Growing up with a little of both and the lessons learned along the way
From the category archives:
Maile is all better now, but she definitely wasn’t feeling well the past couple of days. She described it as having the “sleepies in her head” and she did indeed spend a lot of time on the couch and in our bed sleeping.
Lauren was very concerned about her big sister and insisted on keeping her company…
Keeping her big sick sister company...
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Maile Girl here. Did you know that today was my Mommy and Daddy’s anniversary? It celebrates the day they got married. I have them tell me the story all the time – it was a really fun day.
But I’m not here to talk about that – today, I wanted to tell you how to write a great anniversary card for your daddy. NOTE: This probably works for mommies too, but Mommy was the one helping me so this time we focused on Daddy.
First, head to the card store and find a good card. I like to find the music cards, but apparently they don’t make those for Anniversaries. Instead I got one with fishies on the cover kissing. Cute, right?
Next, ask a Mommy (your Mommy will do) to spell out all the nice things you want to say to your Daddy.
You can ignore the crossed off area at the top, Mommy used upper and lower case letters and I wanted to focus on upper case only. Clearly.
After you have your message, get to work writing it all out.
Take your time and write it all out very, very carefully.
And make sure you have at least 10 “so”‘s at the end when you say “I love you so much” – trust me, it makes a big difference.
The finished product - Daddy said it got dusty in the room when he read it ๐
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My favorite picture of Christine and I ... at least before the littles ones came along ๐
7 years ago I married Christine๏ปฟ.
Fast forward to this evening. We had plans to go out to see a show (the nerdy type that both of us enjoy) and have a nice dinner to celebrate.
Unfortunately, Maile Girl woke up with a fever this morning and it only got worse as the day went on. (It seems like it finally broke about 30 minutes ago, but not before cranking up to 104.2!)
So we audibled out of the plans. (Well, I sent Christine along to the show anyways with a girlfriend while I held down the fort with the girls – and watched the Pats game ๐ – and now Christine is cuddled up with Maile making sure she gets as good a night sleep as possible.)
Today was definitely one of those “life” days – certainly didn’t go the way you planned, but at the same time, makes you realize what is important and even though it wasn’t “fun” – it was perfect in all the right ways.
I’m pretty sure that Matt from 7 years ago had no idea what he was getting himself into … but I know he was hoping it was going to be something exactly like this.
I love you, Christine. Happy Anniversary ๐
Our family, 7 years in...
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This week’s #tbt comes from 2011 – a video of Maile doing Mommy’s hair – something she still LOVES doing today…
And from more recently…
The braids have gotten a bit more complex over the past 3 years...
(Click here for the video.)
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A checklist for Mommy and Daddy
The next couple of days are going to be hot here in SF, so Maile’s teacher sent home a note saying they were going to have the sprinklers on at school so we should send Maile with a bathing suit, towel, etc.
So what is the picture above? Maile decided to make a checklist (left/red side for Mommy, right/black side for Daddy) with everything we needed to remember to bring tomorrow. Christine and I had no idea she was doing this – she just delivered it to us after dinner.
So what’s on the checklist? From the top:
– Bathing suit
– Towel
– Flip flops
– Backpack
– Water bottle
– Hat
– Sunscreen
– Lunch
– Yoga mat
We better not forget anything.
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On Thursdays, I like to look back at old posts from the same day. First post I clicked was September 25th, 2012 and look what I found:
GG Irv and Maile Girl - 90 years apart, but two BIG smiles when they get together!
Original post is here.
Happy New Year, GG Irv. We miss you!
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Tonight for Rosh Hashanah we had apples and honey with dinner. When Maile asked why, we told her it was a “tradition”. She asked us what a “tradition” was and we talked about how its something we do over and over again through the years to remember or celebrate something. Seemed appropriate that apples and honey on Rosh Hashanah would bring up this lesson.
Maile and Lauren enjoying apples and honey on Rosh Hashanah
And here we are way back in 2010 teaching Maile about apples and honey…
Teaching Maile how to dip the apples in the honey.
More here.
La Shana Tova to all our Jewish family and friends!
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On Sunday Mommy and Maile went to the first PKS Community Service day of the year. Along with some of her classmates, the crew participated in the Coastal Cleanup Day. Every year, on the third Saturday in September, people join together at sites all over California to take part in the State’s largest volunteer event, California Coastal Cleanup Day. Maile and her friends were responsible for a creek in San Francisco.
Maile and her friends getting ready to rock the cleanup...
Maile Girl getting a feel for the trash picker...
Helping the world feels good!
This is trash. Don't just put it on the ground. Cool?
Christine said it was a great experience – definitely looking forward to more opportunities to help out like this and happy that it is going to be a part of Maile Girl’s education.
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Kelly (our nanny) had an appointment on Wednesday, so I left work a little early and went exploring with Lauren. Caught some shadow pictures which reminded me of some walks from long ago with Maile Girl…
Daddy and Lauren (September 2014 - 20.5 months)
Maile and Daddy shadows (August 2012 - 3 years old)
Maile, Daddy and Mommy shadows (August 2010 - 1 year old)
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Over the past month we’ve really seen Maile and Lauren start playing together as friends more and more. It’s awesome to watch. Lauren will follow her sister to the end of the earth (and mimic her moves every step of the way). For her part, Maile has been great with her little sister and really is starting to enjoy involving her in games and all types of playing pretend.
Sisters brush teeth together
Sisters make a new bed in mommy and daddy's room and pretend to have a sleepover...
And, of course, sisters dance!
(Click here for the video.)
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