Category Archives: Smiling

09Mar/13

Future Mr. Egghead

Finally, a day where we can get out of the house without it being either freezing cold, or even more freezing cold. We took full advantage by going to the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City. What made it even better was that they were having a special exhibit with Curious George, one of Tiger’s favorite people in the world.

We obviously had a ton of fun, so much in fact that we bought an annual membership. Hopefully this membership will be used as much as last year’s Sea World membership and doesn’t go to waste like other memberships we have (I’m looking at you Planet Fitness).

03Feb/13

Are You Ready for Some Football?

18 years. It’s been 18 years since the last time the San Francisco 49ers made it to the big game. Tonight, we’re hoping we keep our SB winning streak in-tact and that Tiger gets to enjoy his first Super Bowl win! Obviously, Tiger already enjoys the SB gear (hat tip to Uncle Ben for the gift package).

Early prediction (with my fingers crossed)
Baltimore Ravens: 23
San Francisco 49ers: 24

16Jan/13

What Global Warming?

When we returned from California, a nice, cold treat awaited us in both the front and backyard. I’ve been reading recent weather reports that state that California is also having some below-normal weather conditions as of late. Who says there’s global warming? Certainly I don’t believe so.

The first time Tiger got a taste of playing with snow, he clearly didn’t care for it too much (see here). But this time around, he more than willingly obliged to playing in the snow after he found out how fun it could be.

Something tells me that he’ll be wanting to play with snow more and more after this outing.

06Jan/13

A Brand New Year

Talk about being busy! I didn’t even realize that the last post that was made was in November. Where did December go? Besides being busy at work, we finally went on our long awaited trip to California. Needless to say, we made the most of this trip…from eating mostly everything that was on our list to eat (see pictures below), to visiting three different theme parks, and of course, spending time with our family and friends. It’s never enough time when we visit California, but for some reason, on this trip, we truly made the most of our time and got every last bit out of it (including a trip to VVC for me!).

Okay, let’s get the obvious out of the way first. We really, really missed California food. Besides not being able to eat at Luscious Dumpling and Dog Haus, we ate everything on our list. I think if we were in California another week, we’d probably gain an additional 5 pounds to what we’d already gained. The sad truth is, we didn’t even take pictures of the other things that we ate…which leads me to believe that we ate way too much.

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So the California trip was really broken down into 4 parts. We flew into LA and spent some quality time there until Christmas Eve, then proceeded to San Diego on Christmas day. We stayed in San Diego for a few days, then headed north to Anaheim for 2 days, then back up to LA.

Without a doubt, little Tiger had a blast. From watching his cousin play water polo, jumping off tree stumps in Garden Grove with his friends, to hanging out with his cousins at Sea World and the Zoo, to watching Wreck-it-Ralph again for the millionth time, and from just being around his loved ones, I don’t think he could be any happier.

This is a shot of Tiger having a staring contest with Ollie. Like the 49ers later that night, Tiger lost.
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Smiles all around!
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Too bad this picture was taken at Sea World was after Christmas…we could’ve used it for our Christmas card.
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Tiger finally gets to see an elephant. We traveled long and far to see this elephant, so I’m glad he got to see it.

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What kid doesn’t like to open gifts?
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Disney time! This was Tiger’s second trip to the Magic Kingdom, but his first in LA!

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Since Tiger is the resident Wreck-it-Ralph expert in the family, I was asking him why Ralph can’t live in the penthouse with the rest of the people? Tiger then got to play the Fix-it-Felix game and showed me why Ralph couldn’t live up there.
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Our trip to Disney was cut short by an unexpected storm. The Magic Castle was about to start looking not so magical a few minutes after this picture was taken.
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Here’s Tiger mapping out what attractions he would like to see the next time we go to Disneyland.
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A new revelation during this trip…Tiger loves guitars. I think we really need to start thinking about getting him one. He loves drums as well, but I haven’t seen him so attached to a musical instrument like this before.
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The countdown for our next California trip begins! We head back to Cali on May for a wedding in San Diego, so hopefully we’ll get to spend a fair amount of time when we go back. For now, we’ll just start making our must-eat food list for May.

30Nov/12

The Wheels on the Bus

The wheels on the bus goes round-and-round and is now leaving the month of November!

It’s been a cold and snowy November, but it’s now only weeks away before we get to fly back to California and spend time with everyone…and we can’t wait!

08Nov/12

Two Sweet

Happy 2nd birthday Tiger! (Sorry, I meant to make this post on the 7th, but fell asleep)

Although we didn’t get to go out to celebrate your 2nd birthday because of the unusual weather, we did get to have a mini celebration, complete with cake and candles (the only candles that we actually had were scented table candles, but still).

On your 2nd birthday, you’re now able to vocalize your colors, tell your mama and dada exactly where you want us to sit, and you can even give us the double-thumbs up sign.

To think, just a year ago, we were celebrating your birthday in Los Angeles. Time moves as quickly as everyone says it does, but it’s really amazing when you take the time to look back at the pictures and videos of the past year.

Happy birthday Tiger, your mama and dada loves you.