Anime Lovers: 2011

Black Belt 2nd Stripe Test

Tonight is part 2 of Finn’s Black Belt Test towards 2nd Dan. He did pretty well (^_^)

He was even able to do speed breaking on his first try. They don’t get to practice breaking techniques before the test.

Good job Finn!

We were at Walmart and this 19” TV was on sale. When Finn saw it, he said “This will be perfect in my room!” Coz what he currently has in his room is a 13” tube TV. So we said it was gonna be his early birthday gift.

Little did he know that we have another gift for him that we were supposed to give on the day of, but couldn’t wait anymore so we gave it to him already. Look at his face when he realized what it was (^_^)

We already installed some of the games that he’s been playing on our phones. And daddy gets a big kiss. He’s been asking for a phone for a while now. Although this means that he won’t have gifts to open on his actual birthday =P

Holiday Program

This is Finn’s 4th Grade class singing Christmas Island and 12 Days of Christmas at the school’s Holiday Program this morning.

Lenape Indians

Finn’s first diorama project is about the Lenape Indians, the original New Jerseyans. This was due today and Finn said that he got an A for it (^_^) Good job mommy! Well, I did all the cutting and printed the background, plus the little plot of farm. Finn planned out the space, then went shopping with me for some of the materials. The trees and plants for the farm we got from our yard. The longhouse interior is a butter container that we wrapped with felt and flexible stems. The sparkly water is made from foil and blue cellophane gift wrap. The grass is made from scrub sponges then we put deer moss on top of floral foam to stick the branches for trees. Finn did all the taping and gluing. Cool huh!

Thanksgiving 2011

There were no plans with friends this year so it was a quiet Thanksgiving for us. The only thing I made was the mashed potatoes =P Everything was prepared by Jojo. We ate while watching animes. Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

New Toy

Hello Siri! We’ve never paid for our phones, well, except for the very first one we had here back in 2001. After that, we always get the free phones. So Jojo thought it was ok to splurge on this one (^_^)

Fall colors

We weren’t able to take a drive to see the fall foliage this year because of the wonky weather. But I took these as Raven and I were walking home from school this morning, after we dropped Finn off.

And here’s Raven with the cone off!

Gotham Police

This morning, my managing director called me and she was really excited, saying that they’re filming Batman in Newark and that she and her daughter are going there, did I want to come along … of course! Good thing I had showered already and was dressed for the day =P So they came to pick me up and we went to Newark. First thing we saw were all these squad cars and swat trucks and armored cars …. OMG!!! It was sooooo coooollll!

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Then as we were walking around looking for the set, my MD spoke with Jerry the sound guy who pointed us towards to the park where Batman and Catwoman were. So we went, it was freezing, and we had to stand there waiting for a glimpse of them. We only saw Anne Hathaway … or rather her long black hooded coat and her hands =P We were probably out in the cold for about 3 hrs, then had lunch and I had to go home after lunch to pick-up Finn from school.

Seeing those squad cars were really awesome and I wanted to sneak inside, hehehe. What would have made the day even better was if we saw the Batmobile.

Where is …. ?

We didn’t really teach her this. We just asked Raven to look for Finn and she did! Then we asked her to look for Jojo, and then me and she just understood (^_^) So smart!

October Snow?!

A pre-winter snowfall (-_-*) And they said it wouldn’t accumulate! We weren’t prepared for this. I don’t think anybody was. Our lawnmowers are still out, our snow blower’s still in storage. Good thing we still have some salt leftover.

And here is Raven when she just learned how to fetch (^_^)

Meet Raven

The newest member of our family! She’s 4 months old, and was just spayed yesterday, hence the cone. A Labradoodle, so that we won’t have an allergic reaction to her. This is Finn’s first dog (^_^)

Bye Mom …

Great Falls

For Columbus Day, we thought we’d check out the Great Falls of Paterson. Well, the information center was closed =P But we were still able to go to the falls. It’s weird and cool at the same time since it’s just 15 mins away from the house, and across the street from the falls are historic buildings and houses. Kinda like it doesn’t belong here. Anyway, I hope they get to take care of the place though coz it looks abandoned, and there’s grafitti on the railings and there’s a hint of sewer in the air.

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After this we went to Lambert Castle, which was also closed … hehehe. Apparently, they’ll be closed for another 3 weeks. But we still took pictures outside. Can’t wait to see the inside of this castle.

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We went to the mall afterwards, had lunch there, walked around, played in the Apple store, looked at phones in the AT&T store then went home after 5pm.