Zula Patrol and the Planetarium

Matthew and Jeffrey invited us and the Tanaka's to watch a show, the Zula Patrol, at the planetarium this evening. It's a show that he watches when he visits his grandpa. We've never heard of it before. When mommy looked it up on the internet, she found out that our cable provider doesn't offer the channel that airs the show. But since I've learned about planets and had expressed interest in them, she thought I might like it.

The planetarium had a dome top and was dark. Perfect for grandpa to take a nap. Mason also fell asleep during the show, which is good because he didn't nap earlier. I stayed awake the entire time. It was like being at the movies. After the show was over, the astronomer (that's a fancy word for someone who knows a lot about stars, planets and space), turned on the star ball which projects the night sky on the dome. I learned about Polaris (or the North Star), the big and little dipper Jupiter, Orion's belt, and the Seven Sisters (also known as Pleiades or Subaru in Japanese). Now every time I see a Subaru, I point out the logo and say it's the Six Sisters. (Mommy usually corrects me, but I insist that it's six and not seven).

After the show, we ran around outside and then went to dinner at the Galleria, a Korean food court. We haven't gone to dinner together in a really long time. I enjoyed hanging out with my friends and running around. Grandpa bought us a giant shaved ice for dessert. It was yummy!

Thanks for inviting us the show, Matthew and Jeffrey! I really enjoyed it.

Grandma, Grandpa and Racing

No, grandma and grandpa didn't do a race. But wouldn't it be neat if they did? They came over this morning to hang out with me and Mason while mommy, daddy and auntie Judy did the Hit and Run 5K race. Last night when mommy was putting me to bed, she told me that grandma and grandpa were going to come over. I sat up and got really excited.

Me: I might be a little bit crazy when they first get here.
Mommy: Really?
Me: Yes. (nodding my head up and down)
Mommy: Is that because you'll be very excited to see grandma and grandpa?
Me: Yes. I love it when they come over.
Mommy: I'm sure grandma and grandpa will be very excited to see you and Mason too. It's good to be a crazy and excited, but it's also good if you calm down after they get here.

Sure enough when they rang our doorbell, Mason and I went crazy. We can't help it. We just get so happy and excited when I see grandma and grandpa. We did our usual Saturday routine with grandma and grandpa - cooking class for me, swimming for Mason and Panera for lunch. M

When mommy, daddy and auntie Judy got home, Mason and I were awake. No one took a nap. So, daddy showed us the video from their race. They said it was only okay because there was a lot of waiting at each obstacle. I thought the obstacles looked fun, like jumpy houses. Check out the video that daddy made:

Science is fun

We had a science fair yesterday and the day before. The day before was the science fair for the Two's. Yesterday was the science fair for Pre-K. There were different stations for the kids and parents to visit.

For the Two's Science Fair there was a volcano table, a moon dough table, a magnet table, a water/magnet table where you could fish and a pine cone table. Mason's favorite was the volcano and water/magnet table. He liked making the baking soda bubble and erupt when he squirted colored vinegar on it. For obvious reasons, he also liked the water/magnet table. He liked splashing his hands in the water more than fishing for fish with a magnetic fishing rod.

For my science fair there was a bubble station, spinning airplane station, paint station, ice & oil station and a rain station. I did all of them expect the paint station. At the ice and oil station, I dropped an ice cube into the oil. Daddy says that station is about density. Uh...okay. I just thought it was cool to drop ice into oil, watch it melt and separate. My favorite one was the airplane station where I made a looper airplane. When you throw it the airplane spins.

Hot wheels and s'mores

Mommy mentioned that Grey (really, it's uncle Edric) has been really into Hot Wheels lately.  So this evening we went to check out their collection and tracks. Mommy wasn't kidding! There was a super crazy, long track in their family room. The beginning of the track was taped to their humongous TV. There were sideways loops, an upside down loop and a jump too. It was a-mazing!

Mason and I LOVED it. As soon as we walked in, we made a beeline for the Hot Wheels track and cars. We loved it so much that we didn't want to eat dinner. But mommy said that we had to eat dinner. Otherwise, there would be no dessert. And dessert was going to be something really yummy and fun.

Turns our dessert was making s'mores at Auntie Luann's house (she's auntie Char's neighbor). They were having a s'more party in their front yard to welcome the Japanese Exchange student they were hosting for a couple of weeks. I had fun roasting the marshmallow and even more fun eating the s'more. So did Mason. If you look really carefully in the picture, you'll see that got marshmallow all over his face.

After eating our s'more, I told daddy that I wanted to go back to Grey's house so we could play more Hot Wheels.

Boys Day Out

Since Mommy was sick this weekend, Daddy took us out for a boys day. He wouldn't tell us where we were going. He said it was a surprise. The last time we went somewhere that was a surprise, we ended up at Disneyland! Hmm...maybe we were going there again. A kid can hope, right?

Well, daddy didn't take us to Disneyland. Instead he took us to the Monterey Bay Aquarium. We practically had the entire place to ourselves! There was no one there. I guess Sunday afternoon is a good time to visit. We got to go around the aquarium twice and see all the fish and sea life. And mommy got to rest!