Epiphanies

Circus time

So we watched some news show that was reporting on how male models were in a store to assist women in buying clothes for the men in their life by trying out the clothes for them.  They showed men with their shirts off.  C saw them and went “ew”.  I asked him why.  He said he didn’t like seeing their “hairy nibbles”.  ROFL.

We saw the Radio City Rockettes at the OC Performing arts center in Costa Mesa.  It was pretty cool and festive.  Definitely had xmas spirit.  People were dressed up in red outfits – was cute.  Think the kids really enjoyed it as well as my MIL.  J slept through half of it and he enjoyed the other half.  I was pleasantly surprised that he didn’t give us any trouble at all.

We ate lunch at Mitsuwa’s after that.  They had these New Year’s mochi things that I was tempted to buy just to try out since it was a Japanese traditional thing but I didn’t.  I’ve been trying to be really good about not impulse buying since we’re buying a new house.  I need to refrain.  Of course, I went to Target and that all went down the crapper.

Took the Metrolink with Lisa and Pamela and all the kids to San Juan Capistrano. It cost me about $20 for the train tickets – for me, and B. C was free. Zoomars was fun for the kids because they liked chasing the guinea pigs and putting them in baskets. Buying carrots for the kids to feed the animals was great for the kids. They loved feeding the rabbits, llamas, mini donkeys and emus. Those emus were like velociraptors. They really snapped their necks towards us – was a bit scary. The kids didn’t want to do the pony ride nor the train ride. Oh well. Metrolink was a pretty nice train, multiple levels. I had trouble finding parking though at the station. I had to follow someone around finally in order to get a spot. That was highly stressful when you have a timetable to follow. We ate at Ruby’s later and the kids all had milkshakes and fries. Healthy I know.

Went to the company picnic at William Mason Park.  The idea was great, the execution less than stellar.  If you are going to throw a bbq, make sure it has good food at the very least.  Hot dogs, corn, hamburgers and chicken is the lamest bbq menu you can possibly have for a company picnic.  This is how you show your employees appreciation?  They had some game booths but ran out of stuffed animals relatively quickly.  They should have had a kid only section because it was unfair that adults could play.  The booths were too simple for adults.  The emcees were probably the only hi point.  They got the crowd going with bingo, party games and such.  B won a chess set, a boogie board and two stuffed animals  (one which he won for C).  It was fun meeting Dh’s coworkers though.  I especially liked meeting Robert and his wife Ling because they were super nice and I’ve heard so much about them since we moved out here.