PoPo and Gong Gong came to stay with us last week to watch the kids during their last week of summer vacation. PoPo went swimming with the kids. Natalie and Tyler poked fun at her and her swimsuit “haha old lady swimsuit!”, but they had fun swimming with her.

She taught them to stretch before swimming

We went bowling this evening, this time the whole gang came. We got a deal from Groupon and needed to use them soon cause they were expiring. Natalie and Tyler love bowling and they were super excited that everyone else was coming too.

After bowling we went to eat a late dinner at Cooking Papa. Natalie enjoyed a hong kong style tea with dad.

This afternoon we fa la la’d and hung around the house watching the Olympics. Natalie and Wileen were playing Draw Something with each other. It’s a sign of the times.

In the evenings after dinner I try to get the kids to take walks with me. The other day I asked Tyler to take a walk with me. At first he said ‘No’ cause he was playing but for some reason he changed his mind. He came to my room and said, “ok, let’s go.” I was working on my laptop and asked him to wait a minute. He then said to me “now or never!”

At the parking lot of the San Jose flea market is a night market that is happening Saturday nights through September. We checked it out tonight. Lots of food trucks and some local vendors were there.

The kids had a hot dog and cupcakes. David and I shared mini sloppy joes and a doughnut burger. It was pretty good!

Tyler wrote his name on one of the trucks. His eyes were closed because he said the flash was too bright.

The kids started swim lessons at the cabana club yesterday. They started in level one but got swim tested and got moved to level three today.

While we were in LA for the 4th of July holiday, we decided to take the kids to Universal Studios. It was their first time going. Natalie and Jay got to ride all the rides. Tyler had to skip out on the Mummy Returns ride because he wasnt tall enough. It turns out it was a pretty scary ride, according to Nat and Jay.

We walked the red carpet

We got to ride the new Transformers 3-D ride. As Tyler simply put it, “IT WAS AWESOME!”

We got to meet Optimus Prime (there’s a real person inside)

Sat by the Hollywood sign

Natalie was pretty nervous on the Jurassic Park ride

We met the Lorax

On the tour

The kids enjoyed lunch at Mcdonald’s and then got to swimming at Uncle Preeda’s house. I arrived that night to happy kids!

Day 5 was a Saturday. PoPo and Gong Gong took the kids on a bus tour that included a lavender farm and blueberry farm.

Lunch was at a casino!

The kids had a great time picking blueberries. Natalie reported that Tyler was picky with his blueberries and only wanted to pick big ones, therefore he did not fill his bucket. Natalie filled her bucket though. The blueberries were very sweet!

The kids continue to do some homework everyday. The video below shows Tyler singing while doing his homework. He’s a funny little kid.

We had a few face time chats tonight. The kids were fighting over holding the iPod and talking to me 1:1. Tyler finally told me he missed me today.