Growing up with a little of both and the lessons learned along the way
Posts tagged as:
On Sunday we went over to PKS to have a final potluck and take a group photo with the group that participated in the Chinese New Year parade.
The full group - quite a set of costumes!
Wait, who is that in the middle? Yep, yours truly. I was asked to sub in last minute as the sheep herder as our head of school couldn’t make it.
Yep, the sheep herder with his favorite sheep...
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
You might remember that last fall, Maile and I went to the Food Bank for the first time to volunteer with some of her classmates. We went back again on Sunday and had a great time. This time we were tasked with sorting oranges and once again, it was a really well run volunteer event and perfect for young kids.
Maile Girl, all gloved up and ready to rock!
I FOUND AN ORANGE!
Almost done with bin #1 - our team completed about 3.5 of them while we were there.
Good times for Maile and I - a good way to start the day!
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Christine earned her holiday Mommy stripes this weekend. First, she cooked up a storm – matzah ball soup on Friday, briscuit and kugle on Saturday and delicious steaks and homemade french fries on Sunday. Oh, and this crazy delicious marshmallow graham cracker brownie and banana muffins to boot.
Whew, exhausted just thinking about it – no really look – I’m exhausted just thinking about it.
While Mommy was being super Mommy, Daddy was napping on the couch...
And to top it off – it wasn’t just delicious food, Mommy also found time to (a) go for a run for her marathon training and (b) make easter eggs with the girls!
Mommy teaching the girls how to plan their egg dying...
Shockingly, Maile was very particular about the dye design of her eggs.
Lauren took things very seriously...
... this one, not so much.
Lauren watched every move Mommy made like a hawk...
Maile, Mommy and Lauren having fun making easter eggs!
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Every year right around March 30th I try to do something fun with Maile and/or Lauren to commemorate a good friend of mine, Lonny, who passed away 7 years ago. We call it Lonny Day. This year it was Lauren’s turn for her very first Lonny Day.
In the morning we dropped Maile off at school and ran around with the big kids for a bit. Then we stopped by and said hi to Mommy at her new office (Lauren told Mommy right away that “she missed her” since it had been a whomping hour and a half since we had seen her 😉
From there the real fun began – we headed over to the San Francisco Zoo for the morning. Lauren is an awesome age to go to the zoo – she just ran around asking to see “more more animals” and stared in wild amazement as the giraffes and zebras and monkeys trotted and swung around right before her eyes.
The morning started with a breakfast pit stop and some sliced apples...
Lauren ran up to every fence, poked her head against it and then yelled to me when she saw the animals - pretty much the way a zoo should be viewed!
Checking out the flamingos - 'pink!'
Loved spending the day with my little girl...
And, of course, the day ended with some ice cream 🙂
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
(Dad note: be sure to watch the final video in this post. You won’t be disappointed.)
We’ve been exploring more and more of the city on the weekends. On Sunday, Mommy led us on a fun excursion to the Seward Slides mini-park over in the Castro. The slides are these two long (and steep) concrete slides that you can ride down on pieces of cardboard.
All smiles ... at the bottom of the slide.
Facing the slides, ready to conquer!
The steps were steep - that's where a helpful big sister comes in...
Can you spot Maile Girl at the tippy top of the slide?
Mommy took this great shot of the three of us at the top of the slide...
Mommy and Lauren get ready to go...
So those were some shots getting to the top… how did it go going down the slide? Well…
Maile Girl started strong and then had second thoughts…
So Daddy agreed to go down with her the first time. Which was a good idea. Sort of. Daddy forgot that his younger daughter is slightly more adventurous than her big sister. So then this happened…
Awesome.
(Click here for the first video.)
(Click here for the second video.)
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
March Madness is always an exciting time around here (well, a very busy time in which I am eternally grateful for Christine picking up the extra slack while I spend some extra time on Team Rankings). We sat down tonight and set to work on our brackets. Figured we’d post this in plenty of time in case anyone wants to use Maile and Lauren’s picks.
Lauren hard at work on her bracket...
Maile and Daddy talking strategy for the Midwest region...
Maile is very proud of her bracket - go Duke!
And, of course, Lauren with her bracket too!
Maile’s completed bracket is … interesting. She’s big on the 15 over 2 upsets, taking New Mexico St, Texas Southern and Belmont all to advance. She also is knocking off #1 seeds Villanova and Wisconsin in round 1. In fairness, Wisconsin is playing Coastal Carolina and as soon as she heard “Carolina”, Maile wanted to pay homage to where Mommy and Daddy met. In better news – Maile also remembered how important Duke is to our family and gave us a little smile as she advanced them each round. She has Duke winning the whole thing!
Maile's complete bracket in case you want to steal some of her picks...
I’ve been interpreting Maile and Lauren’s brackets for years now and have gotten quite good at their pre-writing scribbles and lines. In looking at Lauren’s bracket, here are the highlights:
– She has Kentucky winning it all (seriously there is a line from Kentucky all the way to the middle!)
– She has #5 seed Arkansas going to the Final Four in the West Region
– She has #11 seed UCLA going to the Final Four in the South Region
– And she has Villanova going to the Final Four in the East Region
– She also likes #6 Xavier, #7 Wichita St, #5 W Virgnia and #10 Indiana to win a few games.
Lauren's completed bracket - a little harder to decipher 😉
(Click here for the first video.)
(Click here for the second video.)
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
We had a fun visit this weekend from a couple of my really good friends from college that I’ve known since freshman year. They live down in Dallas now with their three kids and came out to visit us (and our other friends) here in San Francisco. On Sunday morning we got together for some hiking and fun at the Presidio Picnic.
Weather was fantastic and the hike was a really nice way to start the day. Looking forward to doing more of that, especially as Lauren gets a bit older. (She really did a great job though keeping up and having fun exploring with all the kids).
Speaking of all the kids – I’m not sure what it was, but it really hit home with this visit and seeing all the kids how far we’ve come from freshman year in college. Times do indeed change, but good that friends don’t always do the same!
On our way to start the hike - everyone is accounted for!
Making sure we don't leave anyone behind...
Sophie, Julianne and Maile having fun while Jake plans the route...
We found a bug! And we even touched it too - girls are getting braver 🙂
Lauren was a good little hiker
Maile and Julianne found a little stick hut and had fun playing house...
At the end of the hike - the whole crew on the tree line...
San Francisco in March FTW!
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
We arrived to prepare for the parade at 3 PM and didn’t finish up until 8:30 PM. What does one do during all that time? Lots and lots of pictures 😉
We had a lot of downtime before the parade started - Maile and her friends had a lot of fun goofing around in their costumes while the adults got the floats ready.
Getting her make up put on
Lauren got to play with the costumes too...
Roar!
Lauren and Maile - ready to rock!
Mommy helped out with painting everyone's faces...
Busted.
Family Picture (Lauren 2 and Maile 5.5)
Where's Maile?
The PKS contingent on the move...
Exhausted.
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
We had a fun Valentine’s Day weekend – how could it not be with these two?!
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Mommy and Maile headed to the ballet on Sunday afternoon, which left Lauren and I to ourselves. We’d tell you what we did all afternoon, but it’s a secret…
(Click here for the video.)
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
