Sight For 4 Eyes! - Sept 30

Almost exactly 1 year ago Chloe was fitted for her first real pair of prescription glasses. She was excited and she has worn them successfully for an entire year without breaking or significantly scratching or damaging them. Proud parenting moment when your kid proves she is sometimes a responsible little human being. LOL. A few weeks back we both went in for our eye exam(s) and last week we scooted over to Costco to pick out some stylish new frames. Chloe actually picked hers out a few months ago which turned out to be a blessing because when we went back they didn't even have them on the wall as a choice. This kid if nothing else is the most decisive kid I have ever met. She says she wants something and she doesn't want anything else. We are weirdly similar in that way. =)

Her glasses were ready much faster than mine and we picked them up earlier this week. BOOM. Transformed into a different kid! I've said it before, I'll say it again: kids that wear glasses today are SO LUCKY. Stylish frames, thin lenses..oh man did I have some fun ones when I was a kid.

Just a few pics of the girl in her new specs. Have a great weekend, folks~
-B

TOP GUN! - Sept 23

I race R/C cars. It's fun, I love it. It probably sounds extremely dorky to the average person, but it's just something I have been into from a young age. When I was a kid, I remember getting my first car and it was awesome..and expensive...and it broke a lot. Not really a hobby even though it's aimed at kids that makes much sense for kids. When I was old enough to race, my friend and I were always like the youngest kids there it was always adults with..jobs and money. LOL.

Anyway, I remember selling off my stuff around the time that I started to need the money for my *real* car. When I was 21 or 22 I purchased a few cars from a guy and kind of got back into it a little bit with some guys I worked with but there still wasn't anywhere to race. Then, about 3 years ago I found out there was a track in Union City (about 30 minutes away) so I made a trip over there and shortly thereafter sold all my old r/c stuff and picked up a new "ready to run"(fully assembled)car to try to start racing again. For the last 3 years I have spent practically every Wednesday night racing and it has been a blast. Anyway, long story long, last weekend the track that I race at(now in San Jose) held their 7th annual "TOP GUN" race. It was the 3rd time I have been able to participate in this big race and the winner of each class is competing for an authentic, customized "TOP GUN" fighter pilot helmet. Basically, a dorky trophy.

The last 2 years I was able to finish 2nd and 3rd but never able to put it in the winners circle...until this year. I WON! I was mostly excited to bring home this stupid helmet and show Chloe. I figured she would get a kick out of it and...she didn't really care that much. LOL. We goofed around and I snapped some pics of her with it..and here we are.

Have a great weekend, folks~

-B

Signs Of Fall! - Sept 16

The weird thing about doing this blog now for so long is that things just start to happen without me even realizing almost exactly a year has gone by since the last time basically the same thing happened. Confused? LOL.

What I mean is, last week as Chloe and I were walking the dog an area caught my attention(that I noticed the year before) was already starting to pile up with fallen leaves. Every day when we walk the dog Chloe has this fascination with collecting sticks and leaves so when I mentioned to her that we would come back to snap a few pictures with the leaves, she remembered immediately doing it last year and was excited to do it again.

Looking back, had I posted the photos last week it would have been exactly 1 year from the last time we did this. The strange part is, now 2 years in a row she wore an "Inside Out" shirt which I thought was weird. Last year she did not have her glasses yet and had not lost her big front teeth so she definitely looks completely different this year. In a way it's sort of fun creating these stupid little traditions and I'm glad that Chloe is still interested to play along. =)

Have a great weekend, folks~
-B

Not Scared Of The Dentist!- Sept 9

Busy week but not many pictures to prove it, unfortunately. Last weekend was a long 3 day "labor day" weekend so in addition to our regularly scheduled weekend full of who knows what, we had an additional day Monday to do whatever. We ran some errands and did some things, headed to the park and tried Chloe's hand at actual Tennis and shot some basketball. Family stuff.

On Wednesday, I took Chloe in to the dentist to have her permanent molars "sealed". The dentist, in fact, is the same exact dentist that I had my teeth done when I was a kid. I may have told this story before but the dentist actually has in his file a note about me crying hysterically I believe when they had to do some work on a cavity. I can't remember how old I was, but we have a good laugh about it basically every time I go in there. He walked by while the lady was doing Chloe's teeth and commented about how great Chloe was doing with it. Then he told me a story about how his daughter went to college and came back with 8 cavities. WEIRD.

30 minutes in the chair and we were out of there. Chloe handled it like a champ. Hopefully this combined with her fantastic dental habits she has learned from her flossing, brushing parents will set her up pretty well. =)

Have a great weekend, folks~

-B

The Chore Chart - Sept 2

Well week one of Chloe starting school "late" has come to an end. It's kind of trippy, but so far so good. The dumb thing of course is that smack dab in the middle of the week they have the oddball day where everybody comes and goes at the same (earlier) time. The real difference for me comes with the insanity that is 3pm pick up. The rest of the school all gets out right around 3pm so it becomes a crazy parking/driving free for all when 900 parents are all trying to pick their kids up without having to get out of the car. I've been hearing people complain about this for a while now on facebook and it seems to be much worse at other schools but I can definitely vouch, it's a thing. I've been playing with what time I get there and where I park which I still have yet to find the best method of the two..but I have plenty of time to work it out. lol.

Something we have been sort of "soft launching" this chore chart thing for Chloe which I imagine parent's are familiar with in some capacity. Going through the summer we definitely had some attitude issues and some general conflicts that seem to come with the kid being 6 years old(or so I'm told). This so far has been a good way to get Chloe into good behavior and potentially earning some things that she wants. It's been working pretty well so far and I imagine we will continue to fine tune it as time goes on. I also think starting back into school has helped in tuning Chloe's attitude. Hopefully she won't make a liar out of me!

Have a great weekend, folks~

-B