Basketball…

Jack got invited to practice with a club team down at Harbor City College.  The age ranges from high school to first grade, except I think Jack is the only first grader there.   I thought the camp was good.  All the kids, regardless of age do the same drills.  What is also good is that most of the kids there look like they are the best players on the team.  I didn’t see any ‘weak’ players there.  The girls are who come out are even better than the boys!

I have tried to get Jack to do the same drills with me at home but he never wants to…or he says it is too hard.  It was funny because the first hour of drills were all drills Jack complains about but here at this clinic he doesn’t complain.

Dribbling with two balls:

Dribbling out of triple threat:

Defense:

Slides:

It is great seeing Jack working hard!

Pirates…

The Pirates first grade season has come to an end.  Not the ending we wanted as we got bombed in the last game but still a nice season at 7-2.   Our two losses came against the best team in the league who went 9-0.

What was nice about this season is that every one of my players scored a basket.   Jack had another nice season as well.   Jack continues to get better but the rest of the league and team is catching up…so if Jack wants to be a good player he needs to practice.

So far, it looks like Jack’s best sport is basketball.

Baseball Tryouts…

I missed the sign ups for Sansei league so I signed Jack up for Culver City baseball.   While basketball is grade based, baseball is aged based.   I was hoping Jack could play t-ball with most of his classmates but due to Jack being a bit older he got moved into coach pitch baseball.   Culver City has tryouts for all the boys so they can create ‘even’ teams in the league.   Seriously, who poses like this??

Unfortunately,  I was so sick I couldn’t get out of bed and Aya had to take Jack to tryouts.   Jack did well fielding ground balls:

And Jack has always been able to hit ‘pitched’ balls better than off the tee:

Surprisingly for his first time ‘playing’ baseball Jack did pretty well.   I had to get the report from Aya but she said relative to the other players Jack was on the better side.   We shall see how good he is once I see the players on his team.

Lego Land Part 6…

When Jack was about this age we got a cartoon caricature of Jack so we had to get one for Stacy:

Stacy was having a fun time getting a picture drawn of her:

She was totally hamming it up:

Princess Stacy:

Lego Land Part 5…

You would have thought Jack and I would have learned from Sea World NOT to ride the water rides at the end of the day when it is colder:

Nope…we waited until the end of the day to ride the water rides:

Unlike Aya, Jack and I are way cooler looking when we are on the rides!!

Lego Land Part 4…

Jack had more fun at Lego Land than at Sea World.  Last time at Lego Land Jack had to ride on the ‘baby’ car ride.  This time around he got to go on the big kids car ride:

You are suppose to follow the rules of the road and be on the correct side of the road but I am glad Jack didn’t listen and just drove as he pleased:

This ride sucks!  The wait is so long and it isn’t even that fun, but Jack really wanted to ride it:

Stacy and I were on the ride as well and luckily we passed by right as Aya and Jack were going down the log ride:

Woo-hoo!!

Love Jack’s face:

Almost there….

Splash!!

Fun times!

Lego Land Part 3…

Stacy having fun making mean faces with Darth Maul:

and Darth Vader:

Stacy doesn’t know anything about Star Wars but I made her take pictures with Yoda:

Clone Wars Trooper:

Chewbacca:

and Princess Leia:

Lego Land Part 2…

Stacy was much happier with the Lego man:

Jack LOVES this fire fighter game.  You have to pump a lever to make the fire truck go.  Then you have to jump out and aim water at a ‘fire’ and pump the level to go back to start.  Jack hates losing and we won both times we played:

Stacy enjoyed the rides but I don’t think she liked Lego Land as much as Sea World.  It was also day 2 without a nap and I think she wasn’t in as good a mood:

Lego Land Part 1…

We stayed the night in San Diego and the next day we continued Stacy’s birthday weekend by heading to Lego Land!

Luckily it wasn’t too busy and we didn’t have to wait too long for the rides:

Actually, we waited a long time for this pedal push ride:

Stacy has a battery operated car at Grandpa’s house but she was TERRIBLE at driving the car at Lego Land.  She probably only drove 20 feet:

Sea World Part 6…

Just like his mom, Jack was eating his way thru Sea World:

Lunch was red velvet cake:

Cotton Candy:

Getting splashed:

Jack and I on the rapids and we got soaked!   That was a mistake…it was colder than it looked.

Sea World Part 5…

Aya and I really like the funnel cake at Sea World so we stopped to get some and guess who ended up eating most of it?? ? Yup the kids!!  They loved the strawberries, cream and funnel cake:

Then we rode Shamu:

At dinner Stacy drew a picture of me and Jack.  I have the bigger head:

Sadly, Jack draws about the same skill level as Stacy!

Sea World Part 4…

Since it was Stacy’s birthday weekend, Stacy could get anything she wanted…not that she knew that…but the sky is the limit for her, so we got her face painted:

The lady was really good and fast:

Almost done:

A butterfly!!

We couldn’t leave Jack out and he got a glittler tattoo of a t-rex: