Monster Golf Party

Finn went to a Monster MiniGolf Party last night. That place is so cool! We'll probably go back :)

Apple Picking

We went apple picking yesterday at Stuart's Farm in NY since it was a holiday (Columbus Day). We brought along Finn's best friend (^_^) The boys had a lot of fun!

After filling our bags with apples, we went to lunch at Friendly's, and then spent time at a state park nearby. It was a bit chilly but the kids didn't mind. The park had a huge playground so they had a blast, especially with the curvy "rock wall".

Too bad there wasn't much in terms of fall foliage, only a little bit of color. I hope we'll get a chance to see more color before the season is over.

On Terrors and Teeth

Last Saturday night we went to a haunted attraction in Belleville right by the State Fair Superstore. It's my first time going in a walk-through haunting and Finn's as well. It's supposed to be a factory and you are the newly hired employees. The ghouls and zombies will jump at you to surprise you and tell you to go to work =P I'm not a jumper or a screamer so surprising me won't work but Finn got scared! He would sometimes stay rooted at a spot and didn't want to move ... hehehe. Too bad we weren't allowed to take pictures inside. Here's two of the zombies outside. It's blurred but I kinda like the effect (^_^)


Here is Finn's last picture with all his baby teeth at the dentist's office. Yesterday we had his 2 bottom front teeth pulled out because the permanent tooth behind them was getting big already, and the baby teeth just didn't want to come out on it's own. Finn was a very good patient, no worries at all. He didn't even flinch at the needle and was just looking at it. His dentist was very impressed and the assistant even said that he was a better patient than she is (^_^) When it was both out, he asked for it so they put the baby teeth in a tooth shaped container. He said that when all his baby teeth come out, he'd make a necklace out of them ... hahahahahaha. Now this is what he looks like.

2nd Stripe Test

This is the Bo Black Belt 2nd Stripe Test. Only one more test and Finn will have earned his Black Belt. He did an excellent job last night and he's the only one who knew the answers to the questions! I'm so proud of him (*_*)

Board Breaking

Finn was asked to demonstrate Form no. 8 and then broke 10 boards at yesterday's Board Breaking Class.

New Tank

We got our first fish tank 3 years ago and it was only a 1 gallon tank since it was our first time having fishies. Last week we decided to buy a bigger tank (^_^) This one is 5.5 gallons. We have 4 danios and one goldfish so this morning we bought 2 sharks and a bottom feeder (forgot what it was called) as companions, plus a background and some more "plants". We also bought that castle with a movable drawbridge.

Here are the newbies:

That shark by the castle was shy at first, he was just there by the drawbridge. He only moved when the goldfish nudged him. And the striped bottom feeder I find very pretty! Although he looks like he was panicking for a while. I finally caught him resting here. Let's hope they all play nice and live a long life (^_^)

2nd Grade

Corelle

Corelle is the original manufacturer of Corelle® break and chip-resistant dinnerware ... or so they say. I have 16-pc set which I bought last December. I've been wanting them coz they're light and of course, break and chip-resistant. They even have this ad to prove it.



So how come when my bread and butter plate fell, this happened?



Mind you, I didn't throw it over my head like that model did in the ad, it just slipped and fell and yet it broke. This is the first time it fell, I don't go around dropping dinnerware all the time. That is the largest piece, the rest broke into tiny pieces. My set is still within the 1-year warranty and I called to ask how I can have it replaced. They asked how it broke and I told them. According to them, accidental breakage is not covered in the warranty, only chips or breaks from normal use. What? How else is it going to break if not from an accident? And they claim to be break and chip resistant! Yeah right!