Happy 4th Birthday Darren!!

Darren turned 4 years old yesterday 8/28. He has matured a lot, using a lot difficult words and always asking "why?" Of course, Darren still has his moments of frustration but reasoning with a 4 yr old is not easy. Darren will be moving into Pre-K next week so he will be officially a "big boy".
We have mini celebrations throughout this week. 8/27 We went to Chuck E Cheese's for some pizza and some video arcade. Darren loves to drive cars or jet skis. Some of our friends joined in "Where a kid can be a kid".




On his birthday 8/28, we brought cake to school so his classmates can celebrate with him. He was crowned King of day and he really had fun. Just to let you know, you have to prepare birthday favors and it could be a hit to the wallet. I had been shopping for months for Spiderman related stuff like nylon bags, tattoos, puzzles. Then 2 weeks before his birthday, he says he doesn't like Spiderman...he wants Thomas the Train. At least his cake was Thomas the Train, everything else was a mix of Disney and Nick Jr. stuff. Why do we as parents have to prepare party favors for classmates? It's because of self fulfillment to be a "cool" parent, you got to go all out. Doug and I couldn't make it to the class celebration because of work. However, we have a mini celebration on Sat for him and his cousin Trevor. Stay tuned for more posting this weekend.

Busy July!

Blog updates have been slow lately because I have started to work full time now. Sarah just started preschool
Friday 8/1/2008. Darren and Sarah are in the same class for 1 month because teachers feel the transition will be smoother. Doug and I don't know if that is a good idea considering Sarah bit Darren's back(leaving a scar) on the first of school. I guess she is proving to people that she won't be bullied at school. Now that I work, it is a juggling act to take care of the kids, cook and clean for Doug and me. It's definitely a team effort for the Banh family, hopefully we'll get used to this busy schedule.

We try to plan more family outings on weekends. We went to Go Diego Go show at the Nokia Center on July 19th. Doug's sister in law got box tickets so the kids could pretend to be on an adventure with Diego and Baby Jaguar. Here are some pics from that event:

On August 2nd, we went to Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey's "The Greatest Show on Earth" at the Honda Center with our friends (The Calinskys). Darren enjoyed to clowns and bike riders. Sarah liked the elephants. Cotton candy was among their favorites too...Doug unfortunately didn't appreciate the cost $12/bag or the $9/lemonade bottle. I say that is the cost of entertainment nowadays!