Judging by the photos and videos I’ve been getting, there’s a pretty good chance that my girls haven’t left the water since arriving on Kauai!
And, of course, not to be out done…
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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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Two years ago on our summer trip to Hawaii Lauren learned how to sit up by herself…
Lauren sitting for the first time in Hawaii...
Christine is taking the girls to Hawaii on Saturday for the week (I, unfortunately, am missing this trip). Can’t wait to see what the girls figure out on this trip!
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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One of the parents at the birthday party took some great pictures of Maile and Lauren on the beach…




A couple of Maile’s classmates were having a birthday party up in Point Reyes on Saturday. Its about an hour and half drive from the city, so I found a little cottage on Airbnb and we decided to make a weekend out of it. We drove up on Friday and came back Sunday AM. In between we had a fun visit to a part of the Bay Area that I’d never been to before.
The girls have been on a big Totoro kick lately so they were thrilled when we arrived at the cottage and it resembled the house in the story set way back in the woods as it was...
On Saturday morning we set off to find this abandoned boat that a friend had told us about. Clearly Maile thinks she has found it...
... and she was right! Doesn't this look like she is standing in front of a painting?
Family Picture (Maile nearly 6 and Lauren 2.5)
... and, of course, we had plenty of watermelon all weekend!
She may be tiny, but she packs a mean punch!
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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Lauren and Elena
Just something about this picture that I really love – Lauren and her best friend, Elena.
Have a great weekend!
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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