Letters to Baby Logan: zoo

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Recap of the Summer - June & July 2011

Dear Logan,

Oh My! I haven't written to you in two months! I can't believe I've been putting this off for so long. I am so sorry. I don't even remember what I've done the last two months. I need to take a look at the pictures that I've taken and then give you a run down.

June 19 - Father's Day! Mommy and Aidan took Daddy to a nice fancy lunch at Parcel 104. We had a BBQ lunch. The food tasted OK, though not worth the price. I figured, this might be a good excuse to visit a fancy restaurant without paying for the full price.

June 23 - We went to our first San Jose Giants game of the season. Yahoo! was a sponsor for the evening, so they were giving out free tickets to their employees. Since I purchased a kid membership through Groupon, your brother was able to play the games unlimited times. He was in the batting cage, and the very nice staff pitched to him instead of using the machine (too fast for him). We cheered for the Giants, but didn't stay till the end since it's a school night. We'll be back again in August for another game.

June 26 - We had a playdate with Melanie, Uncle Kyle and Auntie Leonor. They had free tickets to the San Francisco Zoo and we spent the afternoon there. I never realized the zoo was so big until you're hanging out with two little kids. We probably only checked out 1/4 of the zoo, and mainly in the children and petting zoo.

July 2 - We headed to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk for this super busy July 4th weekend. It was beautiful and hot! We spent some time at the beach first, and getting your brother comfortable in walking & playing in the sand. When we came here two years ago, he wasn't very keen on getting sand in his feet. After the beach, we were playing games on the boardwalk. This time around, he was older and was able to get a lot more out of the fun rides and food there. There were rides he could go by himself, and some that Daddy and Mommy took turns going on with him. Aidan didn't want to leave at the end of the day. He said he wanted to come back again. I bet we'll be back again before the season ends.

July 22 - We headed to Yahoo! Family Fun Day. They have it every year and we weren't there early enough to take full advantage of the event. By the time we finished eating, the lines to all games were so long. Aidan played some games, but wasn't patient enough to wait in line for other more popular attractions. He did enjoy free popsicles and ice-creams.

Now that I listed everything down, wow, we had a very busy summer. Summer is not over yet and we have many more fun things to do. I hope to go back to Santa Cruz before the season ends, and maybe another SF Giants game, but I doubt it. I'll keep you posted!

Love you,

Mommy

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Mother's Day spent with my Dearest

My Dear Baby,

It's Mother's Day. It should be a day that I celebrate with you and your big brother. It's a day that you two monkeys give me big hugs and kisses, and tell me "I love you, Mommy". Even though you're not here, I know you whisper those words to me in Heaven. Mother's Day has been commercialized. People say everyday should be Mother's Day and we don't need a day to tell us to be good to our mothers. In a way, I agree. But I still want a special day! I don't care about commercialism, I want to celebrate Mother's Day!!!

I've read many sad blogs about today, because so many mothers are still grieving. Some still couldn't move on, and decided not to celebrate Mother's Day. Others like me, continue to celebrate. I don't know how I feel if I don't have your big brother. I might just be so sad to do anything, because you're not here with me. Fortunately, your big brother has been my strength. He makes Mommy and Daddy happy. Mommy will continue to miss and love you, but Mommy will also continue to be a good mommy to your brother. I want to celebrate Mother's Day, because it's a special day for him as well. He might not understand the meaning of today, but I know he will have good memories.

Mommy's day started with a pretty waffle breakfast made by Daddy. We then headed to the San Francisco Zoo. We did not hit every single area, as it became late and your brother was getting really tired. The best part for him was to see animals that he has been reading from books, especially, his Diego book, EVERY NIGHT. He got to see the real chinchilla, armadillo, tapir, anteater, bears, monkeys, owls, and lions. We saw other animals, too, but the ones I mentioned were his favorites, esp. Chinchilla and Anteater. We read about them every night, and he wanted Mommy to draw an anteater every night. I was surprised to actually see them at the zoo.

The most memorable moment? Running in horror as a swarm of bees slowly descending upon us and everyone else who were admiring the prairie dogs. It was scary! Mommy was literally carrying your brother and running out of the area, as the bees were hitting us at eye level. Thank goodness we're ok. We also got on the steam train. Your big brother likes trains. Daddy didn't like waiting in line, but Mommy forced him to. Luckily, we waited for less than 30 mins, if not Daddy would get grouchy and your brother would get super impatient.

It was a fun and tiring day. Your brother got home and immediately fell asleep after putting him to bed. Mommy got super sunburned with red arms and raccoon eyes. Did you see all of the action in heaven? How I wish you were there with us. There were so many families there, since it's free zoo day. Every time I saw a baby passed by, I thought of you.

Mommy and big brother will be going back to Macau tomorrow night. You need to watch over us and also keep Daddy company, ok?

Time for Mommy to sleep. I have included some pictures of your brother's favorite animals. Too bad I couldn't get a good picture of the chinchilla (he was running around too fast), or the armadillo (too dark). Enjoy!