100 Happy Days…Day 2

Celebrating Aya’s birthday with the kids and their beady little eyes:

And then over compensating with abnormally large alien eyes!

100 Happy Days...Day 1

For the past week, I have been debating if I wanted to do this or not...and then where do I want to do this on my blog or on facebook?  What I do on the blog I usually don't do on facebook.  Maybe I will do it on both but for now I will start with the blog:

What?

We live in times when super-busy schedules have become something to boast about. While the speed of life increases, there is less and less time to enjoy the moment that you are in. The ability to appreciate the moment, the environment and yourself in it, isthe base for the bridge towards long term happiness of any human being.

71% of people tried to complete this challenge, but failed quoting lack of time as the main reason.These people simpy did not have time to be happy. Do you? 

So without further ado, let me start with Day 1 of #100HappyDays:  A beer with my favorite dinner that Aya makes...sukiyaki:

Pirates…

With baseball starting up, basketball season is winding down.  The Pirates had an okay season.  The past two seasons we only 3-4 teams and they weren’t very good.  This year we had 9 teams in the league.  3 of them just kicked our butts.  We finished 4th in the league.  Jack had an okay season.

Scoring was down from last year and I am not sure if he improved defensively much.   His ball handling was okay but since we stopped going to the club team practice his skills were down a bit.  Still he did pretty good this year.

Westside Dodgers…

Who would have guessed that Jack and I would both play for the same Asian baseball teams.  Jack joined the Westside Dodgers this year.  I grew up and played for the Westside Dodgers.

Jack didn’t do that well at his first practice.  In this league they hit off a pitching machine.  I thought it would be easier but I think Jack found it easier timing the pitcher delivery and release.  With the machine he swings late…he can’t get the timing down as well.  Also this league requires you to play with a helmet and mask and it limits Jack’s vision.  Hopefully he gets used to it before the season starts:

Baseball…

Man, pictures really make Jack look good!  Jack and I are practicing some more baseball and it seems like he knows what he is doing:

Ranging to stop the ball:

Perfecting his swing:

Eye on the ball:

Electronic Devices…

Man, who would have thought everyone in the house has their own electronic device!  I come upstairs from doing chores and what do I see…these 3 bozo’s hanging out:

Stacy watching Frozen on her iPod touch, Aya playing Candy Crush and Jack playing Clash of Clans!

Stacy’s Birthday Part 9…

WAIT…there is more…we also saw Belle:

And Merida from Brave…she talked to Stacy for a long time!

And that about sums up our day:

It was kinda cool to see the Christmas stuff still up around Disneyland:

Happy 4th Birthday!!

Stacy’s Birthday Part 8…

My day at Disneyland has grinded to a halt.  One hour to get made up like a princess.  Another 10 minutes meeting the Disney princesses and now…WAIT for it….WAIT…there was a 90 minute wait to meet the two princess from Frozen!!  

Now this is no ride…this is just picture taking…90 minutes!  Jack was no dummy!   Basically 3 hours of my day at Disneyland was standing in line to look like a princess or take a picture with a princess!!  I suppose meeting Else and Anna was the highlight of Stacy’s day!

Stacy’s Birthday Part 7…

Not only did we ‘save’ money by getting the package but we also got to ‘skip the line’ when meeting the Disney princesses!  This saved us an hour in line!!

Sleeping Beauty:

Cinderella:

Ariel:

Stacy’s Birthday Part 6…

Not only was Dad smart about the glitter, but Dad was smarter about the princess packages.  Last year, we got suckered by all the upsells and then go cheap at the end.  This year, I looked at more packages and realized that what we spent more for ala carte items then buying the top packages.   Our package let us take additional pictures in the forest:

The carriage:

Princess (this is how future husband’s get suckered into extravagant weddings!)

Stacy’s Birthday Part 5…

Now presenting….Princess Stacy:

Stacy’s Birthday Part 4…

So Aya and I told Jack that he can miss school to go to Disneyland with us.  He said, “No” and I think this is the reason he said no.  He remembered what happened at Disneyland last year for her birthday.  It was princess time…Sophia the First to be specific:

Dad was smart this time and told the lady go EASY on the glitter.  Stacy starting to get her hair done:

Now the crown:

Bow and nails:

Eye Shadow:

Lipstick:

Sash and face sticker:

Stacy’s Birthday Part 3…

Finally, some rides that I like…Autotopia.  Stacy had so much fun ‘driving’ and banging into everything:

I dominated on Buzz Lightyear:

Stacy even let me ride the rockets with her:

Weeeeee….

Stacy’s Birthday Part 2…

Not that Dumbo is any fun but at least it is Disney themed ride!

Aya must be getting old…she didn’t like the Ferris Wheel at Boomers and she started to get queasy going fast on the teacups:

We rode it’s a small world…twice!

Stacy’s Birthday Part 1…

Aya and I debated about what to do for Stacy’s birthday party.  With Jack I said no birthday parties until he was 4 and when I looked back at his birthday a lot of the guests where our friends.  It wasn’t until 5 when Jack invited his classmates.  So, we gave Stacy the option, either have a party with school friends or go to Disneyland.  Stacy picked Disneyland!!  



Aya and I took the day off from work and we went on Stacy’s actual birthday which was a Thursday.  Jack said he didn’t want to miss school so he went to school and Aya and I got to spend the day with Stacy.  I thought that was nice to just spend the day with her because being the second child she almost never has Aya and I to herself.   We rode all the rides Stacy wanted to go on…all the way to Disneyland for the Merry-Go-Round: