Summer Vacation Mode

Summer is in full swing. We still haven't gotten used to our summer schedule yet since we've been on vacation and all that good stuff. Now that there's time, I brought the kids to VF to have lunch at the much anticipated opening of Din Tai Fung. But before that, the kids had some fun browsing around some stores.

 These kids are getting way too big for this play structure

 Char insisted I take a picture of her and Kylo Ren

 Blue and gold... must be a Warriors game later tonight

 DTF!

Verdict? It was okay. Not amazeballs though. This definitely does not live up to its hype. I think I liked the spicy won tons more than the XLBs. 

 Homeboy is obsessed with Star Wars

 Isn't this pretty impressive though? Free draw! No help at all!

Lucas does not nap anymore. It's hard trying to figure out what to do with him while his sister naps and I want some downtime. 

 iPads... my favorite babysitter

While most people like to relax over their first week of break, I like to deconstruct the whole house and move rooms around. Here, the playroom has been revived once again. The three days before that happened resulted in a house that's a complete mess! 

 New playroom, side 1

 New playroom, side 2

 Matching Tsum sisters

 A restaurant with a chalk board? Yes!

 Last tee ball game of the season

Fresh turf!

We redid half our backyard so now it looks like our field got doubled and the kids can finally roam free in the backyard! Woohoo! 

Summer Begins!

It's here! I've been waiting for this moment to come since March. I'll be honest, it's been a long/tough school year. But now, I'm done and it's time to recharge for next year! The only downside of summer vacay is that the weather is in the 90s/100s this week and I am not in the comfort of my perfectly air conditioned classroom. 

Sweet moment

I hope they stay best friends forever. 

 Dipping Dots during Field Day

 Hangin' with Mommy during the last day of school

 First summer selfie

 Celebrating the end of the school year with friends

 Summer workout

 Both kids always request salmon sashimi when we eat Japanese

Yummy dessert to start off our summer vacation 

 Very rare of this kid to take a nap

Lucas is the only person in the house who doesn't take naps. I seriously have no idea what to do with him in the afternoons when he is home. He's bored out of his mind and eventually I cave and let him play on his iPad. Help! I don't really want to entertain him the entire time either since I want some "me time" as well. 

 Star Wars addict

Getting their SW summer reading on... again!

 We only kept one of the Stormtroopers

Using the force to make his tower fall

 Apple and apple

 Start of late night summer sleepovers

 Pancake Saturday!

 Happy it's summer family selfie

McDonald's breakfast? Spoiled kid...

 First time both kids lasted through a movie at the theater

Well, to give them credit, they did sit through a lot of Star Wars. The crazies are almost done with all SIX movies and will be on their way to watch The Force Awakens soon. Both kids officially know more SW than me now. 

Tomorrow is what I consider the first "real" day of summer for me. For the past two weeks, the house has been chaotic since I've been trying to finish so much for school. I already wrote my huge to-do list and it seems like it'll take forever to cross everything off. One of my biggest projects this week is shifting a few rooms around (like last summer) to utilize each room to it's fullest capacity. So, stay tuned!

Case of a Summeritis Weekend

The time has come! It's the last week of the school year! Hello summer break! I've been waiting for you to come since April!

 Silly kids saying "adios airplane" (to an airplane)

 Construction birthday party

 Pre-church selfie

 Luco-Ren

 Charlo-Ren

 Work break date with son

Proud of what he built

Although academics is over, I still have two full school days with the students. I'm scrambling right now trying to print out enough busy work so that we're not playing games/watching movies all day long. Next Sunday night, I'll be a very, very relieved person. Hello summer break in five more days!

A Star Wars Kind of Weekend

The craze has hit this household! All have been hit with a contagious round of SW-itis, except for Mommy of course. She is just a poser who enjoys collecting BB8 stuff and wearing SW shirts. I really don't know how it happened. One day, Lucas came home and said he liked Star Wars (I guess all the other boys in his class like it too?) and he suddenly became obsessed. Gone are the Paw Patrol days. Now it's all about SW. Dad could not be happier. Mommy benefits too because that means she gets to retreat to her office while the kids bother Dad about SW stuff.

 Guess what they're doing?

 You got it! The kids actually watched the ENTIRE trilogy over the weekend!

These guys are young binge watchers! Insane! I fell asleep two times because SW is so boring! There are a million other shows I would rather watch...

 Building a bug during his SW break

Before the SW craze hit this household, we already got tickets to the SJ Giants SW day. 

 Posing for Mommy (they can pass for twins here, huh?)

 Every time the Giants got a hit, Chewie roared

 Happy SW baseball day!

 No longer looking like twins

 That sassy girl...

 The kids only lasted three innings because they wanted to go home and finish SW

Pit stop @ Tea Lyfe before going home

Finally appreciating all the SW toys around the house

And that was the weekend. While the three SW lovers were binge watching on the couch, I got to finish up a lot of things. Okay, who am I kidding? I spent A LOT of time playing my Tsum game. I also made sure I was productive while I finished up my end-of-the-year gifts to my students. The end is near! For a teacher, the last two weeks are THE hardest weeks of the school year. Summer... come to me!