Category Archives: Sports

30Dec/16

Summing It All Up

December 30, 2016Grandparents, Holiday, Laughing, School, Smiling, Sportsdada

Talk about a whirlwind of events to end the year! Since turning six years old, Little Tiger has definitely had his fair share of memorable events. From getting his first “big boy” bike, to earning his white/yellow belt, to singing in his Christmas recital, it almost doesn’t get any better…well, unless you consider an awesome come-from-behind win by the Niners to defeat (and sweep), the terrible Los Angeles Rams!

If you think Little Tiger was busy, just check out what else him and his little brother has been up to during the months of November and December.

He hasn’t gotten the hang of riding the bike just yet, but I think looking cool on the bike gets him about half way there.

I think his little brother might have something to say about who’s the real fighter in the family (especially since someone is holding his certificate upside down).

Singing in the shower was awesome, but the performance was a bit pitchy. At least he finally dressed like he wasn’t a bum (here’s looking at you mom and dad).

Great day, great company, great game! It was a bit cold, but not as cold as I’m sure the Rams felt after getting beat. “Who’s House?”

Last, but not least, Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year!

05Sep/16

Labor of Love

September 5, 2016Being Messy, Holiday, Smiling, Sportsdada

La.bor Day (noun)
a public holiday or day of festivities held in honor of working people

We definitely deserve a Labor Day or two. As the kids get older, work (our careers and our real jobs of taking care of the kids), seem to get tougher and more abundant. On this bright September day, we decided to visit a place we hadn’t been before. We decided to go to the Pasadena Kidspace Children’s Museum. From the website, it seems to be a smaller version of Liberty Science Center, but with more outdoor activities (we are in California after all).

Considering this was a last minute day-trip, I’d consider it pretty successful. Both kids tried the different activities, both kids ate fairly well, both kids only got semi-dirty, and both parents were able to not lose their cool. In total, this was a recipe good enough for us to purchase a year-long membership (yes, we can be suckers sometimes).

In an even trade, we’ll likely alternate this venue with the Natural History Museum to give the kids a nice balance of science, outdoor activities, and flying reptiles. If that doesn’t work, maybe we can all wish for an extra Labor Day next year.

Nothing like making other people work on Labor Day

12Apr/15

New Jersey is Still a Hit…But for How Long?

April 12, 2015Good Eats, Smiling, Sportsdada

Our little Tiger never ceases to amaze me. For someone swinging a bat off a tee for the first time ever (we’ve never even attempted to practice before), he destroyed the ball five out of six times! For me, I was never any good at softball, and since I doubt he got his hand-eye coordination from his mom (have you seen her play basketball?), I have no idea where out little Tiger got it from, but I’m sure glad he did!

05Apr/15

Hammer Fist, Side Kick, Knife Hands, Back Kick, Gummy Bears

April 5, 2015Smiling, Sportsdada

It’s been awhile since we last enrolled Tiger into an extracurricular activity, and since it was too cold a few months ago to do swimming, an opportunity to enroll him into karate was the obvious choice. Although this was his first ‘official’ karate class, Little Tiger is no stranger to karate, kung-fu, and ninja-style…in fact, he’s been trained by some of the best in the world. Do Masters Shi-fu, Oogway, and Splinter ring a bell? I thought so. And more recently, Kung-fu master Baymax also helped train our little fighting machine.

Little Tiger was super hyped and excited for his first class and even his little brother was happy for him. Great day all around.

05Mar/15

Soaking It Up

March 5, 2015Smiling, Sportsdada

At this age, little Tiger is soaking up pretty much everything we say, everything we do, and certainly all the little idiosyncrasies that his unsuspecting parents do. Although he’s been to the Science Center a million times, this time seemed a little different. He was more willing to try new things (we usually do the same things and have the routine down pat) and was overall great (it’s always great when a kid listens to you…especially when he’s already over excited).

The following day, we went to a birthday party in Jersey City and it only helped reinforce the importance of being near family. Sounds to me like the clock is ticking.

01Jan/15

Happy New Year 2015

January 1, 2015Good Eats, Laughing, Shopping, Smiling, Sports, Travelingdada

Happy New Year to everyone! To kick-off the new year, here are some photos from our recent California trip. As you know, for the first time ever, we took a week and a half long trip to our favorite places in California (San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego). In the week and a half that we had in Cali, we managed to go to the 49ers vs. Chargers game, Cal Academy of Science, Disneyland, Legoland, eat tons of great food, and of course, spend quality time with both our family and friends.

Seeing that our trip yielded hundreds of pictures (closer to a thousand), for this site, I’ll just post our SF trip, and for the rest of the trip, you’ll have to go to our Baby Horse’s site.

Here’s our baby Horse going on his first plane ride. It was a bit tough (4 poops in a 6-hour span, but we managed)