Sweetheart!

Quote of the week:

After I referred to J's friend Lola as his "sweetheart", I was sternly corrected. J's outraged response: "Daaad! Lola isn't my sweetheart! She's my girlfriend!"
Ahmm... I stand corrected.

-P

Countdown...

1. 2 more days to go before J turns 5!
2. 3 more days to go before the Pastoria's are in town
3. 4 more days to go before Grandma J comes in town
4. 5 more days to go before Lola T celebrates her 56th Bday!
5. probably 2-5 more days before J loses another tooth.

Weather

I had to reschedule J's 5th bday party this week. Initially, we are planning on having it on Sunday but then after seeing the weather forecast last night I had to change our plans and decided to move it this coming Friday instead. I spent the morning calling his friends regarding the changes and fortunately they are able to come so that is good. We'll have another party for the family on Sunday still but at least I don't have to worry about the looming possibility of bad weather.

I can't believe how weird our weather has been, we've had so much rain and gray days lately and not much sun! I am fine with it but I didn't expect that it will interfere with our plans of an outdoor party. We've always had outdoor party for J and never had an issue with the weather, guess now I can't be too complacent and trusting of the weather anymore...tsk tsk there you go weather you've lost my trust! :)

I can't wait to see the boys, Sue and Mom - yipee! Three more days to go!

What's up?

While I have been lame with updating the blog, I have been really busy organizing,cleaning,planning and running around too. Our house is a bit in better shape, it finally got it's long due - spring cleaning! There is still lack of furniture and accessories but at least it is dust free and organized - for now! Our walls are still void of anything including color - ha ha! I'll get to it eventually.

Anyway, we're anxious and excited to see Mom, John, Sue and the boys soon. J has been really looking forward to it and almost doesn't even think about his upcoming birthday. I can't believe he is now 5! I was browsing through several old photos and videos of him the other day and didn't realize I spent a good 2 hour doing just that. That is how I chill or rest sometimes. It's just nice to look back on how much he's grown. My favorite milestone at this point is his improved reading. It's nice to have him read to me now and then, I can't remember the last time somebody ever read to me...it is a nice treat and he enjoys it as well.

If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then

a shirt is worth a few too. Just props to J.

My life has changed ever since I received my "More Cowbell" shirt. From Portland to Waikiki, there is not a time and place that I have worn that shirt in public that I didn't get at least 1 comment. This weekend was the ultimate as the local mall was graced with my presence for the first time in 3 years. In that visit, I got 3 direct hey dude comments. One where a guy at the register would not leave it alone to where while leaving, he was shouting at me "I got a fevahhhhhh".

I haven't tested the second amendment shirt, but I think most people won't get it. I'll test it when I go looking for my next bang-stick! Speakin' of, I still gotta try out the ol' black-powder 0.44. I'll post a video when I do.

-P

messy grin!

up close and personal!

One down...

and 3 more Central Incisors to go. J did lose his first tooth on Sunday morning. He woke me up at around 5:30AM to tell me that his tooth fell off while he was sleeping. He was worried that it might get lost if we don't find it. He forgot to put it under his pillow Sunday night and instead did it last night. He got $1 from the tooth fairy this morning and is quite pleased. The other lower central incisor is quite lose now too, so guess we might lose another one within the month. I still can't believe he is losing his tooth this early.

Not looking forward for the tooth fairies visit yet...

Two weeks ago we noticed that the gap on J's front teeth is a bit wider, then just last week out of curiosity I touched one of the tooth and discovered that it is wiggling. First thing on my mind is "Oh he better not be losing his baby teeth as early as now". I checked for any discoloration of some sort since I know he bumped into his mouth last month at the park but there were no discoloration. I called the dentist and was told that he could be losing his teeth and it is normal, some kids just really loose them early. I am not really particularly ecstatic about him losing his baby teeth so soon but I guess the tooth fairy will eventually visit us and it's just much sooner than we wanted.

Random things

Whew, it has been hot here this week but that is not our only problem, we also suffer from terrible allergies. If only J doesn't have classes, I would stay indoors and be an hermit. Going outside just makes us miserable. We do take in medicines but doing a chore is 10X harder, since the medicine do get me drowsy. J has been taking antihistamine before bedtime and that kind of help him get some sleep. We have been a bit of a zombie lately due to lack of sleep, not only because of the hot weather and allergies but also because P has been traveling a lot.

On Tuesday, he left around 9PM and didn't get into his hotel in San Diego around 2:30AM due to delayed flight and car rental. On Wednesday, despite of the very long day and night he still had to go to work by 8AM then had to catch his flight at around 5PM back here. Today, he had to fly to Washington for more meetings. His flight was at 7AM and so he left the house at around 5:30AM. He will be back again tonight at around 8PM - poor thing. When he said there will be lots of traveling on this job, I didn't expect him to be all over the place round the clock!
I hope it will eventually subside for him otherwise we won't see him that much anymore.

