by Papa K on February 22, 2016
Okay, technical difficulties have been resolved and we’re ready to share all the details of Saturday’s Chinese New Year Parade!
This was Maile’s second year participating in the parade and once again we had an absolute blast. We headed downtown as a family at 3 PM and helped the kids get ready for the big parade. It was a long afternoon – the parade itself didn’t kick in until ~6:15 PM, but the kids barely noticed – they were having too much fun taking in all the sites and goofing around with each other. Once the parade started they were all business – the practice really paid off and they nailed their dance number to Uptown Funk each of the oh 30+ times they performed it along the route.
Here’s a close-up of Maile performing the complete number during a pre-parade practice…
And here are some fun shots from along the way…
Lots of helping hands getting Maile and friends ready for the parade...
Here she is - ready to rock!
Maile and Gemma
All the Presidio Knolls kids - notice Maile looking at the only camera that matters 🙂
Family selfie right before the start...
Maile and Isobel
Maile Girl - smack in the middle of the action as always!
The picture of jealousy.
Don’t worry, Lauren, next year you’re in!
(Click here for the video.)
by Papa K on February 21, 2016
(Dad note: I had some technical difficulties tonight so a full debrief of the Chinese New Year Parade is going to have to wait until tomorrow, but in the meantime, I thought I’d share this awesome TV footage of the kids. Maile is at the top of the frame during the beginning of the segment – the kids got some pretty great air time!)
I couldn’t embed the video, so you’ll need to click through here to check it out:
Maile & PKS Friends at the Chinese New Year Parade
More to come!
by Papa K on February 18, 2016
From 2013 – Maile works on her first marketing campaign…
Facetime. For when you stub your toe and your daddy is at work...
by Papa K on February 17, 2016
Grandma Jill and Papa Mike took the girls on an adventure to Monterrey for the past couple of days. They’re having a great time – we know this because Papa Mike sends us texts throughout the day with pictures and captions as only he can provide of their adventures!
by Papa K on February 15, 2016
Maile and Lauren are two very lucky girls. Last week, while we were traveling, Grandma Gail and Papa Cal took good care of them and kept them busy with all sorts of projects and activities. This week, during school vacation week, its Grandma Jill and Papa Mike’s turn and they are kicking things off with all sorts of fun adventures.
And all along the way they send us photos so we can eavesdrop on all their fun 🙂
by Papa K on February 14, 2016
Been awfully quiet around here, right? Apologies! For the past 10 days Christine and I have been off having adventures in Washington, DC and Mexico. We made it an “all the way” vacation and that meant even taking a break from the blogging – the longest break I’ve taken since Maile was born 6.5 years ago.
One of our adventures had us repelling down into a cenote (a sinkhole)!
And while Christine and I were having some awesome adventures (and lots and lots of down time!), Maile and Lauren were in very good hands with Grandma Gail and Papa Cal. By all accounts, our time away was a success. The girls had a wonderful time and Grandma and Papa really got to spend some quality time seeing what their day-to-day lives are all about.
This selfie was taken on the very last day before we came home - everyone is all smiles!
Thank you, Grandma and Papa for letting us escape – we are forever grateful!
While we were waiting for our lunch on Sunday, we paused for a moment of zen…
Maile zen
Lauren zen
Mommy zen
Daddy zen
(Dad note: Christine and I are heading away for the next week and a half tomorrow. Grandma Gail and Papa Cal came in from Hawaii to watch the girls. Not sure what the posting will be like while traveling, we’ll see…)
Going back to 2012 for this one. The part towards the end where she can’t get the “7” finger to work still cracks me up…
Have a great weekend!
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Mark it down, 2016 is going to be the year that Maile really learns how to ride her bike. And its all because she decided she wants to learn herself – so now she is motivated. A couple weeks ago, without any provocation on our part, she asked if we could go bike riding before dinner. And then a few days later, we decided to go get some frozen yogurt after dinner and she asked if she could ride her bike. She even asked if we could try riding without training wheels over the weekend!
Tonight we went on another bike ride with the girls after dinner. Good times and good to get out a bit as a family even in the midst of our busy weekly routine.
Good times on our after dinner bike rides to get that fro yo!
Its a good lesson for Christine and I – sometimes, things just come when they are ready. There’s no timeline for these things. I have always felt a little bad that city living made it a little harder to provide easy opportunities for the girls to pick up things like bike riding – but I think the reality is that they’ll come around, but perhaps on a different schedule than I remember from my childhood. Nothing wrong with that – lord knows her Chinese is better than mine was at her age 😉
We had a fun visit with Auntie Elyssa this past weekend. She was in town for work during the week and they she popped on over to stay with us for the weekend. Maile and Lauren loved having her around and they made the most of their few days with her keeping her busy with all types of activities.
One of the highlights was that Auntie got to see the girls at their dance class – they were very proud to show her everything they were learning (including a first pass at their new dance routines). I think its fair to say it brought back memories for Auntie 🙂
On Saturday afternoon, Maile and Auntie made an awesome scrapbook – it was a project that Maile had been looking forward to doing for a few weeks now ever since she got the scrapbook kit for Christmas. She’s very proud of her book and enjoyed the quality time with Auntie.
The girls did a nice job of letting Auntie sleep in a little bit (with the help of the iPad 😉 and all in all, I think Auntie got a good taste of what weekends are like around here. We can’t wait for her to come back and visit us again soon!
All smiles spending time with Auntie Elyssa!
