I think this was Stacy’s first time to Under the Sea and she loved it!! She loved all the toys, the bouncer, the slides…you name she did it! Stacy trying out a slide:
And then another:
Rolling in a police car:
Getting her ‘princess’ make-up:
Jumpin, Jumpin!
Stacy and Jack with the birthday boy, Kalen:
We went to Kalen’s 3rd birthday at Under Sea. I wasn’t sure if Jack would have fun there since he was ‘older’ now but he had a great time. At first, he tried looking cool shooting hoops:
Then I caught him trying to “dunk” it when no one was looking:
Having fun with Uncle Bryan and Aunty Dawn:
Then Aya and I had our own ‘sumo’ wrestling event…which I won:
Jack didn’t get his face painted but opted for his arm:
For some reason I just couldn’t get a good shot of Jack and the fireworks this year.
I could say I was going for something ‘artsy’ but that isn’t the case:
Jack was a little tentative with the sparklers this year. He didn’t really want to do many and kept thinking he was going to get burned so we just did a pack of sparklers this year and quit.
This summer we enrolled Jack into the Gardena FOR Double Dribble league. Jack was randomly placed on a team and he did quite well. As you can tell in the video most of the kids have not played before so Jack is really have to dominate in this league.
Jack shooting, missing, rebounding and then scoring:
This game Jack was horrible. Jack was shooting the ball EVERY possession and missing. I think Jack was 1 for 10 in the first half. In the second half, I was cringing because Jack just kept on shooting:
He did much better in the second half going 4-7 but still 5 for 17 in the game…Kobe like numbers.
Happy belated Birthday to Jeff. Actually it wasn’t really belated since we celebrated Jeff’s birthday BEFORE his birthday but belated in that my birthday post is exactly one month late.
Hans, Ron, Jenny, Jeff and I got together at LA Farms in Santa Monica for Jeff’s birthday dinner.
Jenny and I were going to pick a totally unhealthy and fattening place for Jeff’s birthday but decided we should help ‘skinny’ Jeff with his diet and pick a place that would at least have some healthy items on the menu for him.
This summer Jack went back to Iverbe camp. This camp is purely play based. I figure Jack is still young so why not let him play and enjoy his summer just being a kid. Luckily this year Jack’s friend Ryan from basketball is in Iverbe with Jack.
With counselor Dave:
After camp Jack and Ryan hanging out at Menchie’s Yogurt:
Here was Jack’s survival test:
Honestly, I think we could have saved about a month of classes by doing this last month but for some reason Jack’s instructor just dragged it out. Regardless Jack was happy to have passed his test:
I can’t believe it has taken this long but Jack FINALLY passed his level 2 survival test. Basically that means Jack is comfortable jumping in the pool, kicking and holding his breath in the pool. Jack warming up:
Jack learning the proper technique for his arms:
Gliding:
Some random pictures of Stacy. The Chinese look:
Looking trendy with the over sized sunglasses:
Having fun blowing bubbles:
Kicking with fins at swim school:
Riding her plasma car with her new helmet:
The kids have been asking if they can sleep in the same bed but Aya and I kept saying you have to wait until school is over. Well school was finally over and we gave in and let them ‘camp out’ in the same room. Originally, we tried having Jack and Stacy sleep in Jack’s bed. We took the top mattress off and put it on the floor:
This was not a good idea because all they did was make faces, giggle and NOT go to sleep. Next we tried having Jack sleep in Stacy’s room and Stacy sleep in her crib:
This didn’t work out either because Stacy stood in her crib and kept laughing and keeping Jack awake. Aya and I were voyeurs looking at the kids goof around on the camera. Stacy was on the verge of climbing out of her crib so we had to end this experiment.
As a ‘joke’ we had Jack go into Stacy’s crib with Stacy:
The kids wanted to sleep like this but it was way to crowded in there…so we gave up on the ‘camp out’. Maybe we will try it again over Christmas break.
Jack had one week off between the end of his school and the start of summer camp. Grandpa decided this was the time to teach Jack how to ride a bike without his training wheels:
Surprisingly Jack did quite well and learned to balance relatively quickly:
Good thing it took 2-3 days for Jack to learn because my dad was getting tired running up and down the street holding the bike until Jack felt comfortable balancing on his own:
Now Jack is riding like a champ and I am so happy because maybe, just maybe we can ride our bike’s to the beach by the end of summer.
Jack had to work in the Nickel Pitch with his fellow Pirates, Ryan and Luke:
Afterwards it was back to playing games. Jack trying to win a prize shooting a nerf gun:
Jack getting a hole in one from the longest distance:
Shooting some hoops:
In the biggest scam, we spent like $10 bucks trying to win a 10 cent goldfish and we did NOT win:
Okay, enough of my late get hit in the head postings and on to happier events from the carnival. Stacy had a good time playing some games:
Catching a ‘fish’:
Enjoying some cotton candy with Jack:
Jack and his friends, Chance and Ry:
Jack and Cameron:
Jack and Chloe:
Jack and Montana:
The Wednesday park and water balloon group, Alaina and Chance.
Jack and Ian:
Who knew graduation from Kindergarten would be such an event:
Luckily for Jack he wanted to dress up for Graduation. I was just planning on sending Jack to school in shorts and a t-shirt:
I wonder if there is a ‘graduation’ every year??
On to the first grade!
