Jack’s Birthday…

We celebrated Jack’s 8th birthday with the family:

Grandma asked Jack wanted he wanted to eat for his birthday and he picked lasagna, bread and a chocolate cake:

Group photo:

Happy Birthday!!

SBY…

Another season of SBY is in the books.  We had a pretty good season, I think we came in 2nd or 3rd place.

From one season straight into the next season, as CBO starts up the next week.  We went from having  just 4 teams to 10 teams in the league so it should be very competitive this year.  Hopefully Jack continues to play well, although a lot of these kids in the league are getting better and better.

Halloween Parade…

Just before I went on vacation I was able to see Stacy at her school Halloween Parade:

Stacy was Cinderella and it is so different from when Jack went to school.  It was less chaotic and more organized.  They break up the classes into different days and times so the school is not crowded with parents taking pictures.  Now it was a lot more casual and easier to get pictures of your kid:

Most the class is all girls…there are only four boys in her class:

Mickey’s Halloween Party Part 3…

The worse decision we made all night was waiting in line for a Johnny Depp, Captain Jack photo:

We waited way too long and Jack was bored:

I couldn’t wait in line for Captain Jack and not wait in line for the Princesses so Stacy and I waited in that line as well and we were the second to last person in line to greet them…we barely made it!

Snow White:

I have no idea who these princesses are…princess from some Frog movie:

I think this was Belle:

I doubt I would go back for the Halloween event but at least I can cross it off my bucket list (not that it was on my bucket list);

The kids really enjoyed being at the Happiest Place on Earth:

Mickey’s Halloween Party Part 2…

After we rode on some rides the kids changed into their costumes and got ready to trick or treat:

It was a zoo, waiting in line to get your candy and Disneyland was super generous with the candy.  Honestly, I dunno how parents would let their kids eat that much candy!   Stacy and Jack got 3 bags of candy each…we dumped it into 2 extra back packs we brought AND we stopped trick or treating early.

Mickey’s Halloween Party Part 1…

Okay,  I guess I need to get this post done BEFORE Thanksgiving!!   Since Aya and I were on vacation before Halloween and we were going to miss seeing the kids on Halloween we decided to go to Mickey’s Halloween party at Disneyland.  Aya and I had never gone to Disneyland at Halloween.   It is a special ticket, in that you can get into the park 3 hours before it closes and then when the park closes only ‘x’ amount of tickets are sold and you can trick or treat in your costume at the park. 

In order to tell Mickey’s Halloween guests from regular park guests you have to wear wristbands and then they rope off the entrances to parts of the park and you have to show your bracelet.  I thought it wouldn’t be as crowded but it was super crowded.   We were still able to go on several rides:

Blackmail material…

I don’t know if it was a sugar rush or what, but Stacy was making these strange faces….perfect black mail material when she gets older.

The bug eyed look:

The Slyvester Stallone Rocky smile:

The under lip:

And my personal favorite:

I love this one because Uncle Su-Chan has a picture of himself looking like this when he was a kid.  HILARIOUS!!

Jack’s Birthday Part 5…

Most of all he loved the foam pit:

Good times!!

Jack’s Birthday Part 4…

Jack having fun playing dodge ball:

It was nice having a private court:

But Jack wanted to go try to dunk a basketball:

Not quite high enough:

Jack’s Birthday Part 3…

With 2 games on the weekends, 2 practices during the week sometimes I feel the Pirates are like my own kids!! 

Mason:

Luke:

Jonny:

Evan:

Kevin:

Josh:

Brandon:

Kai:

Jack’s Birthday Part 2…

It is no party with Grandpa:

and Grandma being there:

Aunty Dawn and Uncle Bryan and Toshihiro got two hours of kid frenzy infested F-U-N:

Uncle Su realized kids parties are good reason why birth control should ALWAYS be used:

Of course Stacy goes where brother goes:

Jack’s Birthday Part 1…

This year we celebrated Jack’s birthday party at Skyzone in Torrance.   I just realized that I was a idiot and I didn’t get a group picture…DOH!

Jack’s best friend from school Winston:

Park friends from Kindergarten, Alaina:

Chance:

Cameron: