Growing up with a little of both and the lessons learned along the way
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Maile needs a bit more room to air it out I think … and by the looks of it, Lauren isn’t that far behind!
(As it turns out, we are indeed moving – staying here in San Francisco, but moving to a new apartment. More to come in a future post…)
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Maile on the guitar, Lauren is either the lead singer or hype girl – or maybe percussions? Not quite sure. Good thing they are practicing 😉
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Maile joined a new ballet class (slightly older kids) on Sunday. Along with the class, came a new element – the barre. I managed to capture Maile’s very first experience with it on video – she did a pretty good job and was VERY excited – her real life is becoming more and more Angelina Ballerina-like every day 🙂
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As we know, every year Grandma Gail makes Maile (and now Lauren) their Halloween costumes. (See 2012, 2011, 2010 and 2009 – no really, go look, you won’t be disappointed!) A couple months ago, we asked Maile what she wanted to be for Halloween and without hesitation she said “A unicorn. A rainbow unicorn.”
I think it’s safe to say that, once again, Grandma Gail delivered!
Meet the two cutest unicorns this side of San Francisco...
One more time because it's that good. Grandma Gail you outdid yourself this year!
What. Is. This.
Whew. That's better...
Maile Girl got to wear her costume to school - shockingly, she made it through the whole day with the costume in tact!
This year was also a first as we voyaged out beyond the gates of our courtyard to take in the San Francisco trick or treating scene. It was pretty crazy out there, but we had a blast and Maile has a full bag of candy for our troubles (perhaps a bit less by when she wakes up tomorrow morning 😉
After school we met up with Jake and Sophie for some dinner and trick or treating...
Mommy and Lauren took it all in from afar...
... while Maile and Daddy headed out with the hordes to go get some candy!
Maile was very particular about the candy she chose - she learned quickly which ones looked like ones she'd like (colorful) and which were chocolate (brown, yellow, etc.)
This is exhausting...
Unicorn Lauren taking it all in...
THANK YOU GRANDMA GAIL once again for amazing Halloween costumes for the girls!
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Sunday was pumpkin carving day and we had a blast!
Maile Girl sketched out her design ahead of time and then copied it on to the pumpkin
Maile made separate designs for herself and Lauren
Alright, let's get this going - Daddy kicked off the scooping of the gunk part of the pumpkin carving.
Ewwww, slimy...
And by slimy, I mean AWESOME!
Mommy got involved to add an M for Maile and L for Lauren to the back of the pumpkins
Lauren wasn't quite as thrilled with the activity...
The finished product...
Maile and Lauren representing Halloween 2013!
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Maile picked up the same outfits for her and Lauren yesterday, so Christine grabbed the camera and took some fun shots of our growing-up-very-quickly little girls…
Maile (4.5) and Lauren (10 months)
I got your nose!
Maile Girl getting down to Lauren's level
I love my big sister, Maile!
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Every morning I wake up and get to play with my big sister, Maile, and then after a little while she leaves to go to school. So this morning I said “dadadadadadadada” and Maile translated for Daddy that I wanted to go to school with her and so Daddy said sure! So we all piled into the car and drove over to Maile’s school. Once we walked into her classroom, Maile went and washed her hands and then she signed in – she signed her name in English and Chinese! So cool! I helped her out a bit…
Hmm ... that looks interesting. What are you writing?
Wow, you're writing is so fancy!
My sister? The coolest.
My turn?
Can I stay? You could just carry me all day - I bet no one will even know!
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Lauren is definitely mobile now and that means that Maile no longer rules the roost all by herself. The era of Lauren being all in Maile’s stuff has begun…
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Maile Girl hasn’t always been the bravest little girl – especially when it comes to heights. So it wasn’t a huge shock to us when she balked at going down the Super Slide at the Topsfield Fair. Mommy really wanted to go down it though and she somehow convinced Maile Girl to join her – and, of course, Maile loved it and wanted to go again immediately after getting to the bottom. Moral of the story (like all others) – listen to your mother!
Yeah, Maile isn't enjoying this at all 🙂
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