After months of practice the big day finally arrived on Saturday – the Chinese New Year Parade!
We headed down with the girls mid-afternoon and met with the parade crew, got everyone ready, ate a little bit, practiced one last time and then headed down to Market Street to get in our positions. The girls were fantastic! Maile danced up a storm and Lauren waved, smiled and blew kisses from her cart the whole way through.
Here’s a video of all the fun:
And some videos from the festivities…
Lauren and Marni - they shared the cart together and made people smile the whole way through...
Our parade girls - ready to rock!
The whole PKS crew!
A view of the scene as we get in our places for the start of the parade...
A few weeks back we had a birthday party for Lauren. We had so much fun (and some of the other parents are really good photographers!) so Christine and I really didn’t take many pictures. We just got some pictures though – so we can share a bit more about the good times.
The theme was “Fantastic Four” – super hero themes as there were four girls celebrating their fourth birthdays together. We held the party at a kid’s gym here in SF and the kids had a blast!
Na na na nah nah - Bat Lauren!
Maile Girl getting her zip line on...
In swoops Super Lauren!
Super buddies 🙂
The cakes - a friend of one of the other girl's family baked two incredible birthday cakes...
This weekend we headed over to Presidio Knolls for the annual Chinese New Year celebration. Every year it gets bigger and bigger as the school continues to grow. It’s basically setup as a big carnival and the girls had a blast running around and trying out all the various activities. Maile and Lauren both also had performances throughout the day and they both did a wonderful job with their classmates.
(As always these videos are on the long side – posted for all, but mainly enjoyed by the grandparents 🙂
First up, Lauren and her class (Lauren is on the right side of the screen)…
Next is Maile and her class (Maile is in the front row on the left side of the screen)…
Finally, not the actual performance, but a close up of Maile and the Chinese New Year Parade crew doing their thing…
Maile and Lauren all dressed up and ready to go...
Family picture - Maile (7.5), Lauren (4) - in our Chinese New Year finest...
Taking in the show - in complete awe...
Close-up of Lauren on stage performing with her class...
Maile with two of her classmates, Gemma and Amelia
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(Click here for the second video.)
(Click here for the third video.)
