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Videos

Tinkering School Follow-up

by Papa K on June 29, 2015

As you know Maile attended this great camp at the Tinkering School last week. They posted a video on their blog today about what the kids built and I thought I’d share:

Action shot of the car going over the bridge...

How cool was that!?

They also wrote blog posts all week long (which I didn’t realize until today) that tells a fun story about the week:

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday

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Last one in the pool is a rotten egg…

by Papa K on June 28, 2015

On Saturday, Christine took the girls to visit Grandma and Papa Hawaii. I received a text message when they landed and it seemed like mere minutes later I was already receiving videos of the girls jumping around in the backyard pool. My imagination has it that they literally threw their bags in their room, jumped into their bathing suits and were half way out the door before Mommy, Grandma and Papa could catch up…

BTW – Lauren 100% gets an “A” for effort in this video. Her determination to copy anything Maile does is awesome.

Just the beginning of lots of fun in the Hawaiian sun...

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Sticky, Sticky Bubble Gum

by Papa K on June 23, 2015

She’s still a few months away, but clearly Lauren is gearing up for preschool…

PS – She LOVES this song. Ask her to sing it, next time you see her 😉

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Maile’s Kindergarten Graduation, Part 3: The Ceremony

by Papa K on June 18, 2015

(Apologize for missing a couple posts this week – busy times for the blogger 🙂

So proud of this girl!

Alas, we make it to the actual Kindergarten Graduation ceremony – they did a really nice job with a few songs in both Chinese and English and calling each kid up to receive a diploma and a proper handshake from their teachers.

The full ceremony is below – its about 7 minutes long. If you want to skip to see Maile Girl collect her diploma, you can go to the 3:22 mark.

The graduate accepting her Kindergarten diploma

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I’m going to get you birdie…

by Papa K on June 9, 2015

Lauren’s new favorite thing is running after pigeons, and when she gets close, jumping at them and yelling “hi-ya”…

Yes, it’s as adorable as it sounds.

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Such Great Heights

by Papa K on June 7, 2015

We’ve covered it here a few times before that Maile Girl is a bit … cautious … when it comes to heights. She’s up for her fair share of adventure, she just prefers to know a bit about what she is getting herself into.

Needless to say when Christine said she wanted to take the girls over to the climbing wall they had setup at a nearby park, I didn’t have high hopes – but Maile certainly proved me wrong … and I couldn’t be prouder!

Maile Girl getting her bearings - there's a long climb ahead.

And then up she went!

(Dad note: Lauren would like me to add that she was ready to rock the wall too, but they deemed her too light to partake. Next time, Lauren, next time…)

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Let It Go Forever

by Papa K on June 3, 2015

I have to say, I’ve probably heard “Let It Go” hundreds (if not thousands) of times at this point.

But watching Lauren sing and perform never gets old for me….

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Bedtime with Lauren

by Papa K on June 2, 2015

We have a pretty set bedtime routine with the girls. That doesn’t mean it’s a smooth affair. Recently, Lauren has started to deploy delay tactics with Christine (the first line of defense for bedtimes).

With me, Lauren just basically asked for “Mommy” over and over again. I tell her I’ll go get Mommy if she lies down and closes her eyes. She typically does and I leave.

Unfortunately for Christine, she IS Mommy and for whatever reason, Lauren doesn’t ask for “Daddy” when Mommy is putting her down. Instead we get the following…

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The One Where Mommy Runs A Marathon

by Papa K on May 31, 2015

Today Christine completed the San Diego Rock N’ Roll Marathon – it was the culmination of countless hours of training and a goal (“run a marathon”) she has had for as long as I can remember. I brought the girls down to San Diego to watch. Now a marathon isn’t a super easy thing to watch, we caught her around the 10K mark and then again at the finish. Maile made a great sign all be herself and they both had fun yelling and cheering and watching Mommy run. They definitely didn’t totally understand how far Mommy ran (I tried a few different ways to convey it to Maile, but not sure it stuck).

For the girls, this is one of those accomplishments that will gain meaning over time. I couldn’t be happier that Christine is the role model they see day in and day out of what a mom, wife, friend and, most importantly, woman is all about. It doesn’t need to be a marathon. But the fact that Christine took the time to train for this, to raise money for Leukemia via a phenomenal Team In Training experience and that she pushed herself on the day of to go further than she ever had before — and that she did all of this while still doing all of the very many things she does for our family. Well, that’s the part I’m excited to tell the girls about. And that’s why I’m so very proud of Christine!

We first caught Mommy right around the 10K mark. Well, she techncially caught us. Things were a little slower than anticipated getting the girls in gear, so she ended up ahead of us, but she doubled back to say hello.