Oops, no pictures this time - just an update. It's been a while since I blogged. I guess we haven't been doing much that's noteworthy...just enjoying the summer! Justin's new favorite past time is watering the plants (using the spray nozzle on the hose of course!) so I had to go and buy him his first pair of Crocs. Weirdly enough, he LOVES wearing them. He was so excited to first put them on...I don't know if he likes the squishiness or the fact that his toes can air out. At any rate, it's a lot better than him getting his tennis shoes wet everyday!
June 24th was our wedding anniversary, so Jay and I celebrated by shipping Justin off to my parents for the weekend. This was the first time that we had left Justin for more than one night, so this was a treat! The highlight of our weekend was going to see Wicked at the Orpheum Theater. It was a great show! I must be one of the last people in the U.S. who hadn't seen it yet! (Well, me and Jay). Other than that, we spent the weekend doing exactly nothing and it was TERRIFIC! We slept in late, read the newspaper, watched tv, took naps...absolutely nothing. It was a treat to not have to worry about schedules and nap times and playdates...whew!
Of course, I totally missed Justin too, but he had a good time with my parents. They went to Happy Hollow where Justin got to ride the merry-go-round and pet the sheep. My parents were pretty pooped at the end of the weekend after chasing Justin around so much, but a fun weekend was had by all.
Back to the grind of the work week...but at least there's another long weekend coming up! I love summertime!
Monday, June 28, 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
Testing out new skills
Lately, Justin has been trying out new skills...
Trying on shoes...
Throwing balls...
"Jumping"...
And organizing...
He's also started to say some words and sounds. He can say atsui ("hot" in Japanese) and car (although he says it like he's from Boston - kah). He can also make car sounds and lion sounds (which sound suspiciously like a car). Jay recently taught him how to moo like a cow...I'm waiting to get that on video too since it's pretty funny to watch him purse his lips to moo!
Trying on shoes...
Throwing balls...
"Jumping"...
And organizing...
He's also started to say some words and sounds. He can say atsui ("hot" in Japanese) and car (although he says it like he's from Boston - kah). He can also make car sounds and lion sounds (which sound suspiciously like a car). Jay recently taught him how to moo like a cow...I'm waiting to get that on video too since it's pretty funny to watch him purse his lips to moo!
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Memorial Day Weekend
You know, it's a long spell between the winter holidays and Memorial Day...let's just say this long weekend was much needed and appreciated! Amazingly enough, even the weather cooperated after being so gloomy and drizzly the past couple of weeks.
On Saturday, we went to Brooklyn's first birthday party! Mama Stephanie outdid herself in putting up cute decorations and setting the table and even making party favors (sand toys and a bucket decorated with the kids' names - what a great idea for a summer party favor!!)! I think it was all we could handle at Justin's first birthday party to make sure there was enough food and a cake! Justin had a great time playing with all the other little kids and with all of Brooklyn's toys. Brooklyn was busy cruising around the house checking out the action, but somehow we managed to get one pic of the two handfuls!
After the party, we went to dinner at Ramen Dojo in downtown San Mateo - YUM YUM! Good prices, good ramen...what more can you ask for? Get the garlic pork flavored broth and don't bother with anything else!
On Sunday, we decided to take advantage of the great weather and took Justin to the San Francisco Zoo. Neither Jay nor I had been there in YEARS, so we thought we'd go take a look, especially since they had remodelled and Justin was free! We weren't sure if Justin would really be interested in the animals, but he actually was. Although he might have just liked having a whole park to run around in and climb on.
The best part of the zoo was the large children's area with petting zoo. The petting zoo was free and they have a bunch of goats just sitting and milling about while lots of kids run around and pet them. I gotta hand it to the goats...they are really docile and didn't seem to mind the kids at all. Case in point: Justin LOVED it here. He ran from goat to goat, giving them a couple of rough pats each. We had to teach him not to pat the goat on their face or on their behinds (that's just asking for trouble). One goat he tried to give lomi lomi massage to...I wish I had caught that on video! But here are some pics from the zoo:
After the zoo, we headed down south for Family Fun Night with my halau. Justin got to play with Leiola, my Kumu's daughter, who is just five weeks older than Justin. Typical boy-girl relationship: She was trying to give him a stuffed dinosaur, but he was oblivious and was just running around in circles!