On a side note; J is really enjoying his swimming class and much to my surprise he too is interested into joining a triathlon. He saw the posting at the rec center of the family triathlon event by the end of the month and asked me if we can do it...I have never felt so ashamed of myself for not being athletic until that day since I had to tell him we can't do it and it is all because of me. At least he didn't mock me and told me he'll teach me how to swim when he gets better at it...ah my sweet little boy.

Dancing couple five years ago...

Happy 5 year Anniversary! I also have a dancing video but I will have to get permission from my sensor advisory...

Pictures of the week...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/akolangkasi/742442167/

Conquering Fear!



Dunk Tank!



Tramp!

What a week

Our week has been jam packed with activities. Monday was the usual swimming and football classes but also I got invited to a DeMarle party in the evening. DeMarle is the maker of silpat for those who are familiar but basically it is something similar to Pampered chef kind of thing. I did end up buying something but I think at least it will be useful. Then Tuesday, we went berry picking again in the morning this time with my neighbors. J and I picked about 2 lbs of raspberries and 5 lbs of blueberries, a lot for us but nothing compared to my neighbor who came home with about 20lbs worth of berries - wow! Wednesday, we took J to a mini parade within the neighborhood. It was a fun little activity for him, he got to decorate his tricycle for the parade. It was only about a mile long parade, then at the park they have a couple of blowup slides, dunk tank games, ice creams, clowns and big bouncy blowup thing too. He particularly enjoyed the dunk tank ones. At about noon, we took our water slide out for the first time this year and had the girls and a friend come over. While they enjoyed that P prepared some ribs for our little barbecue get together at our neighbors house. By 6PM we all got together for some barbecue and badminton games. Around 9PM, we all piled in our neighbors truck and headed to the park to watch the fireworks. We stayed there til about 10:30PM, it was a very nice get together and we were all exhausted by the end of the day. Thursday, was not that eventful but loaded with chores and work for P. Today, my friend came over to make blueberry jam with me while the kids play on the water slide again. It's our first attempt in making jams, we made about 8 - 8 oz jars so I think we did ok. P had an early flight to Idaho this morning for work and will be back tonight. We will probably take it easy this weekend specially since he's got several travel plans for next week as well. It has been pretty hot here lately and so most likely he would rather stay inside the house, so far for me and J, we are liking the hot weather.


On a side note, I got really excited last night when J prayed the grace before meals on his own during bedtime. He normally just listens and appears to be not interested and so when he volunteered to say a prayer I was very surprised and of course pleased. Although, he said it during bedtime it was still a good surprise for me. I guess he does listen now and then even if meal time is not always his favorite.

In case anyone wondered...

Here is a story about the theory of the tree stumps in the water in Neskowin where we were invited in the previous posting.

Ghost Forest.

Weekend extravaganza

On Saturday, J went to his friends "Pump it up" birthday party and had a lot of fun seeing his schoolmates again. After that we headed to the coast by Neskowin, OR to join our neighbors. Got there around 6PM, the guys played bowling on Wii for a while then we had dinner. After chowing down on our hotdogs and burgers by the deck, we headed out to the beach. As expected the water was cold but still that didn't matter to the kids. We played at the beach for a while until it was quite dark around 9:30PM then had smores at the house. We watched some fireworks for the rest of the night and caught up til 11PM.

On Sunday, we made plans to go the beach early in the morning at 7:30AM to search or look for starfish. I ended up going earlier than planned due to timing issue. The clock in our room was about an hour and half early. No wonder when I got up at 6:30AM it was still dark out but right around 7:15AM, it was already bright out and so I went out. I waited for Renee and the girls outside til 7:40AM but then they were not up yet and so I decided to go on my own - of course that was really only about 6:30AM. I had a nice, quiet and good walk at the beach in search for starfish. I spent about an hour at the beach then headed back to the house, when I got there Renee was awake already and was preparing to go to the beach and so I went with them again since the boys were still asleep. It was then when I realized that our clock in the room was off - no wonder I felt like I didn't get much sleep because I really didn't! Anyway, we had fun searching for starfish and sea anemones. After breakfast, we played some tennis on Wii, which J really enjoyed,then headed to the beach again just for an hour then we wrapped up the trip around noon. We went to the outlet mall to do some clothes shopping since J has grown quite a bit. P can't stand looking at him and his shorty shorts as well as ankle high pants. We did get a pretty good deal since they were having the 4th of July sale. I even got myself and P some shirt...nice!

Well, here are some pictures from the trip. http://flickr.com/photos/akolangkasi/sets/72157600611396399/



And here's a silly video of the kids playing Wii...