Wii Fit

For Lediya's birthday, I got her Nintendo's new Wii Fit game. If you haven't heard what Wii Fit is, it's a pretty revolutionary way to exercise involving video gaming. From Amazon.com: The active-play phenomenon started by Wii Sports now spreads to your whole body thanks to Wii Fit and the pressure-sensitive Wii Balance Board, which comes bundled with it. Used together players will experience an extensive array of fun, dynamic and surprisingly challenging activities, including aerobics, yoga, muscle stretches and balance oriented games. The focus of these activities is towards providing a "core" workout, a popular exercise method that emphasizes slower, controlled motions, but it's the fun approach to fitness of Wii Fit that will keep players hooked on fitness for years to come.

We've been playing it for a few days and I must say it gives a pretty good workout. For instance, I have never done any yoga before but when I attempted to play yoga, it got pretty tiring. The other fun parts are the balancing games using the balance board. Our favorites are hula hoop, ski slalom, ski jump, and tightrope walk. It forces you to use core muscles that you don't really use. If you have a Nintendo Wii, this is a must own game for you. Nintendo has done it once again.

Magellan GPS

Been playing around for a few weeks now with our new budget GPS, the Magellan Maestro 3225. I picked it up at Costco for $149 and so far it's been a handy little tool. I was also able to hack it to 6 million points of interests (POI), up from the original 1.3 million. We brought it to our trip up north last week and it was so good navigating us around San Francisco's confusing streets. What's great about it is Text To Speech (TTS) which speaks the street names and very quick rerouting calculator (when you vary from it's route). It's been very useful, I just wish it included Bluetooth capability but at that price I'm not complaining. Now we're not afraid to venture out in the great unknown anymore.

Bay Area

We went on a mini-vacation up in the Bay Area this past weekend to visit family and friends. It was Lucas' second plane trip and he did pretty well. We hit the usual spots - San Francisco and East Bay, as well as Monterey. Two places we enjoyed in San Francisco were the Ferry Plaza Farmer's Market, where we enjoyed a nice breakfast of organic herbedeggs, skillet potatoes, and prosciutto and Crissy Field at Golden Gate Park, where we enjoyed the cool breezy air on a nice clear day withviews of the Golden Gate Bridge.

We also drove an hour and a half south to Monterey, to visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Lucas enjoyed the exhibits that allowed him totouch the kelp and starfish. We also walked around Cannery Row where we enjoyed freshly baked cookies at the Toll House bakery.

It was a good short trip up to the Bay Area. We're trying to acclimate Lucas into traveling and going to new places because Lediya and I would like to resume our
travels again.

Lucas' First Haircut

Lucas got his first haircut today at Cool Cuts 4 Kids in Brea. His hair is starting to get long and unwieldy so we decided it was a good time to get it cut. We were somewhat concerned with how he would react to the experience, but we realized that since the place specialized in children, it shouldn't be a problem. They put him in a "car" seat with a TV playing Elmo, which distracted him enough for the stylist to use the clippers. At first he didn't like it, but he got used to it and the whole process actually turned out to be pretty easy. Lediya thinks his hair is a bit too short for her liking, but I figured it was ok since it will grow back anyway. He now has a clean cut! The price was a little steep ($20 with tip) but they do save some hair for you for safe-keeping and the lady was really patient with Lucas. Plus, we probably wouldn't be getting his hair cut for a while. All in all a fun and memorable experience for all of us.

Lucas' 1 Year Old Photoshoot

Click here to see proof photos from Lucas' 1 year old photo shoot taken on 4/19/08. With his preppy outfit, he's looking like a big boy now! This was our last session with Jill Peterson, and we are very satisfied with her work.