We had a good time until the games started and everyone started yelling and cheering. Justin totally freaked out over all the excitement - oops! Apparently we don't expose him to enough noise and excitement. So I had a little koala clinging to me the rest of the evening. The kid really has a problem with loud people too...Jay has one cousin that Justin is totally scared of...we think because he's really animated and tends to talk loudly too. I guess Justin is used to hanging out with quieter people?
On Monday we had a playdate with Caitlyn, Terry, and Sharon at Burton Park (I LOVE the enclosed toddler playground there). Lunch was at old favorite Stacks in Redwood City - num num. Justin shared Jay's chorizo omelet - go figure that he would like sausage! After so much excitement all weekend, Justin only took a half hour nap - oops! Dinner was BBQ at Jay's cousin Pete's house where Justin had a great time playing with his big cousins.
Whew! I think Justin was thankful to be back at his babysitter's house on Tuesday for some peace and quiet and to recover from this weekend. But, that is The Way of the Wong...!
On Saturday, we went to Brooklyn's first birthday party! Mama Stephanie outdid herself in putting up cute decorations and setting the table and even making party favors (sand toys and a bucket decorated with the kids' names - what a great idea for a summer party favor!!)! I think it was all we could handle at Justin's first birthday party to make sure there was enough food and a cake! Justin had a great time playing with all the other little kids and with all of Brooklyn's toys. Brooklyn was busy cruising around the house checking out the action, but somehow we managed to get one pic of the two handfuls!
After the party, we went to dinner at Ramen Dojo in downtown San Mateo - YUM YUM! Good prices, good ramen...what more can you ask for? Get the garlic pork flavored broth and don't bother with anything else!
On Sunday, we decided to take advantage of the great weather and took Justin to the San Francisco Zoo. Neither Jay nor I had been there in YEARS, so we thought we'd go take a look, especially since they had remodelled and Justin was free! We weren't sure if Justin would really be interested in the animals, but he actually was. Although he might have just liked having a whole park to run around in and climb on.
The best part of the zoo was the large children's area with petting zoo. The petting zoo was free and they have a bunch of goats just sitting and milling about while lots of kids run around and pet them. I gotta hand it to the goats...they are really docile and didn't seem to mind the kids at all. Case in point: Justin LOVED it here. He ran from goat to goat, giving them a couple of rough pats each. We had to teach him not to pat the goat on their face or on their behinds (that's just asking for trouble). One goat he tried to give lomi lomi massage to...I wish I had caught that on video! But here are some pics from the zoo:
After the zoo, we headed down south for Family Fun Night with my halau. Justin got to play with Leiola, my Kumu's daughter, who is just five weeks older than Justin. Typical boy-girl relationship: She was trying to give him a stuffed dinosaur, but he was oblivious and was just running around in circles!
We had a good time until the games started and everyone started yelling and cheering. Justin totally freaked out over all the excitement - oops! Apparently we don't expose him to enough noise and excitement. So I had a little koala clinging to me the rest of the evening. The kid really has a problem with loud people too...Jay has one cousin that Justin is totally scared of...we think because he's really animated and tends to talk loudly too. I guess Justin is used to hanging out with quieter people?
On Monday we had a playdate with Caitlyn, Terry, and Sharon at Burton Park (I LOVE the enclosed toddler playground there). Lunch was at old favorite Stacks in Redwood City - num num. Justin shared Jay's chorizo omelet - go figure that he would like sausage! After so much excitement all weekend, Justin only took a half hour nap - oops! Dinner was BBQ at Jay's cousin Pete's house where Justin had a great time playing with his big cousins.
Whew! I think Justin was thankful to be back at his babysitter's house on Tuesday for some peace and quiet and to recover from this weekend. But, that is The Way of the Wong...!
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