Growing up with a little of both and the lessons learned along the way
From the category archives:
Lauren is getting very particular (and demanding) about the world around her. She watches what Christine, Maile and I do and is getting better and better at imitating us. Sometimes though, this leads to frustration when she can’t quite figure things out…
But with Mommy’s help – great success!
Success!
(Click here for the video.)
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Every year on March 30th I try to do something fun with Maile (and soon Lauren) to commemorate a good friend of mine, Lonny, who passed away 6 years ago.
This year I took her to her first live basketball game – and even better it was a women’s basketball game! (I’ve been watching a lot of the men’s tournament on TV, but Maile’s little mind was blown when I told her we were going to see a game and it would be ALL GIRLS!) We headed down to Stanford and watched the Cardinal beat up on the Lady Lions of Penn State.
Maile and Daddy all ready to cheer on the Cardinal at Maile's first basketball game...
Maile was great – she was super curious about everything going on. I taught her about the scoreboard and the basics of how the game worked. The crowd was fantastic and Maile really got into the cheering and high fives on the big plays. I used to absolutely love going to basketball games with my dad so it was really fun to get Maile started.
All in all, a solid Lonny Day – while perhaps not his sport of choice, I have no doubt he would have gotten a kick out of us cheering in the stands!
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
I signed up for a new service called Pley and we received our first delivery today. Pley is basically Netflix for Lego sets – its an awesome way to try out new sets without having to buy them outright.
We got our first delivery today and Maile was pumped. We dug right in and I think it’s safe to say it was a huge success. How do I know? Maile asked to skip her TV show and books in order to keep building! That never happens. We started after dinner, took a break to have a bath, kept building, brushed teeth, kept building and finished just before bed time. Maile did almost all the building, but Christine and I enjoyed being her assistants.
Getting organized before we dive in...
... and about an hour and half later, we have the finished product!
I loved Legos as a kid. But I love them more now!
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
As we do every year (2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010), this morning I sat down with Maile to fill out her March Madness bracket. This year, Lauren joined in the fun too! (We gave her a pass last year as she was only 10 weeks old!)
Last year, Christine and I had Maile sufficiently brainwashed that she took Duke to win it all. Alas, as we’ve learned this year our influence is wanning already and Maile had her own ideas. Her Final 4 of Eastern KY (15 seed), Villanova (2 seed), San Diego St (4 seed) and Wofford (15 seed) is definitely unique. Let’s just say if she nails that, she’s in a good spot to win Warren Buffet’s billions!
As for Lauren, Daddy had to interpret things a bit more, but she ended up with a Final 4 of VCU (5 seed), Michigan St (4 seed), San Diego St (4 seed) and Louisville (4 seed). She has Louisville over VCU in the final game. Here’s some video of Lauren filling out her very first bracket:
Let's do this Daddy - can you grab some stats on this San Diego State team for me?
Me and the girls hard at work...
Helping Lauren with her picks...
Maile's completed 2014 bracket...
Lauren's completed 2014 bracket...
Our proud (and cute) bracket picker!
Good luck to our girls and everyone else!
(Click here for the video.)
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
I apologize for missing a few days of posts – been very busy with March Madness and launching Pocket internationally(!) I’m sure you all feel like poor Lauren Girl…
Not a happy camper...
And for those of you waiting on Maile and Lauren’s bracket picks before submitting your own – don’t worry they’ll be coming tomorrow!
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Maile always says she wants to be a doctor when we ask her, but it’s possible we have a budding fashion designer on our hands. We had our parent teacher conference earlier this week and they always give us a CD with pictures from the school year. It’s always fun to see what goes on during the day. This time there were a bunch of pictures of Maile drawing and creating dresses and other clothes.
Maile getting inspiration...
One of her finished designs...
Trying things on with a friend.
Back to creating time (making a hat here I'm told)...
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
… gets all over your face and hands and, especially, cheeks!
It was messy, but we LOVED it!
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
Millie (our nanny) sent this great picture of Lauren and Elena playing with their new favorite toy today. They absolutely love this box we got at Costco. It is indeed their not a box.
Oh the joys of playing with a box!
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
I know we just posted some pictures of Maile and her sister from another mother, Hannah, last week – but the girls got together again last weekend and this video was just too cute not to share.
Maile and Hannah at 4.5
(Click here for the video.)
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
(See previous Girls Days photos, 2012 and 2010 here.)
Today was Girls Day in Japan and we celebrated a bit here in San Francisco too. Maile and Lauren both wore their favorite kimonos and Maile even got to wear hers to school and tell all her friends about why she was wearing it.
I did my best to snag some pictures, but Lauren was NOT interested.
Maile did her best with the little squirm bug...
Maile Girl on her 5th Girls Day
Loved showing off her kimono!
{ Comments on this entry are closed }
