We were invited to a BBQ over the weekend. We thought it would be something simple, burgers…dogs…basically a play date with food. Turns out it was a big party! Lots of food, drinks, bouncer, magician….good times!
For some reason I thought Stacy looked older than she is in this picture, sometimes I forget she is 3…most of the time I think of Stacy being the same age as Jack:
The magician:
Of course, Stacy asked for balloon dog!
I came home early one day and Stacy was painting a picture at Grandma’s house:
Stacy was taking her time, changing the colors, staying in the lines:
And she did a great job:
Beautiful!!
I am lucky that Stacy started gymnastic during the week and it is 2 blocks from work. I am able to stop by at lunch and watch some of her lessons. Stacy does a great job at gymnastics. The Bear Walk:
Bars:
Rings:
Stacy was swimming so well that the teacher told us not to quit and to move Stacy up a level. With Jack we always quit when school started because we didn’t want him to get sick and he was terrible. With Stacy she loves to be in the water that we decided to keep it up. I am thinking if Stacy learns to swim better than Jack than Jack will want to swim more as well.
Stacy has so much fun in her class:
And seems to like the group class more than the private class:
Right now she is the worse one in the group but hopefully it makes her try harder and gets better quicker.
Look who else started school this year…STACY!! Stacy started preschool at the same school Jack went to:
I thought school would be a mad house the first day but it seems like a lot of the kids started in the summer so it was business as usual the first day:
Stacy was excited to start school:
And seemed to settle in just fine:
But then Stacy got a little sad over the next few days and didn’t like school very much. Near the end of the week she made some friends and now she enjoys going to school!
Jack started the 2nd grade this year and Aya and I took him to school his first day:
Stacy wanted to send Jack off to school as well:
Jack checking out his desk:
I don’t get to play as much XBOX as I used to or want to but when I occassionly play, Jack asks if he can play. I always say, “No” or that “You have to wait until you are 8 years old.” I realized, wow…Jack WILL be 8 soon.
I just got Madden at work and I know Jack plays Madden on the iPad so I handed him a controller and told him lets play!!
Surprisingly Jack was pretty good. If Madden was just a pure arcade game I think I would have lost. Luckily Madden has so many options and features and Jack didn’t know how to read the offense and defensive plays so I just ‘owned’ him on both sides of the ball:
Jack was getting frustrated losing, so it might have been good to play XBOX because when I asked him to play again after 3 games he didn’t want to play anymore because I kept beating him!! Hey, I gotta get all the wins I can get now because pretty soon I won’t be able to win at all!!
Our last game of the season for our season tickets and look at these EATERS:
Man, it was hot at the game and Stacy and I were sweaty:
Jack is happy as long as he gets his cotton candy!
Hopefully the Dodgers can advance to the second round of the playoffs and beyond. I passed on the earlier rounds for tickets for the later rounds!!
Jack was invited to Ryan’s birthday party:
Any time Jack can play video games he is a happy camper!! Jack loves to play Deal or No Deal:
Baseball:
Basketball:
Monkey Ball:
Artic Thunder:
All in all, it wasn’t too bad at Chuck E Cheese. I think I would go back even when it isn’t a birthday party.
Stacy’s first trip to Chuck E Cheese:
This was my first time to Chuck E Cheese since I was a kid. I thought it was mostly for older kids and lots of video games but they had a lot of kiddie games and rides:
Stacy was having fun going on all the rides:
Best of all, we were there for a party so we got lots of ‘free’ tokens and the place wasn’t crowded at all!!
Jack might not have wanted to ride the big kid rides but he wanted to do the big kid carnival games…especially shooting a BB gun:
I don’t think Jack grasped the concept of what he was suppose to do…he just wanted to shoot something:
He thought he won because he hit the center star but didn’t realize that NO part of the star could be showing:
Winning a prize by popping a balloon with a dart:
Stacy played some carnival games:
She won a giant inflatable baseball bat:
But I think Jack was jealous of the bat and he plays with it at home all the time:
Stacy growling when she throws down her dunk!!
The carnival had older kid rides but Jack was content on just riding the kiddie rides with Stacy:
That made it easier for me, but all the kiddie line rides were soooo slow:
The kids seemed to be having fun:
Happy, happy, happy…
The kids went in the “obstacle course” house. Jack was ‘scared’ when he was little because he couldn’t climb the rope ladder, but Stacy made it up a-ok:
She loved the ball pit:
Going thru all the tackle dummies:
Weeeeeeeee:
