Jack and his Pirate team are playing a new SBY league this year. There is a lot more teams that we have not seen before so Jack has to practice more than ever now. Shooting baskets with Uncle and Aunty:
Having a dribbling race up the street against Aunty Dawn.
I was at my parents house watching Jack shoot baskets with Aunty Dawn and Uncle Bryan. I saw Stacy walk up the steps to the front door. I assumed she was going into the house but she stopped at the top of the steps turned around and jumped off. I saw it happen out of the corner of my eye and before I could yell STOP she was already in the air.
Luckily she made the jump. I used to do the same jump all the time as a kid but I think I was a lot older. I don’t think Jack even jumps off the steps.
I suppose I should have just warned Stacy not to do it, but I wanted to catch it on video so I made Stacy jump again:
Ugh, just imagine getting shot by the water cannon by some kid and looking over and seeing him dance:
Water slide fun:
I think Aya got the better end of the deal by being with Stacy. Aya and Stacy were always just cruising around on the inner tube:
Lounging:
Stacy always wanted to be in the water…even at 8 am when the water was still cold. You can’t tell by the picture but Stacy was shivering because it was so cold in the water first thing in the morning:
Fun in the sun! We had a good time:
Jack back on the water cannon and the unsuspecting people in the inner tube is Aya and Stacy!!
So yes you can say Jack was pretty comfortable on the waterslide because he started to pose:
Shark:
Yelling:
No hands:
Blocking the water fountains:
Jack loved squirting people with the water cannon in the lazy river. He thought it was the funniest thing to get strangers all wet:
About to be ‘cooled’ off:
Leave it to Jack to make the lazy river a competitive sport:
Jack would get in the lazy river and try to ‘pass’ people and then lap them. Instead of just floating along and getting a nap in, Jack is the kid squeezing by and bumping your inner tube. I tried to ignore him and pretend he wasn’t my kid…only problem is…the place is all white so you pretty much know the Asian kid is mine.
This is our view from our room. We even left Jack alone at the pool once. We had to take Stacy back to the room to change her and decided to ‘spy’ on Jack to see how he did on his own. He was fine. Didn’t have a care or worry in the world. (Jack is just right of the blue shark intertube)
A lot of the older kid were standing and balancing on the inner tube so Jack gave it a try. He didn’t do too bad either:
More water slide…yes, Jack is flipping me off!! Actually when Jack points he uses his middle finger…but if you don’t know then yes, it looks like he is totally giving me the middle finger!
Of course these kids are spoiled rotten. Lunches were all served pool side.
Dinners were at the resort…where being kid friendly and all, kids are free if the adults order entrée’s. Naturally a good deal to keep you on the property:
Even though kids are free to eat on the resort, Aya and I wanted to try someplace else. We were going to Las Consuela’s where Aya got me liquored up 3.5 years ago, but I was having none of that so we went to Roy’s instead:
Stacy and Aya:
The kids with sundae’s:
Here is the problem with going to a resort with young kids. When they go to sleep, YOU go to sleep. Why? Because you are in the same room so I can’t watch ESPN or tv because then the kids stay up to watch. I know, some of you are saying just wait until they fall asleep and then turn the tv on. Sure, once the lights are out, then I fall asleep as well.
Plus, the kids want to be *IN* the pool when it opens at 8….so that means we are up by 6 to go to the breakfast buffet:
My little fattie is so stuffed from breakfast she needs to lay down!
Stacy loves the water as well but the problem with a water park and two kids is that Aya and I have to split up and watch one kid each. Luckily, Jack and I were paired up first so we were on the water slides.
Stacy was having fun squirting people with the water cannon:
Next up was the lazy river:
Aya and Stacy swimming in the pool.
For 3 days we pretty much stayed in the pool from 8 to 5. It was 105 degrees in Palm Springs. Jack and I even went night swimming one night. The resort put up a big screen and we could watch tv from the pool. Of course it was something kid friendly…Puss and Boots.
With Jack starting school in September we decided to end the summer by heading out to Slashtopia in Rancho Las Palmas. The main selling point of the resort is the water slide and the lazy river. For some reason, I thought there would be MORE waterslide and the place would be bigger. There was only TWO water slides, a lazy river and a few pools.
The place is packed with families and with kids! Luckily we went when school was in session and we got there Saturday afternoon so a lot of people went home Saturday or Sunday and we stayed until Monday.
Even with just 2 water slides, Jack had a blast!!
He kept riding the water slide ALL day long:
Nothing better than ending a day in the sun with some shots:
The Southern Comfort girls were in the bar passing out free shots…who can say no to free, right?
It has been hot lately so we have the A/C on as well as some fans. Stacy likes to go in front of the fans and get wind blown hair:
After a few seconds of just ‘wind’ in her face, Stacy likes to shake her head and whip her hair:
Trying to be a model:
I had left a spot in my blog for Jack’s first day of school but I forgot to download pictures for a while so a weeks late, but this was Jack on his first day of first grade:
Jack picked out his own clothes for the first day of school. His teacher gave the whole class a balloon for the first day. Jack took a district wide assessment test and Jack scored very well:
Jack’s score Benchmark
Spelling 12 2
Orthographic 41 9
Segmenting 5 4
BPST 80 35
Reading Accuracy 100% 80%
Reading Fluency 31 per mm 15 per mm
The second annual Big Bear trip was a success. Good weather, plenty of food, lots of games, fishing, family…good times. Some people had so much fun that they couldn’t stay awake the whole time to enjoy it.
Jack fell asleep on the boat:
So did Aunty Dawn:
Uncle Bryan was the first one to go to sleep our first night in Big Bear at 9 o’clock!
Dawn sleeping again:
Stacy making fun of Jack taking a nap:
Family fun in Big Bear:
Can’t wait until next year!!
After I dominated almost ALL the events last year, I thought it was only fair to let others win this year. This year we had a tag-team pool tournament that paired up Bryan and I, Grandpa and Dawn and Susu and Aya:
Susu and Aya won the pool tournament. Next up was the family Texas Hold’Em tournament. Susu was the big winner…although some of his friends are poker professionals so it seems unfair since he gets advice from professionals:
We played some Battle of the Sexes game where the men dominated. The women redeemed themselves in Taboo…just barely.
Then we moved onto Pictionary where the men once won again…luckily Bryan and Susu both draw well.
