Big Machines...

Jack loves the big machines and this weekend we saw a couple in the parking lot so we had to take pictures on the crane:


Another picture on the digger.


Jack kept asking me, "Daddy, how do you work this? It isn't working. It's broken."

Weaker than an 8 yr old girl...

Now that I don't work, I suppose I should address the most common question people ask me, "What do you do all day?"

That's a tough question to answer because it depends on the week. I actually find lots of things to do. Typically my day starts out like this:

6:00 Wake up to let Jack come into my room and sleep with me.
6:45 Wake up brush my teeth.
6:50 Take Jack to my parents house.
7:10 Take a crap and then watch ESPN or Angel.
8:00 Stretch

8:15 - 11:00 Work out doing weights or cardio. To be honest, some days I watch movies during this time. On Mondays, it is clean the house day and errands which go until noon.

12:00 Eat lunch
12:15 Go to the pool to read the Wall Street Journal / LA Times / People / National Geographic
1:15 Check my email
1:30 Prep for dinner
2:00 Run
2:30 Shower
3:00 Pick up Jack and play with him until 5:00.
5:00 Cook dinner
6:00 Eat dinner
7:00 Shower time
7:15 Quiet time
8:30 Story time
9:00 Watch Tivo

Repeat Monday - Friday. Basically that is my day. If I have more errands or chores than I just cut out the exercise or the pool.

I am really not into exercising that much but I figure if I am not working I should try to get into shape. I am pretty decent at the cardio stuff but I started using weights and I am seriously the weakest person on the planet!!

Pushups...nope. Pullups...not at my weight. Lifting my own body weight...if I can't do it on a pull up bar how am I going to do it with actual weights? Actually I am getting better at all 3 but to lift 6 days a week and now I am stacking various exercises I am struggling with even the lightest of weight.

My sister turned me on to a protein drink and that really helps...the first day I took it I lifted for 3 hours straight. No one said I would be super sore the next day! Only problem is that it taste HORRIBLE.

I read that Muscle Milk is the best tasting drink so I tried it and yup it taste awe-some. Only problem is that it doesn't help muscle fatigue so I am back to lifting what an 8 yr old girl would lift. Ugh.

Working out is so over-rated but such is the life for this trophy husband! =)

Random Pics...

Some random 'blooper' pics of Jack in the recent weeks. Lets start at the #3 picture.

#3 - Jack is multi-tasking. Instead of picking his nose with just one finger he decides to pick with both fingers. Not really as effective as picking with one finger but that is how you learn.


#2 - Aunty Dawn bought Jack a cookie and Jack wants to be sure everyone can see what he is eating. The cookie may look good but it seemed like it was as hard as a rock!


#1 - Jack roaming around the front yard with a big booger on his face!

Fun with Uncle...

Uncle Susu came over last week and Jack took him to see the tot lot. After playing on the slides and running around for a while Uncle and Jack discovered some snails to play with:

Aiden's 4th Birthday...

Happy 4th Birthday to Aiden...even though you only see two candles on his cupcake.

The kids got to decorate their own cupcakes with sprinkles and M&M's. Here is Aiden's cupcake:

Yeah, I know...a little weak on the sprinkles and candy. Here is Jack's cupcake:

Yup, a little too heavy on the sprinkles and poor M&M placement. Of course here is *MY* cupcake design:

That's right! Awe-some. Just enough sprinkles, good M&M placement and great action shot that I took of myself! I am the cupcake decorating CHAMPION!!

Kailee...

A bunch of us got together to go visit the new addition to Ron and Laura's family...baby Kailee!! You would think the girl that made Ron a BRIDESMAID at her wedding would have shown up *ahem* Saori but she was a no show. Some illness or something. =)

The Fukute's and Jack:


Aunty Jenny and Jack:


Uncle Jeff & Aunty Melanie with Jack:

Hans, Tanya and Taylor came as well but I forgot to take pictures before they left. Bummers.

Rylee...

Cousin Rylee came to visit for a day last week. Rylee and Jack were like two peas in a pod!


Great timing as I caught Rylee the exhibionist flashing for a family picture!! For the website I pixelated the image but I saved the original for Rylee's wedding day photoslide show! =)

Swimming - Week 11

It has almost been 3 months now and Jack no longer cries when he has to go to his swim lesson. He doesn't stall as much as he used to. He still is tentative in the water but at least he is progessing each week.

This week he stood and jumped into the pool and flipped over to float.

Slow Slide...

I dunno why but some days the slide is fast and some days the slide is slow. This week it happened to be slow and Jack decided to have some fun. Totally his mother's son!

Biking...

Jack loves to bike down hill because he doesn't have to do any work. I wish I had it on video when he didn't turn his bike fast enough and plowed right into the bench. I know Aya doesn't like when Jack rides his bike here but it was just me and Jack on Saturday so I let him do whatever he wants....that is how he learns.

Basketball...

Slowly but surely Jack is getting better in basketball. He still tries to power dunk almost all his shots but I am trying to get him to 'shoot' the ball and learn to dribble. He can dribble maybe
3-4 times but he must of learned from Uncle Jeff because Jack never wants to pass and he always wants to shoot the ball. Oh yeah and he likes to be called KOBE when he plays bball!

Peddling...

No post for Monday because I decided that this will be a video blog week and I spent Monday uploading video's.

This week when I went to pick up Jack from my parents house he was outside on his tricycle. Normally he just uses his feet to move around instead of using the pedals. I asked Jack if he would try again and use the pedals and to my suprise, Jack pedalled for the first time!

Does anyone still have a land line?

For the past two months Aya and I have been debating about our land line. I think we should get rid of it and just use our cell phones. Aya thinks we should keep our land line just in case AND because we usually never hear our cell phones at home.

Here are some facts:

1. Our land line bill is 35 bucks a month and 1/2 the charges on it is TAX.
2. We have 4 land line phones in the house. 3 of the ringers are off.
3. We don't hear our land lines just as much as we don't hear our cell phones in the house.
4. Aya's mom is no longer 'local' and its a long distance call for us...which is FREE with our cell phone.
5. We screen most of our calls on the land line anyway.


So what do you think? I put up a voting poll. Your votes will determine if we keep our land line.

Swim Class - Week 10...

Jack has been getting better and better at swim class. He doesn't tell Aya and I that he doesn't want to go to swim school. He also stopped crying or whining that he doesn't want to go in the water. He does well during his lesson, however if you ask him any other time of the week if he wants to swim and the answer is, "NO".

Luckily the heater in our pool was fixed so we are back to practicing at least once a week and slowly but surely Jack is finally making some progress:

Dana Point...

The good news about using a broker to get my car was that it was easy and I got a better deal than if I negotiated with the dealers myself. Since I am not working I actually had more time to pit dealers head to head but none beat the broker.

Unfortunately, the broker didn't listen to all the options I wanted which meant I had to drive out to the dealership to get the blue tooth option I had requested....but it was in Dana Point!

Again, luckily since I am not working, I drove out there and just waited for the car to be done. It really wasn't a bad drive as I got there in under an hour and they had a courtesy shuttle that drove and picked me up so I decided to go to Doheny Beach.

I was there at 8:30 so the beach was empty except for a handful of surfers:



There was a man made rock barrier along the beach for the harbor so I decided to walk out there so read my newspaper:



It was nice sitting on the rocks except there was a ton of birds flying around, squawking and actually diving into the ocean to snag fish. It was nice but I was always worried the birds would fly by and take a crap on me so I headed back to the beach.

My car was done in 4 hours so it was nice leisurely day for me at the beach!!