank you for the visit Aunt Suzy and we look forward to seeing you again soon!
I’ve mentioned this before, but Maile is obsessed with these “how to” videos that kids make and post on Youtube. She watches the drawing ones, the rainbow loom ones, and she especially loves the Japanese ones that focus on unboxing Japanese toys and foods.
Well, on Saturday afternoon, Maile disappeared for awhile – locking herself away in our bedroom and asking not to be disturbed. She came out a little while later and presented her first “how to” video she had filmed all by herself about how to make a Rainbow Loom bracelet.
She was VERY excited. Except she wasn’t too pleased with how the camera work came out. So she recruited me to be her “assistant” and we made a second video…
Fair warning, these videos are 9 and 11 minutes long respectively – but you have to watch a little bit – they are incredible. I loved helping Maile make these. Afterwards we discussed all the things she wants to try next – she was asking me about camera angles and that we need to find a way to make it so the camera can see her AND whatever it is she is doing.
She asked me to help her make it so others could see them, so we made her very own Youtube channel. She decided to call it “Crafts 4 Kids By Maile” because she is “going to do more than just Rainbow Loom bracelets”.
I told her she had to write something for the “about” page and she came up with: “I’m Maile. I’m 5 years old. I like to do crafts, like rainbow loom. I’ll show you how!” Then I told her she needed to create a sign for the page and she drew one up and posed for her profile photo.
Crafts 4 Kids By Maile one-sheet
Maile posing for her Crafts 4 Kids profile photo...
I have a feeling a few more of these will get created in the coming weeks – stay tuned!
