I Dropped Something Down the Toilet

In the past few days, Daddy has been asking me to sit on the toilet for a few minutes before lifting me up into the bath tub for bath.  Although it’s no different today, I did feel something in my tummy, and suddenly, something fell from my tummy, into the toilet. 

Why is it so exciting?  I don’t know.  But Daddy went to grab the camcorder right away, and Mommy walked over with a smile on his face.  Sometimes my parents are really this confusing!

When Alicia is Sleeping…

For the longest time, I thought my Sister, Alicia, doesn’t sleep.  She seems to be crying ALL THE TIME!  And when she’s not crying, it’s either she’s eating, sleeping, or being held by Mommy or Daddy.  She always needs someone’s attention.  So unlike me!

The video below was filmed during one of those rare moments of Alicia being quiet.  It really doesn’t happen that often!  So enjoy this ‘strawberry time’ with me!

A Short Trip to… Where?

In case you haven’t heard, Daddy’s Summer vacation has ended last week.  He returned to work this week, and life without him in the morning is especially tough!  Because, you know, my voice is not being heard in the house when the boys to girls ratio is 1 to 2.  I missed seeing Daddy’s face when I open my eyes every morning. 

When Mommy told me this morning that we are leaving, and she grabbed that small suitcase, I thought I was never going to see Daddy again!  But my only question was… “Do we have to bring Alicia?”

It turned out that Mommy is taking us to meet Daddy at work.  I knew something was up when Mommy stayed up late last night packing.  I just thought she was just packing up to send Alicia away. 

So Mommy put Alicia and Myself in the car, and off we went.  Where are we going?  The Disneyland Resort!

Noticed that I said ‘Resort’, and not just Disneyland?  This is because we got to stay at the brand new expansion of the Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel for a night!  How/Why?  Well, what we didn’t know was that prior to Daddy taking his Summer vacation, he was busy working on the opening of the Disney’s Vacation Club at the Grand Californian Hotel.  The first Vacation Club from Disney on the West Coast!  Along with this Vacation Club, it also came with an additional 200 rooms expansion to the Grand Californian Hotel.  (You can read more about it here and here.)  Now that the hotels are ready to be opened in a week, Daddy received an invitation for a complimentary preview stay! 

Here’s a video of the room that we stayed in.  This is an upgraded park-view room, overlooking Disney’s California Adventure.  Daddy said we are the very first people who stayed in this room.  Nobody has ever stayed in this room before us!  However, I have to say I wasn’t that impressed by this room at all.  Especially when I compared this room against THEhotel and Bellagio that I had previously stayed.  The size of the room, the view, the bathroom, TV, etc. are all, in my opinion, sub-par to the aforementioned hotels.  Judge it for yourself!

Here’s a day-time view of the room.  Listen to the noise coming from the Mulholland Madness ride.

Here’s a night-time view of the room.  The machinery noise is still there!  Thankfully, the sound insulation is very well-done for our room.  All I could hear is Alicia’s crying at night.

But enough on the rooms.  Let’s hit the park!

First up, King Arthur Carousel.  Unfortunately, the King wasn’t there when I arrived.  All I saw were his horses, just like last time.

Next up, the Dumbo the Flying Elephant ride!  And if you watch the entire movie clip, you’ll get a glimpse of what Alicia is doing while I’m having so much fun!

Hey, it’s not my fault that Alicia didn’t pass the height requirement!  More importantly, it wasn’t me who dragged her along either!

Believe it or not, the Dumbo ride pretty much concluded Day 1 of Disneyland.  Because right after this Dumbo video was taken, Daddy realized that my pants is all wet because Mommy and Daddy have totally forgotten to change my diaper.  And right after the diaper change, it was time to feed Alicia.  Although we did swing by Toontown, we didn’t take any pictures, nor videos.  The good news is, we still have tomorrow!

Guess who did I get to meet first thing the following day?

Yup, that’s Daddy’s Boss.  You’ll notice that I wasn’t particularly interested in him because if he’s the reason why Daddy had to end his Summer Vacation so soon, I just didn’t want to be near him!

After we met with the rat-head, we walked down Main Street, USA, and I saw horses.  Two of them!

My final ride of the day/weekend is the Autopia ride.  I was so looking forward to this ride because this is the ride that I would really get to drive a car!

Before I conclude this long post, here are some pictures taken mostly from Day 1.  In fact all of them are from Day 1.

Grandma Loves Who?

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I Talk IF/When I Want To

Yes, lately I have been busy learning a new language.  This language is so unique that for every numeric digit, there are 2 pronunciations for it.  For example, the number ‘2’ is pronounced as ‘too’, ‘yee’, or (my preference) just stick 3-to-5 fingers up.  Mommy and Daddy would accept either one of these expressions.  And they get very excited and happy when they see me doing just that.

Here’s a video of Mommy asking me to pronounce some words.  Enjoy!

Another Day at the Beach!

It appeared that Mommy and Daddy really enjoyed the beach last time.  So I have agreed to go to the beach again with them, just to make them happy.  Why did I do that?  Because I’m known for putting a smile of people’s face.  I guess I’m born with it!

After some discussions, Mommy and Daddy decided to return to the same beach that we went to last week.  That’s absolutely fine with me, because whatever makes them happy, will make me happy too!

