Lauren is making great strides (strokes?) at her swim class. She snagged two stickers on Sunday and is well on her way to her first ribbon.
This face is my favorite: “I’m so proud of myself even though I can’t read these things or tell you exactly what they are for!”
Lauren snagged two stickers at swim class on Sunday!
Maile and Lauren went to a birthday party this weekend (for Lauren’s old nanny buddy, Elena). They had this great zipline that the girls loved – according to Christine, Lauren must have done it 40 times (after big sister, Maile, showed her the ropes).
First the big sister goes…
And then, of course, the little sister…
Elena’s dad got some great additional shots of the girls…
Showing how its done...
Hold on tight!
Wheeeeee....
Love this shot of the girls...
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I headed away for a “guys weekend” to go skiing – which meant that here on the homefront it was decidedly a girls weekend. Mommy kicked things off properly on Friday night with a “picnic” in the living room and a showing of Finding Nemo. (Maile’s review was it was pretty scary – she told me she liked Minions better.)
Check out that spread!
And just to make sure I was appropriately missing them (and trust me, I was!) – Mommy sent along these selfies…
Mommy and Maile
Mommy and Lauren
I’m heading away for the weekend tomorrow night, so I thought I’d do a #tbt a night early this week. While looking for a good one, I came across this video from March 2012.
The perfect reminder that the best part of a trip is the return home!
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When Christine and I lived in NYC, we often started our Sunday mornings with a walk to the local bagel shop for breakfast and a newspaper. Our favorite Jewish deli here in the city, Wise Sons, opened a new bagel shop last week right up the street from us. We thought we’d start a new tradition with the girls and went to check it out on Sunday. Not quite as relaxing as I recall our days in NYC with bagels, coffee and leisurely reading the newspaper, but still good times (and the bagels are great!)
And we're off - family selfie on the way out!
There was a bit of a line, but we didn't mind...
Lauren enjoying her cream cheese with bagel (in that order)...
Two thumbs up from Maile Girl...