a little tennis anyone!?

after grabbing a little dinner at a japanese restaurant we grabbed some rackets and bears bike and headed to the tennis courts....

it was bears first time seeing tennis rackets...he kept calling it a bat at first.. and he really wasnt being teachable nor did he want to share his racket, BUT he did have a blast running around with the racket and chasing and throwing the balls!

right after i took this pick he through the ball right at my chest!
and when bears chase balls... they fall... and here's bears dirt smudges to prove it....
not sure that bears too much a fan of tennis, but we're glad we got to hang out togther and show him a little about this sport!
he likes "sporting!"

aquarium of the pacific!

we were supposed to head to Disney with grandma and grandpa but turned out auntie was blocked out today so we went on a different fieldtrip to the Aquarium!

and it looks as though i did NOT take many pix =/

but here are a few...

trying to touch the stingrays BUT all bear wanted to do was splash the water...
the seals and sea lions...

more....

and of course- water play!

the Aquarium was fun and afterwards we headed to Bubba Gumps for some yummy shrimp! thanks grandma and grandpa for a fun trip!

gracie turns T W O!!!

little gracies grounds turns two!

and yes it was elmo themed!

we had fun celebrating with her and some friends!

birthday girl- gracie and her little sister in the back-abby..
bear enjoying his cupcake!

some of the kiddies....

happy birthday gracie!

sporting

this evening we told bear we were grabbing in & out and then we were gonna play soccer...

but when we refer to soccer and his athletic shoes-- he likes to call it "sporting"

i think because when i showed him his new athletic shoes (only $5 each at target so i got him two pairs since papa wanted him to have some) he gave them a funny look (as did i).. but then i told him they were for running and playing sports in... so now he likes to use the word "sporting."

oh ya and the best part was that he was so excited to grab burgers and go sporting that when we walked out the door he stopped and said we gotta pray and so he stopped, put his hands together and said, "father in heaven thank you for this day. please bless the soccer field and our eating. in jesus name amen." cute right?! then he ran over to the car to hop in!

bear kicked around the ball a few times, but spent a good chunk of time wearing himself out by running back and forth across the field and then making dust clouds in the baseball field

(he likes making dust clouds too when we go on our weeknight walks through the hs field)

we also played a little on the playground equipment going through the tunnels and up and down the slides and throwing woodchips onto the bottom of the slide!

i love our "sporting" times =)

out the door!

we went to check on the bear and found that before he zzzzz he decided to toss his animals outta the crib and out the door! oh silly bear!

asher's f i r s t birthday!

happy first birthday asher!

mama and bear hitched a ride with auntio rossy & uncle jino.

we had a blast!

papa wennt to get tires for his car then headed out to watch our friend russ take bronze at his jiu jitsu competion!

vbs!

here they are on the last day- group pic. if you look closely you'll see that bear wanted no part in this pic- he was ready to go home!

since our church hasnt had a vbs program for awhile now, bear went with his cousins to their lolo's church (Church of the Word, Chino Hills) vbs.

we tried Day 1 but since peyton wasnt gonna stay i knew bear wouldnt and thus we didnt go to day2, but we did make it from wednesday till friday! whoo-hooo!

it was such a treat being able to leave the kiddies there... to learn about Jesus, sing songs, play, and eat. It allowed us momma's to go out and relax for a little over 3 hours each day!

bear LOVED the singing and dancing!

he got his certificate (which i need to take a pic of) and it said "most enthusiastic dancer!"

they even played his favorite song a few times "good song-y" aka "Every Move I Make."

here's bear...

showing off his moves...
there's cousins-Peyton and Taylor helping lead the songs...

here are some of the kids that were in bears class

hayden, justin, aj, and peyton...

Yay for an awesome time a vbs!

chino youth museum

i dont know why we've never thought to go before, but we finally did since our friend charlotte mentioned she was taking her kids to the chino youth museum!

it was a fun little field trip with kids size things to play with, explore and discover.

bear loved it!

here's bear going in and out of the newscasters studio (and that was right after he gave peyton a great big hug for no reason!)

bear liked talking on the phones. he sure was talking up a storm. i didnt catch everything he said, but i do know he was saying, "hello.. my name is bear.."
bear put himself in jail

bear and peyton tried on the firemen hats... a bit big, no?!

there was also a real, life-sized police motorcycle in this same exhibit, but bear wouldnt ride on it, but he just kept staring at it...

here they are on tv!- reporting the news...

just tay and bear with your news...

this exhibit was the kitchen/house...

fun (& educational) times at the chino youth museum with family and friends!

yay for discovering and exploring!

a bear and a lion raaaarrrrrr! and some seeeesters!

bear loooooves his lion!

beautiful seeesters!

