Category Archives: Outdoor Play

21Mar/18

Um, What Had Happened Was…

March 21, 2018Being Messy, Good Eats, Laughing, Outdoor Play, School, Smiling, Travelingdada

Life got in the way. Work got in the way. Video games got in the way (not really), but you get the point. What once was a site that we used to update our family with what we were doing in NJ, quickly became a site where I’d be lucky if I could bulk-upload a ton of pictures so that it can help me jog my memory in times where I couldn’t remember what month or year we went to Disneyland. To be fair though, living close to our family made this site less relevant, at least for now. The hope still remains that one day, our little Tiger and our baby Horse will be able to go onto the World Wide Web (how archaic does that sound?) and be able to look at unforgettable memories that inevitably were forgotten.

For 2017, since I’m missing the better part of 8 months or so, I plan to split-up the memories between this site and our Baby Horse’s site. 2018 has already started and has taken off, leaving me at least another 3 months behind. Ugh, what had happened was…

Going to the park is always great. With video games quickly becoming the entertainment of choice with the kids, we have to do a better job of letting them run around and get dirty.

Thanks to the kid’s loving Aunt, we were able to take a trip to Las Vegas. While the kids were hanging out, Mommy and Daddy got to sneak away and see Babyface (yes, he’s still performing). We made it up to the kids by seemingly spending the rest of the trip at Gameworks.

I can’t remember if this was a Father’s Day or Mother’s Day gift, so I’ll say it was for Father’s Day. Seeing that it’s dated for 2016, I’m not sure why I never got around to taking a picture of it until 2017?

Our annual vacation to the Fair last year included their Uncle Ben as a special guest (although if you ask him, I don’t think he’ll ever go again)

Goofy

Loving

Mad

Happy

This is our annual, annual Fair trip to the OC Fair. This special trip included a visit to some ice cream joint with their cousins (because clearly, they needed more sugary stuff in their bodies).

I’m definitely my own person, living with my own set of rules

Last, but not least, our Little Tiger started Kindergarten last year (and yes, he was in desperate need of a haircut)

16Apr/17

Easing Into an Easter Tradition

April 16, 2017Good Eats, Holiday, Outdoor Play, Smilingdada

To be honest, the only Easter-themed tradition that I’ve ever taken part-in is Filet o’ Fish Fridays at McDonald’s, but that may have changed this year. Not only did we mustard enough energy to fill Easter eggs and hide them around the house for the kids, but we got tickets to the 2nd Annual Easter Egg hunt at Santa Anita Park.

Horse racing, Tyler Baze, carnival games, beer, popcorn, pony rides, and Easter eggs…sign me up. The only thing we would do differently is to come better prepared. Who the heck knew that you could bring in tables, chairs, coolers, and half-tents? Some people looked like they were having Easter brunch and dinner at the Park…sheesh.

If this becomes an Easter tradition, I better stock-up on Filet o’Fishes the Friday before.

02Apr/17

(Spring) Breaking the Record for How Much Fun a Kid Should Have

April 2, 2017Holiday, Laughing, Outdoor Play, School, Smiling, Travelingdada

Talk about a busy 7 days. We started our 2017 Spring Break vacation by heading to San Diego so Mommy and Daddy could visit some of their friends, and Little Tiger and Baby Horse was able to hang out with all their cousins.

The fun didn’t stop there as we met up with Little Tiger’s friends for a weekend at Great Wolf Lodge (talk about a lucky kid). Of course, Baby Horse wasn’t left out of the mix, as he had an equally good time floating in the lazy river (over and over and over).

If you think the fun ends there, you could be right…but you’re not. We ended up taking a 3-day adventure to Disneyland and California Adventure. Yes, a vacation with the kids is more of a trip than a vacation, but with everyone on their best behavior, and with over-prepared parents, this weekend was perfect.

To see pictures from Disneyland and California Adventures, please make sure to check out Baby Horse’s website.

It definitely helps that he’s much better at swimming now than last year. He still can’t consistently swim, but hey, who am I to judge?

Definitely not lazy…nothing stops this kid from going in the lazy river.

Now that’s a happy daisy.

13Nov/16

Five Years in the Making

November 13, 2016Birthday, Good Eats, Grandparents, Outdoor Play, Smilingdada

Birthday party #1, November 5th, 2011. Birthday party #2, November 12th, 2016. Yikes, did we really only have two birthday parties for Little Tiger in five years?

For this sixth birthday, we threw a house party with friends, family, and Little Tiger’s classmates. We rented a jumper (jumper #1 was a Princess jumper…oops) and had unlimited tacos for lunch. Although Little Tiger’s first choice was to have his party at Jumpin’ Jammin’, I’m sure going there was the furthest thought on his mind yesterday. He got tons of well wishes and even more toys. The Pokemon theme went well and because of it, we’re now living in a home that resembles our own version of a Pokemon Go gym.

On the day of his actual birthday, we got Little Tiger a cake. Apparently, a cake brings out the Dab in him.

Birthday party and jumper(s), here we come. Side note: Mommy and Daddy needed lots of coffee to get through this day.

At the end of all this, the pinata knew exactly how HRC felt on November 8th.

Little Tiger could care less about his cupcakes, so he focused on making sure his guests got the Pokemon figures they wanted. What a great kid.

15Oct/16

To Date or Not to Date

October 15, 2016Outdoor Play, Smilingdada

It’s so much easier to be lazy on the weekends than it is to go out and do something. Already tasked with a busy Saturday morning filled with swimming lessons, Wushu lessons, and running errands, the first thing that comes to mind when I hear, “play date” is NO. But in true, “do it for the kids” fashion, we took the kids to the local park and they both had a blast. I suppose it’s a win-win situation, as the kids enjoy spending time with their friends, and in the end, they’ll hopefully be so tired that they sleep through the night and give Mommy and Daddy a much needed break (I’m talking about you Baby Horse).