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Chinese New Year Celebration at PKS (2017)

by Papa K on February 5, 2017

This weekend we headed over to Presidio Knolls for the annual Chinese New Year celebration. Every year it gets bigger and bigger as the school continues to grow. It’s basically setup as a big carnival and the girls had a blast running around and trying out all the various activities. Maile and Lauren both also had performances throughout the day and they both did a wonderful job with their classmates.

(As always these videos are on the long side – posted for all, but mainly enjoyed by the grandparents 🙂

First up, Lauren and her class (Lauren is on the right side of the screen)…

Next is Maile and her class (Maile is in the front row on the left side of the screen)…

Finally, not the actual performance, but a close up of Maile and the Chinese New Year Parade crew doing their thing…

Maile and Lauren all dressed up and ready to go...

Maile and Lauren all dressed up and ready to go...

Family picture - Maile (7.5), Lauren (4) - in our Chinese New Year finest...

Family picture - Maile (7.5), Lauren (4) - in our Chinese New Year finest...

Taking in the show - in complete awe...

Taking in the show - in complete awe...

Close-up of Lauren on stage performing with her class...

Close-up of Lauren on stage performing with her class...

Maile with two of her classmates, Gemma and Amelia

Maile with two of her classmates, Gemma and Amelia

(Click here for the first video.)
(Click here for the second video.)
(Click here for the third video.)

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First Sleepover!

by Papa K on February 28, 2016

Big time milestone this weekend for Maile Girl (and sort of Lauren too). Maile had her first friend sleepover! This has been high on the request list for a little while now. At the beginning of the year we decided to use it as a carrot to get Maile to stop waking us up in the middle of the night. It worked like a charm and Maile now stays in her room until at least 6 AM (yes, this is a huge improvement!)

Maile had a good friend from school, Gemma over. I was a little nervous, but they were wonderful. Everyone behaved and got along, Maile and Gemma did a really nice job including Lauren in their playing. They had a little trouble going to sleep, but that’s to be expected and everyone slept through the night. All in all, a success(!) and we’re looking forward to the next sleepover … especially if its at the friend’s house 😉

Lauren, Maile and Gemma having fun at their first sleepover!

Lauren, Maile and Gemma having fun at their first sleepover!

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