by Papa K on September 6, 2016
On Saturday we went on a fun hike with one the family of one of Maile’s good friends from school. They have a daughter Maile’s age and an older son – for awhile we’ve watched from afar on Instagram as they took fantastic hikes all over the Bay Area. We always said once Lauren was a little bit older we wanted to start exploring in the same way. They took us out on one of their favorites on Saturday and we had a blast. We did the Batteries to Bluffs trail and it was perfect – not too hard, fun spots for the kids to explore … and absolutely beautiful views!
Maile, Lauren and Isobel with the Golden Gate in the background...
A long walk down
Lauren tried desperately to keep up with the bigger girls scrambling over the rocks - she did a pretty good job overall
Touching the sky...
Love my little hiker...
Windy smiles 🙂
And just like that the summer is over and the first day of school has arrived. Today Maile started 2nd grade and Lauren started her second year of preschool. Both girls are old pros at this point and were very excited to be headed back to school. Drop-off went super smooth and the girls were excited to see their friends, meet their new teachers and check out their new classrooms. Definitely a successful first day!
The sisters at home right before we headed off to school...
Maile Girl, the second grader
Maile and Lauren outside Presidio Knolls
Lauren and her 3 year old smile 🙂
Maile was excited to see her long time friends, Tori and Isobel
Finding her name on the 2nd Grade Blue door
Maile's new classroom - she's in a new building this year and very excited!
Lauren and her friend Marni were the first to arrive in their new preschool classroom...
Here’s to another wonderful year!