December 14, 2008
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Plunging Into Christmas With Boys & Their Toys
The other night we decided to take the boys to the Irvine Spectrum to go ice skating. It’s weird to go Christmas shopping when it’s 80° and the palm trees are decorated, so ice skating seemed like just the thing to make it feel like Christmas. Unfortunately though, the ice skating rink was closed for a private party. So we just had dinner and took some photos of the lights. Andy however, wanted more. If he wasn’t going to get to ice skate, he was going to do the next best thing:
Andy, enjoying the fountain…
Looks innocent enough, right? But notice the twinkle in his eye. Something is going on inside that head, behind those deceptively cute eyes. Five seconds after I took this picture….
he started to lean forward….pondering how good the water looked, And suddenly….
He jumped full force into the fountain. I think he thought is was the 4th of July again….not Christmas! He landed on his feet, so I quickly set my camera down and reached in to grab him. At that point he fell backwards, completely under water. For a second I thought I’d have to go in, but I grabbed on to him, and a stranger also came to help grab him. His mother, father and brother who were on the other side of the fountain watching, ran over too. Lisa said she knew he was going to jump right before it happened. Looking at the photos now, you can almost see him thinking about it. He’s 4 years old, and I have a feeling he will remember this for the rest of his life!
After the dip…walking back to the car….soaked, but happy!
Tommy took it all in stride with a little yoga!
Before the dip, we met a Great Dane
What a look!
Nice and dry
Thinking of things to come…
No ice skating tonight
Christmas in California
The Tale of Colin’s Christmas present…A few weeks ago I met up with stevew918 because I knew he was going to Hong Kong this week, and I wanted him to deliver some Christmas presents to my little buddy Colin. You see, Colin is a very special little boy who loves motorcycles and Spiderman. So that’s what I got him! Thanks for the special delivery Steve, and for sending the pictures and video! And thank you Colin for never failing to make me smile. You are a light in my life, and though you’re halfway around the world, your joy and love knows no borders. Merry Christmas!
Carey Anthony
Colin
From: Steve Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 8:13 PM To: Carey Anthony
Carey, I met the wonder boy Colin and his beautiful family yesterday afternoon. Colin, his mom, his dad and mommy mom, and I had tea lunch. Colin really enjoyed the Spiderman toys. You surely know kids, hehe. He said thanks to Uncle Carey several times, he is so very cute. I was melting, lol. Attached is a picture and video for your enjoyment. Btw, Colin’s Mom got us each a nice box of chocolate, we need to meet up so I can give it to you. Carey, Colin knows many English words already, you need to start learning some Cantonese chinese, hehe.Thanks, and hope we will meet again,Steve
Comments (25)
One of the cutest entries in recent times! I knew he was going to jump into the fountain when I saw the second snap! lol
I saw the pics from the Grove too. Looks so beautiful!
great post, great pix, great vids, great stories, great memories for young and old alike. christmas & kids – the best combo ever! you so need a son of your own to spoil! peace, Al
i love reading your blog about all of your adventures in LA. i grew up there and live in the midwest now. i miss LA so much, especially this time of year.
i can’t believe he jumped in the fountain! are you sure he wasn’t pushed?! :)
As I was reading the story, I was expecting his brilliant idea was to pee in the fountain. Taking a swim was even more brilliant.
Yesterday at the YMCA’s computer, I wrote a whole blurb about your South Africa story, but for some reason their Apple computers are unable to submit xanga comments (wth?), so I copied it to an email to myself for posting today. Yesterday I wrote:
What a story! I knew a little about Capetown and heard that Table Mountain
was the feature, but this explained it and showed it. When I was living
in Taiwan at the same time, there were only about two internet cafes,
but it was in a smaller town, less than a half million.
Damn, Clinton was just keeping Saddam Hussein
in check, there was absolutely no reason for the deadly quagmire that
were in now. And I don’t think that the 1,000,000 dead Iraqis whose
blood is on Bush&Co’s hands would agree with the idiotic talking
point that “Iraq is so much better now without their dictator”.
Andy seems to have your uhm… playful nature. hee hee …
And Colin is just so adorable.
