Last week while the girls were in Hawaii I did a deep clean of our apartment. In the process, I discovered an old notebook that I had used to take notes back when Maile was born. I completely forgot this existed and reading over the notes, I also completely forgot some of the things that happened right around her birth (apparently Christine made blueberry pancakes the morning she went into labor!)
It was great fun re-reading these notes again. I I took them with an eye towards this blog – so kind of fun 6 years in to read and reflect on all that has happened.
Maile as a newborn
Maile Girl at age 6!
Quite a ride!
Nothing like ending the week with some knock, knock jokes…
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Thank you Grandma Gail and Papa Cal for taking care of my girls all last week. By all accounts they had an amazing time. Special thanks for letting us get Lauren going on the potty training in your home instead of ours 🙂
Enjoying a popsicle break with Grandma Gail...
Maile Girl and Papa Cal - she keeps getting bigger and bigger!
Saying good bye at the airport - we'll be back soon!
Last week while Maile was in Hawaii we would have little chats in the afternoon over Facetime. For some reason they felt different than our normal conversations. We talk all the time, of course, but when we are home there always seems to be something else competing for our attention – a toy, a game, a little sister. Getting 10 minutes just the two of us is pretty rare. Christine says Maile often blabbers to her on the way home from school, but by the time I get home from work, I don’t get quite as much detail. I guess since I was not there, I was privy to the “blabber” – and I loved it. It was really nice just talking with her, hearing about her day, telling her about mine. Goofing around a little bit. And yes, some tears too.
She also seemed older to me – made me realize how crazy it is that in just a few short days she will be 6 years old.
In any event, I really enjoyed it. Going to find some ways to make it a more regular occurrence even when we are both home in SF!
Sometimes we were happy...
... sometimes we were goofy ...
... and sometimes we were sad 🙁
Let’s just say we don’t come across many lizards in San Francisco…
Pretty brave though – they were really going after it!
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Judging by the photos and videos I’ve been getting, there’s a pretty good chance that my girls haven’t left the water since arriving on Kauai!
And, of course, not to be out done…
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As you know Maile attended this great camp at the Tinkering School last week. They posted a video on their blog today about what the kids built and I thought I’d share:
Action shot of the car going over the bridge...
How cool was that!?
They also wrote blog posts all week long (which I didn’t realize until today) that tells a fun story about the week:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
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On Saturday, Christine took the girls to visit Grandma and Papa Hawaii. I received a text message when they landed and it seemed like mere minutes later I was already receiving videos of the girls jumping around in the backyard pool. My imagination has it that they literally threw their bags in their room, jumped into their bathing suits and were half way out the door before Mommy, Grandma and Papa could catch up…
BTW – Lauren 100% gets an “A” for effort in this video. Her determination to copy anything Maile does is awesome.
Just the beginning of lots of fun in the Hawaiian sun...
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This week Maile is going to camp at the Tinkering School – a really cool camp that Christine found. Over the course of the week, the kids build a solution to a problem using all sorts of tools. This week they are trying to move a big box across a bridge (that they are also going to construct) and onto a boat.
From their web site: “We can promise this: we make big art, we build big things and we go amazing places.” – Pretty cool!
Maile has been pretty excited about using the tools (she said she was scared of the electric saw at first, but today she started using it). It’s a mix-aged camp as well and I think the kids really get a kick out of the “size” of the projects they are making.
Maile in front of the game plan that the kids have been working out...
Maile showed me the crane that she's been working on - this is the base. The kids have been cutting the wood and drilling it themselves.
Can’t wait to see where they end up by Friday!
One of the parents at the birthday party took some great pictures of Maile and Lauren on the beach…
