Friday, November 08, 2013

Art…

One day after school, I told Stacy it was time to take a picture of the artwork that she did at school.   I said that is a nice lady bug and Jack heard me and yelled out “That was MY lady bug from school”:

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Umm, yeah…I should have never confused the art work because I should have realized the lady bug sucked to much to be Stacy’s art work.  Here are some recent pieces, the alien:

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The troll:

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The mummy:

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Thursday, November 07, 2013

Fall Festival Part 3…

Stacy having more fun in the bouncer:
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One of the bouncer’s had a huge slide and Jack did not want to ride but Stacy wanted to go on it.   She loved it:
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I have to remember, girls can’t wear a dress when going down a slide.   Boys never seem to have any issues going down slides….unless you are Jack:

Wednesday, November 06, 2013

Fall Festival Part 2…

While Aya was manning the booth I took Stacy around the carnival to play some games, but first stop was the bouncer:

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Then rolling some BIG dice…c’mon 7!!

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Digging for buried treasure:

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Trying to win Daddy a cake at the cake walk:

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Tuesday, November 05, 2013

Fall Festival Part 1…

We had Jack’s school carnival fund raiser.  Jack had to work the Plinko booth:
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Aya was manning the booth for most of the shift:
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Booth decorations with Jack’s lovely bat above his head (NO not the one to the right of him…the one ABOVE his head)
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Jack with his best friend Winston:
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Monday, November 04, 2013

Sleep…

We go to Stacy’s swim class at 9 in the morning.   It isn’t very far, it isn’t very early and class isn’t very long…yet this kid fell asleep on Aya during the lesson:

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No wonder I forget Jack is 7 and Stacy is 3.  It is more like Jack is 4 and Stacy is 3.

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Well, this is what happens when you fall asleep first…photo bomb time:

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Friday, November 01, 2013

Pumpkin Patch Part 5…

Stacy feeding the goats at the petting zoo:

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All gone:

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The hazards of being around animals…figures the little ‘nugget’ would fit perfectly into her croc.  Good thing I saw it BEFORE she got into my car:

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Bryan, Dawn and I just looked at all the goats but it was Aya who noticed this goat:

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Apparently Aya, took the petting zoo too literal….poor goat!

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Pumpkin Patch Part 4…

Jack and his ghoul at the pumpkin patch:

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I didn’t think Jack would want to go on the pony ride but he did and he liked it:

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I think Jack just likes animals now because Stacy loves to be around animals and he doesn’t want to be ‘afraid’ if his little sister isn’t  afraid:

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Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Pumpkin Patch Part 3…

Stacy riding a pony:

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Who knew….I think I have a soft spot for girls…(just THIS girl):

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My princess…

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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Pumpkin Patch Part 2…

I got some pics of Toshihiro at his first pumpkin patch:

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It was a good day because most of the time when I see my nephew he is sleeping:

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And lately he has been smiling more and he gave me a nice big smile:

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Aya was happy because she got to feed him later:

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Monday, October 28, 2013

Pumpkin Patch Part 1…

Jack, Stacy and Toshihiro went to Cottone & Sons pumpkin patch in Torrance.  Stacy and her zombie:

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Jack & Stacy:

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Jack, Stacy and Toshihiro:

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Apparently Uncle Bryan thinks taking a picture where Jack accentuates racial stereotypes with buck teeth and Stacy not smiling is ok:

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Luckily we played it safe with a ‘mean’ face picture:

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Friday, October 25, 2013

Swimming…

My super fish!!  Stacy is so good at her swim lessons.  Holding her breath and kicking hard with her fins on:

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Jumping in with some style:

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Being tossed in the air:

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And being a goofball:

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Thursday, October 24, 2013

BBQ…

Jack was invited to a friends BBQ party.   I thought it was just going to be like a play date but they invited 1/2 the neighborhood, got a bouncer, magician and TONS of food.  For some reason, I just thought Stacy looked so much older and not like a baby anymore:

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Sometimes I forget Stacy is only 3 and I treat her like she 7 like Jack.   Stacy loved the magic show:

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And even more when he made a dog balloon animal for her:

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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Pirates…

It helps to have a professional photographer on Jack’s basketball team.  He took some photos of the kids one game and it is amazing what a good photographer can do…he actually made it look like Jack was good!!   Who knew Jack actually jumps (albeit barely) but he is grabbing a rebound:

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Dawn giving some instruction to the boys:

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The kids appear to be listening:

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Who knew that Jack could block a shot too:

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Scoring our only basket of the game:

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I like this one because Jack is using his left hand with his head up:

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