@Dezinerdreams - Thanks Vivek. Claudio and Ryan say hi!
@pukemeister - I’ve already raised two of them! I like to enjoy other people’s kids now! Thanks
@sorrowfulheart - What a coincidence. I actually do miss the Midwest at this time of year. I love a white Christmas. Thanks for stopping by.
@generasianx - Yes!!! My pictures are proof he wasn’t pushed! LOL. Trust me, I was more surprised than anyone. I think his Mom saw it coming.
@Kevin72 - Thanks Kevin. What a great comment. I also visited Taipei that same year. It would be funny if we were ever at the same Internet cafe way back then. I couldn’t agree more about the Iraq stuff too. You might enjoy this: http://weblog.xanga.com/CareyGLY/654978896/iraqi-waterparks—a-discourse-on-this-american-life.html
@ElusiveWords - LOL, that’s a good way to put it. Though it was extremely blogworthy….I really didn’t want him to jump.
Awww what an adorable child :D I love the Jingle Bell video :D :D :D
And haha, Andy is the coolest kid :)
I never understood how palm trees could be decorated for XMas, but now that I’ve seen it, it looks pretty good.
that’s a lot of pee!
LOL-I don’t know…it’s 23 below zero today/tonight. I don’t remember the last time it was this cold. brrrrrr. Tomorrow it should be 30 below and then on Tuesday we will get snow, which I hope makes it a little bit better. It is just so dang bitter right now. My sis lives in San Diego and never fails to call me to tell me how warm it is. The worst part is we had a really nice Saturday. It was 40 degrees and sunny yesterday, which is almost balmy in December. ;)
So cute that your little friend Colin got to play his toy! Amazing that you got a photo of your nephew before he splashed into the fountain! Nice photos!!
@torontobabyblue - Thanks! They’re all great kids. You get used to the palm trees too…it’s kind of pretty.
@CaKaLusa - Silly Chris.
@sorrowfulheart - I don’t miss those 23 below days. Where the heck do you live?
@curry69curry - Thanks Gary.
I am in omaha, ne. it’s a far cry from my hometown, pasadena ca. we were actually there in may. took my family out and our youngest had his birthday party at goofy’s kitchen–at the happiest place on earth. fun times.
What a beautiful post!! I knew the child was going to jump into the fountain. Was he frightened when he went all the way under the water?
The Chinese child is adorable; he could be one of my own:) How do you know him?
@sorrowfulheart - At last you’re not too far and get to come back occasionally! Happy Holidays
@fratmom - I think he was more surprised than frightened. It didn’t seem to phase him. Oh, and Colin is just a blog friend. I follow his Mom’s Xanga and we became friends.
omg hahahahah look at Andy ready to just jump. wasnt he cold? omg im cold just looking at the pictures
whew! for a second i thought andy was going to pee into the fountain.
Ahhhhh… little boys! I did the very same jump-into-a-fountain-stunt myself when I was a kid, much to my parents’ horror, and I still do that on sizzling hot summer days. Heh heh.
And the Chinese boy with the toys, those smiles spoke volumes. He’s a very happy kid.
that’s not fair, where’s my 1:1 rate Batman model?
@Sc12EeN17aM3 - I was cold too, and I just got my sleeves wet from pulling him out. He was quite content though
@JonasApproved - LOL, he would never do that. He’s far too cultured!
@reckless_eagle - I would love to see you do that. Isn’t it great to just act like a kid sometimes. Andy had no worries that day!
@ewisluke - It’s right here under the tree Lewis. What time does your flight arrive?
How come I dont get delivery? that;s so not fair.
You better watch out for more jump into fountain antics from Andy in the future!
@Cultur3sh0x - I have no doubt you’re right!
loved the fountain photos. 80 degrees? i want some. we keep having ice and snow. when the temp went up to 12 degrees i was grateful for the warm-up. NK.
i liked the carousel photo too. carousels are enchanting.
coliln is very cute too.and what a treat to get a spiderman toy.
@razzlebash - It cooled off this weekend, but I still wore shorts to get the Christmas tree