Bookstore pleasure

Hanging @ B&N Valencia's on a cold winter afternoon.  JJ enjoying a new comic bk after Cali roll bento @ kisho. 

JJ's 2012 letter to Santa

JJ wrote it @ school. Asking for an IPAD. Looks like he may get a tablet of some sort but not sure which kind ...

School safety

Been a week since the massacre @newtown.  Noriko and I can't stop worrying about school safety.  Pinecrest emailed about them taking actions without much details. Surely it'll take a bit of time.  Called Kate and found out she and Jay are just as concerned. Need to work with other parents to establish and communicate acceptable standards.  Proactive and assertive engagement needed.  More to come after return from Hk.

JJ's 2nd grade 1st book report

Perfect score! 
It was a fun project for jJ and daddy. 

Pinecrest Xmas event 2012

2nd grade performance was "Santa getting fit for Xmas '. Well done.  Cute
Had a Latin finale for the whole school. JJ was looking forward to the performance.  Too bad mom wasn't here. Went to panda for jJ wanted some orange chicken and chicken spring roll.  The regular. 

LA AUTO SHOW 2012

Daddy and JJ off to convention ctr on the last day.  Had lunch in c town prior.  JJ wonton Meiji and daddy had Portuguese chicken.  JJ immediately thought of Brazil since he just learned it in international week.  Got to venue about 2 and left when it closed at 8. Had a great time.  JJ loved the Toyota kinect game and did it twice.  Toyota had a great showing.  Honda had a nice F1 race car gift.  Hyundai took pic of us and had a campaign against childhood cancer.  JJ was appreciative of what they do and wrote a nice thank you on the pic.

Pee Wee Basketball

Grade 2 just started. It's basketball season @ Pinecrest Valencia. 
JJ doesn't seem to be as into it as last year but he's playing well. Thanks to COC Coach Fischer's summer basketball camp. He is doing better in shooting, drippling, passing and moving the ball around.   Wow, what a change! It's so fun watching JJ play.   He says -"I don't like BB but I am good at it".  Oh well, at least he's playing it.  He was made Captain of the team for a match with Santa Clarita Christian Academy and won the game 18 to 14.   I couldn't stay for the whole game so it was a shame that I missed it.  Noriko was out of town too.  JJ didn't seem to mind. He did well and was cool about it. He's like his mom and doesn't get too excited about anything.