Our little girl is quickly becoming less … well, little. The words are starting to come fast and furious. She continues to adore her big sister and they play together more and more. She loves singing and dancing. She’s still fearless. More and more stubborn with each passing day. But, of course, smiley and giggly and brings so much joy to our lives!
Mommy and a 22 month old Lauren!
Random bonus picture…
Need to be careful in the bathroom - brushing teeth can get dangerous sometimes...
My girls, just chillin'!
Back in the summer Maile told Grandma Gail that she wanted to be a bee for Halloween. Like she always does, Grandma Gail set to work and delivered another incredible costume for the girls!
Our littlest bee getting ready to go out...
Maile and Auntie Bee all decked out!
Bzzzzzzzz
On top of the great costumer, we were also lucky to have Auntie Elyssa in town. She decided to dress up to as the “Auntie Bee” – Maile was so excited when she found out that Auntie was dressing up too.
Auntie joined Maile at school for the PKS Halloween party and then we met up with some friends to hit up Avila Street for some serious trick or treating. (And I mean serious – there were hundreds of people out and every house was stocked with candy.) Auntie chased after Maile going house to house and Mommy and I had the pleasure of escorting Lauren. It was so much fun – she insisted on walking (just like her big sister) the entire time. She would go up to each house, wait for them to lower the bowl of candy to her height, pick out her piece and then say, “Tank you”, before moving on to the next house. I died of cuteness every time she said “tank you.”
Daddy with all his bees
Mommy and her two bees!
A wonderful Halloween – thank you Grandma Gail (as always) for the costumes and Auntie Elyssa for buzzing around with our girls!
When she was home sick from school on Monday, Mommy and Maile decided to make their own word find game (inspired by the back of a Cheerio box I believe).
First Mommy made Maile a word find..
Mommy's word find - Maile said it was too easy!
Then Maile made her own!
Maile's word find - lots of action at the top!
This week’s #tbt comes from 2011 – a video of Maile doing Mommy’s hair – something she still LOVES doing today…
And from more recently…
The braids have gotten a bit more complex over the past 3 years...
(Click here for the video.)
by Papa K on September 18, 2014
Kelly (our nanny) had an appointment on Wednesday, so I left work a little early and went exploring with Lauren. Caught some shadow pictures which reminded me of some walks from long ago with Maile Girl…
Daddy and Lauren (September 2014 - 20.5 months)
Maile and Daddy shadows (August 2012 - 3 years old)
Maile, Daddy and Mommy shadows (August 2010 - 1 year old)
by Papa K on September 15, 2014
On Sunday while Daddy was watching some football, Mommy and Maile did an art project where they made these beautiful flowers out of tissue paper.
Maile and her tissue flower creations...
Afterwards she created an elaborate wedding ceremony for Christine and I…
Maile's version of a wedding ceremony
And, of course, the flower girl!
by Papa K on September 1, 2014
For the family reunion we picked up this awesome bubble wand that makes huge bubbles. The girls love it, so on Saturday we headed out with Grandma and Papa to have some bubble fun.
Woah. That's a big bubble!
I think I can reach it...
... no, no, I can reach it!
Papa is IN the bubble!
All smiles playing with the bubbles 🙂
We also used it to play around with Instagram’s new Hyperlapse video app – makes some pretty cool videos (although I really should take the extra step and set it to some music – next time!)
(Click here for the video.)
2 years ago tomorrow (August 29th) we told Maile that she was going to be a big sister.
Hard to believe we’ve gone from this…
Love, love baby sister!
To this…
2 years later - best friends.
(Click here for the video.)
Wow. Time flies.
Today was Maile’s first day of Kindergarten. She’ll be staying at Presidio Knolls School so the stomping grounds are familiar, but this is still a big milestone for our little, but rapidly growing up, girl.
And she is very, very excited to get started.
But before heading off to school, we took some family pictures…
Here she is, Maile Girl at 5 ready to start Kindergarten!
Maile and Lauren - Lauren will need to wait one more year before joining her big sister at PKS
Family Picture - Maile (5) and Lauren (20 months)
Daddy and his girls (and their backpacks)
These three.
Grandma and Papa Hawaii are in town and got to see Maile off to her first day too...
One last shot just inside the gate at Presidio Knolls - after this she was off and running with her friends...
