October 13, 2008

• Sea-Themed Weekend

  We definitely had an oceanic weekend around here. Saturday was Jack's first trip to the aquarium, and Sunday, we pigged out on seafood! I'll start with the aquarium trip.

  The trip was actually Amy's idea. Those of you who read Amy's blog know that she and Han recently moved to Long Beach (yay!), and now that they're all settled into their apartment, they invited me, Johnny and Jack to come over, see their place, have lunch and then go to the aquarium. There was so much to be excited for about this day with Amy and Han -- of course, getting to spend time with them, but also meeting their Shiba, Miso, their cat, Toastie, and taking Jack to the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific for the first time!

  For such a big day, I dressed Jack in his most hipster outfit ever. It's a birthday present from Aunt Kathy, and Johnny commented that he looked better than his parents, ha. Check out his cool Guess shirt, cargo pants, belt, and his checkered Vans (those were courtesy of June, who has a matching pair).

  

  Amy and Han's apartment is beautiful and well-organized. If you know them, though, that is no surprise. Jack loved Miso and Toastie, who were really cute and patient with Jack.

  Jack wanted nothing more than to play with Toastie, who hid out on the piano; Jack shares a moment with Miso

  

  Amy with Miso. See, Miso is the appropriate size for a Shiba. Atari is giant!

  

  After spending some time at Amy and Han's place, we went to lunch at this amazing creperie. Oh, I so want to go back and sample all the crepes on the menu! Amy and Han treated us, which was so sweet. After lunch, it was time for the aquarium. Jack enjoyed looking at the fish, but as it was slightly past his naptime, he soon became tired and wanted nothing more than to push his stroller, and became irate whenever we tried to pick him up. Luckily, Amy and Han were very understanding, and despite spending less than an hour at the aquarium after paying $10 per ticket, they left with us when Jack became, uh, less than pleasant. Amy even bought Jack a really cute otter and baby otter stuffed animal when we left. I felt very bad that they only got such a short time at the aquarium, but they were such gracious hosts! Thank you, Amy and Han! Next time we'll do an adults-only double date so that there are no temper tantrums.

  Even considering the naptime fiasco, Jack had a good time, and it was really fun to watch him react to the fish and the lorikeets. However, I think this experience has confirmed that we really need to wait to do Disneyland or any bigger parks. It was fine when he threw a fit at the aquarium, where adult tickets were only $10 (and his was free), but I can't imagine driving all the way to Disneyland, paying $50 for a ticket, and dealing with a nap-related tantrum! I know plenty of parents do it, but I think we'll be waiting for at least a few more months, and probably until next year. Anyway, here are the pictures!

  

   

  See Johnny using Jack's monkey leash in the second picture?

    

  Jack loved the lorikeets! In the pic with Amy and Han, look at Johnny and Jack's hilarious expressions!

   

  After that delightful day, Jack was definitely very tired but also wound up. Luckily, we relaxed him with a bath and storytime.

  I know this will really embarrass Jack in the future, but I had to share the naked picture. The fact that he's so happy and holding his sippy cup while naked was really funny!

   

  We spent yesterday with my mom, June and Charles, and our sea-themed weekend continued, with Boiling Crab for dinner. We feasted on a couple pounds of shrimp, a pound of crawfish, and three pounds of king crab legs. Mmm! As usual, we had a great time, especially Jack -- he gets very spoiled at Grandma's!

  My mom gave Jack his first fudgesicle! He loved it! After they were done, he kept going back to the same spot in the kitchen and sitting there, waiting for another one!

  

  Jack also played piano and later played with the barking stuffed dog with my mom

   

  And here's a video of Jack playing piano!

  I, however, was not so lucky, and instead typed up some lecture notes for June  But, for the record, I did volunteer to do it, because she has so much else to do for school, and because it's just straight transcription from the recorded lecture -- something I actually enjoy doing!

  

  So that was our weekend. Today is Jack's 15-month appointment. I will update with those stats later!

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