08-28-2013

back for a second day of legoland-fun~

we got there before the park opened (around 9:30) so we stopped into the aquarium first

they had a new 'i-spy' for six different sharks that kept them busy the whole time =)

 brenny and i riding bionicle claster

 dashiell and brenny made their way over to pirate's reef while i watched on
look at them, sitting in the front row, ready to get WET!

 after 4 hours in the water park, we were ready to go...finally!
we told a little white lie (said that brenny is 6) to get him into the 'big boy' driving school

 it was a little rough for brenny, as he got stuck on some corners.
but overall, he did quite well for his first go around!

 dashiell wanted to go to the duplo playground, while brenny and i went onto sky cruiser and kid power tower by ourselves (this is the one where you hoist yourself up by pulling on a rope pulley) -- he wanted to go on the latter AGAIN, but my hands hurt and were red -- he told me, 'but my hands aren't red!' =/
then we told nana we were going to coastersaurus, and went on ahead...

 we then got onto the safari trek, and of course fairy tale brook to end the day.
it was an awesome, fun, hot, happy day.
i'm so sad summer is over!!

 here we are saying bye to legoland for this summer.
we'll see you again soon!

08-27-2013

even though matthew had practice at 5pm and brennan had his kindergarten meet and greet tonight, we decided to go for a partial day at legoland because we could! =p

 the place was pretty empty, we got to ride a lot of rides that we don't normally get to.
of course we rode lost kingdom, and brenny went onto splash battle several times while dashiell tried to get him

 after being at the water park for a few hours, we stopped by the duplo village playground for a short time, and the lion was back!
they must have taken it our to clean it up.

 at brenny's school, waiting to meet the teachers

 after the 'draft' where all the kids were taken to classrooms for a brief assessment of their skills.
afterwards, i had brenny read the little note on this baggie that ms. okimoto gave her.
he read it perfectly for her!  it also had some tough words on there, too!  =D
[ms okimoto, although the transitional kindergarten teacher, was filling in for ms. li who couldn't make it because of the stomach flu]

08-26-2013

took the kids to the beach today

brenny really wanted to be buried in the sand, so i actually asked him to dig a hole and climb into it, instead of me doing all the work and burying him in it...

so he did a pretty good job and i only had to help dig out a little bit, and he jumped in and here we go!

 of course, dashiell then wanted to do the same thing
brenny was content just staying in the sand...

 and out they go!

dinner later at chick fil a!

08-25-2013

so i'm a glutton for punishment.  i asked lily if we could run AGAIN.

i really felt the need to get in the miles.  so we ran 15 miles again.

the last half was soooo super hard for me.  i trailed her the whole way, even when going downhill.  we ran faster than the previous day...

she's been running hills almost everyday (lucky she has the choice!) so i was beat.  =p

 dashiell's tooth is wiggly!
he is really working on wiggling it around a lot lately.

 brenny's teeth are coming in...
(yeah. still crooked)

 by the evening, the front half of dashiell's tooth is off already, but the back half is still hanging on.
maybe tomorrow?

08-24-2013

after not being able to run all week, i headed out for a 15mi hilly run in santa monica with lily

 whew!  glad it's over.

 after seeing a post on facebook from an old friend about free tickets to see kristin chenoweth at the hollywood bowl, i met up with clay at his san marino home to pick up the tickets.
i haven't seen this guy since i was TWELVE when we left taiwan.  WOW.
after graduating from harvard, he is now an associate professor at USC in chemistry and pharmacy.  WOW again.

 mom and i made it to the hollywood bowl!
we are across the street by where we parked.

 picture taken from our seats.  nice seats, clay!

 fireworks to start off the show.  cool!

 there she is, all white and blurry!  =p

 good thing there are big screens to see her up close.

 towards the end now...

 BIG fireworks at the end of the show!

 the wine mom and i shared while noshing on a turkey croissant sandwich and cheese and crackers =)

08-23-2013

getting my teeth whitened...

 i finally got the boys to kick into high gear with the 300pc puzzle

 then before i knew it, they were done!

08-22-2013

matt getting ready for his football practice...changing in my office after he attended the frosh orientation.

08-21-2013

getting my braces off today, finally!

but because mom is still in phoenix visitng uncle jack, i had noone to watch the boys.

 so thanks to christina, i was able to drop them off at her house in the morning.

this pic is at liberty park, between my ortho appt and my dentist appt to put a temporary venner/crown on my peg tooth.

 after filing down the peg tooth a little..

 picking up the boys at christina's house.
they were playing monopoly junior (toy story edition) with cristian and his girlfriend, melissa

 SMILE!

 sage hill had their annual kick-off party for teachers
there was a bounce house there and they had catered mexican food (tacos, quesadillas, etc)

 i had to leave a little early to pick up mom from the long beach airport, and brenny wanted to go with me.
he ended up coughing a lot (like something caught in his throat?) and he was even trying to sleep, poor thing.  but the cough got worse, i suggested he take a drink...
and a mile before our exit, he projectile vomited.  everything.
three times.  =(
poor baby.
he was frozen in place.  not sure what to do, i think.  i tried to stay calm and told him i'd 'try my best' to clean him up while we wait for nana...
ummm, we were in the new camry.  O.o
i was able to find some old, dried up wipes and a 1/2 bottle of water to soak it in, and proceeded to clean him one foot and leg at a time...i had him stand on a clean reusable bag (because the floor mat was covered in pink barf -- oh yeah, why pink??  the last thing he ate after his quesadilla was a cupcake with bright RED frosting). i took off all his clothes carefully as to not get it into his hair, and then carried him to the other end of the car to sit in dashiell's seat and took his underwear off on the other side...it was soaked through as well.
i put the blanket over his body to keep him covered.

when my mom finally called, i was still cleaning up and had to tell her that 'we had an accident IN the car'.  WHAT?!  YOU GOT IN AN ACCIDENT?!
'uh, no...an accident IN the car...it kind of smells now.'  i had to be careful not to say anything too bad that would make brenny feel badly about what had happened...

he fell asleep pretty quick.  guess he felt better. but he awoke later when we got home.  he took a bath to clean up while i removed the car seat, washed all the washable parts, and tried to clean up the car itself.  =(  it took forever and was mighty smelly. 

he felt better later and ate some chicken with rice, and derek and dashiell came home just as i was finishing up cleaning. 

not sure what made him get sick...the cheese?  (which was brennan's suggesting) or the cheese AND the bouncing?!  oh well.  at least dashiell didn't get sick in derek's car...