Monday, July 25, 2011

Swim Class…

Even though Jack is doing better in his swim class, he is the worse one in class.  The other two girls are better swimmer than him but this week they got to play around at the end and kick.   Jack HATES losing and thinks everything is a race.  I thought it was bad enough that he cut one of the girls off and kicks water in their face but then when they aren’t looking he cheats by pulling himself along the wall!

 

 

After class I told Jack that he cheated.  Jack says, “NO, I didn’t…I was creative.”   *sigh*

Friday, July 22, 2011

Look what Stacy did…

Earlier in the morning, Stacy found Jacks markers and I took it away from her.   I guess Jack is a nicer guy than me because when Aya and I were away, Jack let Stacy use the markers.

Jack came running up to Aya and I, yelling, “LOOK what Stacy did to me….she drew on my face!!”

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I wished I could have something nice to say, but I couldn’t help myself and just started laughing!!   Oh well, at least Jack was a good sport about it.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Ellie’s Birthday Part 3…

I Thought it was strange that I had to sign all sorts of waivers for the birthday….but then naturally the highlight of the day was Jack trying to swing, DOH!

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Ellie’s Birthday Part 2…

They tried to teach the kids how to juggle:

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But it ended up with the kids just throwing the scarfs at each other:

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Jack did well at balancing this “thingy” on a string:

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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Ellie’s Birthday Part 1…

We went to one of Jack’s classmates birthday party.  The party was held at the mom’s studio where they train people to be Cirque De Solei entertainers.   They performed a show for the kids:

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It basically was like a small gymnastic place and the kids had a good time, one normal picture:

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one goofball picture!

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Monday, July 18, 2011

Swim class…

Yup, Jack is definitely at home at South Bay Aquatics now.  I know no one will believe me, but I didn’t teach Jack his pose.   I guess confidence is something that Jack doesn’t struggle with:

 

Friday, July 15, 2011

Jeff is 40….

Man, it sucks to post pictures of 40 year olds!!  Jenny and I took Jeff out to A-Frame to celebrate his 40th birthday:

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I guess when you turn 40, your face gets all red.   Darn, Asians who get red-faced when they booze it up.  

Happy Birthday old timer!!

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Flower…

Aunty Paul ‘had’ a nice flower in her garden until Stacy found it:

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This flower can bend:

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And it smells nice:

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And I make it makes me look ‘cute’:

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Aunty Nora…

Look!!  Aunty Nora has her own entry this year!!!  We celebrated Aunty Nora’s birthday at Aunty Paul’s house:

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The Matsumoto Family:

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Father’s Day…

So what is the ideal Father’s Day present??   Umm, maybe Aya going away with the kids for a weekend and then me just lounging around the house by myself?  Yup.   What did I get??   Not that, but I did get a nice cup that Jack made and then Jack went to the market and bought me my favorite peanut M&Ms:
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Stacy got me some nice new slippers…one size larger as well so now I have some padding in case I stub my toe against a pumpkin again!
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 I guess being at home with the family wasn't that bad:

 Happy Father's Day to me!

Monday, July 11, 2011

South Bay Aquatics…

Guess who is back??  Jack is back!!

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Jack has been doing well at the YMCA but unfortunately the YMCA just wasn’t cutting it for me.  The teachers always changed and Jack was getting to the point where he needed the teachers to actually teach him how to swim with proper technique so we are back to South Bay Aquatics.  Instead of the private classes, we joined the group class and Jack is doing quite well.

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Of course the best part about swim class is going to get doughnuts after!

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Friday, July 08, 2011

Sushi…

Boom goes the dynamite!  Forget all those other cooking blogs…check out my low resolution shots of my hand rolled peanut butter and jelly sushi rolls!!

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I had to make Jack some lunch and he loved PB& J but I decided to do it differently so I thought why not pb&j sushi rolls.  Jack didn’t want it.  He didn’t even want to try it…so Aya and I ate it.  I liked it.  Yum.

Thursday, July 07, 2011

Happy Hour…

It had been a while since our last Happy Hour event but we got together to celebrate Jodie’s birthday:

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When you get older, things begin to sag and get crooked:

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I left my camera on the table and when I downloaded the pictures I had this picture on it…the gratuitous fake butt with dripping ooze shot:

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As always good times.   You would think we would be responsible people to pay the whole bill but we sort of attempted a dine and dash and half the group got caught and had to pay.  Luckily for me I wasn’t in the half that got caught! 

Wednesday, July 06, 2011

Me and Stacy…

I am always the one with the camera taking pictures of Aya and the kids that this time I decided to take pictures with me and Stacy…self portrait style.

Hmm, what are we both looking at:

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We are funny:

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Aya came by and took some pictures of us:

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Jack used to love to touch my ears and just recently Stacy started to do the same thing:

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Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Poop…

I figure I have to be equal opportunity, so I posted pictures of Jack’s poop but not so much for Stacy.   Well, over the weekend Stacy had a ‘gem’ and I thought I need to post this for Ron:

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Still amazed me how such big poops come out of such small children:

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