cousins pic

peyton, taylor and bear =)

to infinity and beyond!

bear has been into Cars a lot and Toy Story (although he's only seen the 1st one), but we've watched Cars like a billion times already!

anyhow, bear has earned himself some cool Cars toys (posted previously) and

got this cool action figure today!

yup his very FIRST action figure- BUZZ LIGHT YEAR- to the rescue!

he LOVES it! and it's the karate chopping buzz- papa couldnt resist. hee hee

we passed by the toy aisle and buzz caught his eye and papa thought bear should have a little treat... just because

bear wanted to go to bed with it, but we had to convince him to let him "sleep" on the table next to his crib... =)

a little after-the-4th beach fun!

since we never made it out to the Knicks timeshare on the beach on saturday, we decided to go on Monday since papa had the day off, BUT

EVERYONE had the day off and depsite the cool, gloomy day- EVERYONE was at the beach!

so needless to say it was a bit stressful and trying to find free parking wasnt great either so we paid to get in!

we brought all of our skates and even brought bear his bike and helmet.

he opted for the bike and helmet vs his skate.

mama and papa skated alongside him while he excitedly biked around!

too bad we didnt get a pic! ha.

by the way-- surf was big... probably about 10-12 foot sets coming in...although you cant really see it in my picture below...

bear also loved playing with papa on the sand. he had a football and a soccer ball, but what did bear try and do?- wrestle papa to the ground! he's strong!

dear everyone, please dont ALL go out to the beach the same day and time that we go!
the beach is MIIIIIIINEE! hee hee!

4th fireworks!

today we went to church and i spent most of the time chasing around a bear with a little cold... after church there was an all-church bbq in the parking lot- fun stuff.

we headed home so bear could nap then we met up with grandma mia and grandpa dean for a fireworks show at Bonita HS....

there was lots of people, food and live entertainment...

there was a mini-pre-fireworks show, but bear wasnt too sure about the loud noises...

papa and bear. bear covered me in this pic ha.
mama and bear
oh ya there wre firetrucks too... and they gave out firehats!

bear met a friend named Jar-bear! bear shared a hat and a glow stick with him and Jar-bear shared a ball with bear...

this was bears FIRST fireworks show. he had to get used to the loud boom or "poow-poows" as he called them. he was covering his own ears earlier and for the big show mama had to cover bears ears and he kept that sippy cup is his mouth as "comfort!"

and some of the fireworks!

happy 4th! POW!

4th of july parade!

since bear is older we thought that we'd head out to la verne's 4th of July parade...

grandma mia came with us and we met up with aunt gina, abbey and katelyn.

abbey let bear hold the flag she made.

bear enjoyed seeing the firetrucks and stuff, but a couple times he put his hand over his ears and said it was too loud...and sometimes the sirens scared/surprised him a little...
the "floats" were tossing out candy and stuff...

took this pic cuz it looked like "Doc" from Cars...

bear loved the live music/band floats...

grandma and bear

thank you fellow soldiers for fighting for our country and protecting us!

potty training update...

pix to come...
so far so good... bear is much better at potty training....
when we're home he's usually just in undies and lets us know when he has to go, "mama i have to go potty!" infortunately when he says that it's right when he has to go, BUT thankfully most of the time we make it! then he gets to choose a "special" sticker and it goes on his chart and once he fills up a chart he gets a little toy reward- and since he's been crazy about Cars, that's what he's been getting as rewards!
naps/bedtime-diapers
out and about- once in awhile just undies, but most of the time- pull-ups!
yay bear!

2yr dr visit

after rescheduling his 2 yr appt several times we finally made it!

bear showed off all his talking skills to the nurse and the dr.

when the nurse first came in, he gave a puzzled look at said, "jabaji?!"

and the nurse smiled and said she'll be in later.

its cute how he remembers the doctors name/face and wanted her.

he even sang his abc's for the nurse, but he wouldn't do it for the dr.

bear is just under 27lbs

and just about 34" in height =)

he was a big boy when he got a shot. he said "heeey!" and then asked for his lollipop!

Father's Day 2010

Fathers day celebrations started on friday with dinner for my dad at Spaghetti Eddies...

good times BUT we have to remember no late dinners with kiddos!

we when were saying bye bear said to grandpa "bye grandpa, love you!"

and grandpa got all choked up! so cute

saturday we headed to the beach with the Martinez' and the Luna's

papa played with the kids in the sand and the loved it...

Jino and Rob surfed...

bear surfed =)
see?!

and mama and christy actually went out and surfed a little too...

sunday after church we headed to the high desert to spend time with great papa and great nana and the rest of the fam... kiddie pool for the kids and yummy bbq sliders!

Thank you Father for blessing us with our dads/hubbies/grandparents. Bless them and teach them to be more like you everyday!