VJCC Part 5…

See!!  It isn’t just me teaching Jack all the bad stuff.   Aunty Dawn played ‘beer pong’ with Jack:

Jack and I played and we dominated!!   We did all the cups in under 40 seconds!

VJCC Part 4…

We ran into Aunty and Bryan at the carnival and they tried to help Jack win a goldfish:

They didn’t so well….so then Aunty enlisted her friends to help:

 

20 bucks later we had TWO winners.  First Kenji won a fish for Jack:

 

Andrew couldn’t let Kenji be the only winner so Andrew won Jack a fish too:

 

Jack had to go home to show Papa:

 

And added the fish to the collection:

VJCC Part 3…

The carnival had cotton candy and I know Jack and Stacy love to eat cotton candy.  Jack was off playing games so I gave some to Stacy and she loved it!

 

It didn’t take long for Jack to see the cotton candy so he needed to get some as well:

 

The gruesome twosome just chowing down:

 

The whole ‘using my hands’ was to slow for Stacy so she just decided to dig in!!

VJCC Part 2…

Stacy was a bit scared with so many people around but she soon warmed up…played a few games…but loved just running all over the place!
Stacy’s first carnival game….amazingly she won…3 balls landed on RED:


Big brother Jack helped Stacy ‘fish’:


Stacy had fun just being carried by mom:

VJCC Part 1…

We went to the Venice Community Center carnival and Jack had a blast playing all the games.   It looks like Jack will get Tic-Tac-Toe…but he doesn’t:

 

Uncle Jeff had a ‘booth’ near the bathroom…talk about back of the bus locations:

 

Water duck races with Dad…yes I lost:

 

Money ball:

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*

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!!”

 

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.

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!

Ellie’s Birthday Part 2…

They tried to teach the kids how to juggle:

 

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

 

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

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:

 

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

 

one goofball picture!

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:

 

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:

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!!

Flower…

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

 

This flower can bend:

 

And it smells nice:

 

And I make it makes me look ‘cute’:

Aunty Nora…

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

 

The Matsumoto Family:

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:


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!


 I guess being at home with the family wasn't that bad:

 Happy Father's Day to me!