We didn’t pack as much food as we did last week, because we want to save time.  Instead, we bought some fast food on our way to the beach, so that once we arrived there, they can start having some fun.

First thing first… picture time!  Let’s start with Mommy…

 

And here are all the pictures that I took with Daddy.  Do you notice that Daddy looked different in these pictures?

 

Here comes some solo shots of me, entertaining my parents.  Oh, and that girl you see in the pictures, she’s just one of the many that walked up to me that day.  No big deal!

 

Here are some pictures of me playing ball with Daddy.  Daddy said he had a few girls walked up to me trying to strike a conversation too.  But I didn’t see any in these pictures.  Do you?

 

Towards the end of the day, we had some left over food.  Daddy and I were throwing some of the food to the hungry seagulls in this video below.

 

By now, I was super tired! After Daddy walked with me to the trash bin, all I wanted was to head back to my car. As you can see from this video below, Daddy had to convinced me that 'we don't leave family members behind.' I think Daddy told me that he left his car key with Mommy and we had to walk back to get the keys, or something, to fooled me.  I really didn’t care.  I just wanted a nap!

 

I fell asleep faster than the BMW’s automatic door lock!

Dining Out with 公公 and 婆婆

Yes!  Thanks to Alicia, the-topic-of-the-month girl, I got to eat-out tonight.  Uncle Joseph and Aunt Annie are taking all of us out for dinner with 公公 and 婆婆 (Grandparents.)  I’ve been trapped inside the house for past few weeks, all because of Alicia.  Mommy and Daddy couldn’t go anywhere fun, with me, because “we have to stay home to look after Alicia.”  What is up with that?

So here we are at the Chinese Restaurant for dinner.  Of course everyone swamped my Sister, wanting to hold her and kiss her.  Did I panic?  Of course not.  I stayed calm in my seat…

 

 

... and before you know it, the tide had turned. Remember, I talk, I walk, I jump, and I smile. She doesn't! When you know all these tricks, there is only one thing that is certain...

 

 

So what do you get by melting your Grandparents’ heart?  “Freedom!”  I was no longer bound by the highchair at that point.  Meanwhile, I’m sure you all saw where my little sister was in the previous video.  And did Daddy say a word?  Nope.

 

 

If you want to get an idea on how fun this evening is, from my Sister's point of view, check out her post here.  Boring!

Before I go, here are a few pictures taken with Aunt Annie.  I bet she prefers a boy over a girl too!

 

Another Day at the Pool

Something about this first video below…

• It does NOT have sound
• It is NOT in HD
• It has no sound and no HD because Daddy was testing his camcorder’s slow motion feature
• And if you pause the video at the ‘0:08’ mark, I looked like I was flying in the air.  Pretty cool!
• At the same ‘0:08’ mark, if you look closer, you can also see the tan line on my thigh. 

Yup, Daddy and I spent another day at the pool.  After spending some exciting time at the beach, I was really hoping for some waves.  The pool just seemed too calm for my liking.  But not to worried!  Daddy managed to keep my swimming as exciting as possible.  You can also see in the video footage below that I’m beginning to understand the concept of ‘swimming.’  I predict that I will be able to swim across this pool, on my own, without any floating device(s), very soon!

My First Visit to the Beach

It’s been a very hot few days already, and I’ve been at the pool with Daddy almost every day since I last posted my first swim of the year.

Today, Mommy and Daddy decided that it’s time for me to try out a new place for swimming.  The beach!  In case you don’t know, I have never been to a beach in my life!  The closest thing to a beach that I visited was when I was at that ‘fake’ beach at The Hotel / Mandalay Bay swimming pool in Las Vegas during my last visit back in April of this year.  Otherwise, I really don’t know what real sand feels like. 

So after a short drive, we arrived at Seal Beach.  Once we have found a place to park our car, Mommy and Daddy carried lots of stuff, along with Alicia and myself, and headed down to the beach.  Since Daddy had Alicia in his arms, I was left with no choice but to hold Mommy’s hand, while walking towards the ocean.  Let me tell you, walking on sand is not that easy! 

After we have found a place to settle in, Mommy and Daddy started their beachside luncheon with some food that Mommy prepared.  Just when I was telling Daddy not to eat too full because he needs to go swimming with me later, Daddy told me that he’s not going to swim!!  What?  Why take me to the beach if you’re not going to swim?  And Daddy looked pretty serious too because he was still wearing that same pair of pants, with no intention of changing something into more ‘water friendly.’

So here it is!  I’m heading towards the water with Daddy!

Did I look like I was afraid of the ocean, let alone water?  Of course I’m not afraid of the water.  Instead, I was extremely eager to get into the water.  You can probably tell by watching this video below.

And when Daddy and I ran out of stuff to do while at the beach, he and I would go chase the birds around the beach.

 

If we get real tired again, we would head back to the water to relax for a bit.

 

Time flies when you’re doing something fun.  Here are some pictures that were taken from today.

 

Last but not least, it’s been a fun day at the beach!  Mommy and Daddy promised me that if I’m to become a good boy, they will bring me back to the beach very soon.  Let’s see when will that be!

No, That’s Not Daddy!

Ever since my swimming pictures were published, I’ve been receiving a lot of emails, specifically from Hong Kong, telling me that this guy looks like Daddy. 

 

Although I don’t know who he is, I still think Daddy looks better!  What do you think?