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Videos

On Saturday, Maile had her second dance recital with the Tutu School. If you need a refresher on where we left off, here’s a link to last year’s.

This year’s theme was the garden and Maile’s group was the finale – dressed in red as roses.

Our ballerina, striking a pose!

Our ballerina, striking a pose!

I managed to get a pretty good video this year – Maile starts off on the far left of the screen…

I think it’s fair to say, stage fright is not a problem with Maile Girl – she loves performing and being on stage!

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Fearless

by Papa K on June 3, 2014

There are a lot of similarities between Maile and Lauren, but one area where we are really seeing a big difference with Lauren is her fearlessness – particularly related to climbing. This video captures it perfectly:

We were visiting friends and Lauren just started climbing up the slide and throwing her self down. Maile was much more cautious. Lauren is a monkey – and we love it!

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Sister Kiss

by Papa K on June 1, 2014

Thought this was a cute one to start the week with 🙂

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Sounding it out…

by Papa K on May 28, 2014

This is a pretty short video, but I think it’s kind of cool. Lauren is starting to figure out how to form words and in this video you can see how she is forming the sounds with her mouth even before the actual sounds come out. I don’t really remember noticing this with Maile, but with Lauren she looks right at your mouth and then you can see her trying to mimic it. It’s great!

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We ♥ Katsu

by Papa K on May 22, 2014

At some point early in our relationship, Christine introduced me to Chicken Katsu and I have been in love ever since. It is most definitely my favorite meal.

Maile and Lauren get many things from their mother – their beauty, their smarts, their creativity.

But I’ve given them a love of katsu…

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On Sunday we headed down to San Mateo to visit the Maker Faire. As the web site says, “Maker Faire is the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth — a family-friendly festival of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement.” It started in 2006 here in the Bay Area and its kind of like a huge science fair/country fair covering everything from knitting to robots and everything in between.

We had an absolute blast – can’t recommend it highly enough, especially if you have kids.

At the entrance was this huge fire breathing dragon/octopus robot contraption thing. It was cool...

At the entrance was this huge fire breathing dragon/octopus robot contraption thing. It was cool...

... and a little befuddling for little Lauren!

... and a little befuddling for little Lauren!

Maile jumped right in and took control of a robot some students made...

Maile jumped right in and took control of a robot some students made...

This was a fun one - using paper tubes Maile built a structure that had to protect a marshmallow from a book dropped from about 5 feet high...

This was a fun one - using paper tubes Maile built a structure that had to protect a marshmallow from a book dropped from about 5 feet high...

Do you think Maile’s structure was successful? Well, check it out…

Speaking of marshmallows, Mommy and Maile had fun making this marshmallow shooter from PVC piping...

Speaking of marshmallows, Mommy and Maile had fun making this marshmallow shooter from PVC piping...

... and then Lauren had fun running all over with it (pizza slice in hand, of course!)

... and then Lauren had fun running all over with it (pizza slice in hand, of course!)

Maile girl hard at work building a structure out of spaghetti and (once again) mini marshmallows...

Maile girl hard at work building a structure out of spaghetti and (once again) mini marshmallows...

Great success!

Great success!

The last thing Mommy and Maile did was make a purse out of old jeans - I don't think she's taken it off since she made it!

The last thing Mommy and Maile did was make a purse out of old jeans - I don't think she's taken it off since she made it!

A truly awesome day and we’ll definitely be back next year!

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Maile’s Treasure Map

by Papa K on May 19, 2014

Christine caught this great video of Maile the other day explaining her treasure map. Listen close and you’ll notice that her story about the map kind of rhymes. Not 100% positive, but we she made this up. Sounds like a fun adventure nonetheless!

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Dancing into the Weekend

by Papa K on May 15, 2014

Have a great weekend, everybody!

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Lauren Figures Out the iPad

by Papa K on May 13, 2014

Watch out Maile Girl, Lauren is coming for you!

Lauren at 16 months (491 days to be exact):

Maile at 16 months (486 days to be exact):

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(Click here for the second video.)

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Maile is big on doing things herself these days. She doesn’t need our help. (Unless it involves going to the bathroom in the middle of the night – apparently between the hours of 1 AM and 5 AM she forgets that she’s an independent little girl.)

In any event, at times this can be maddening. At other times, pure comedy. Which is how we arrive at Maile blowing up a balloon by herself.

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