Collin goes to the barber!

Collin had his first barber hair cut. While he has had a few at home now, I was leary to take him in to the Japanese ladies in the barber shop.

He was soooo funny. He sat in my lap and did not make a sound the whole time. He was so still I thought he had fallen asleep. The ladies who were cutting his hair and making sure he was still just kept saying, "OHHH, good baby, good boy!" The one who spoke some english said, "Babies cry for haircut. He is good BABY!"

He was rewarded with a giant lollipop that he could barely fit into his mouth...I think that left a good impression on him!

Children's Museum Trip!!! FUN!

This was a fun day!

So, this is the motley crew my girl friend and I took to the Children's Museum in Hiroshima. Add the two baby boys and we had 9 children to keep track of ALLLLLL day! Truth is they were great and we had a lot of fun!


The kids all had fun in the blue screen room where they got to swim away from sharks and play soccer goalie...most of the time they just had fun posing for the camera!





There were so many things for the kids to do there. The first floor was a large tunnel maze, the likes of which I have never seen. It was made of little class and metal cubes and you had to maneuver your way to the slide at the end...Collin wore himself out climbing through the tunnels!

There was a huge train display on the second floor. The kids got to control the trains through the biggest electric train display I have ever seen!

We had a lot of fun this past week! We went on a day trip to Miajima and then to the Children's Museum too....This is our last week with our best friend family...They leave Monday morning and will be our pen pals and blog pals. It is a little weird here right now. There are 13 empty houses on my street due to some construction plans, so it doesn't look like we will be getting a lot of new people, just people rearranged. We will not have to changes houses thank goodness!

Kevin gets back in from Hawaii tonight!!! I cant wait!

Only a few more weeks until DISNEY!!!!

Summer is flying by!

Hello there!

Carrie had a piano recital this past week. She looked like a little angel. She did quite well and will be taking a little break over the summer. She should start up piano again in the fall with a new teacher.

Kyle is his usual self...happy and clowning around. He was being silly with daddy's hat the other day and Kevin snapped this...

Collin seems to think that whan a camera comes out he should smile! He makes this funny, show-your-teeth face whenever a camera is near! He is such a clown sometimes!

Kevin is off to Hawaii. This next week will be solo mom...So super mommmy needs to be called in. We are planning a trip to the Children's museum and a little island we like to visit. I hope the weather holds out so we can hit the pool some too!

Still in Japan....

We are enjoying a great Spring here, but it is as hot as summer! The kids are done with school and enjoying every day to the fullest. Collin can not stand to be in the house, so we have a lot of sunscreen for his little red headed self. He loves to play at the park and take wagon rides around the neighborhood. Carrie has her last baseball game today. Kyle has already finished the season. That sure went FAST! We will hopefully spend a lot of this summer in the great outdoors and camping. The kids had so much fun camping last year that they have been begging all winter.

Hopefully we will have great weather for nana's visit in July. I know it will be as hot as Hades, but maybe we will catch a few cloudy days with no rain.

Kevin has been back and forth since his return from Thailand. He seems to never be home for more than a 4 day stretch. We really miss him...

I am back to running and find I still enjoy it, but missing so much time has really made it all a challenge. I decided that I need to just focus on the joy of having a body that can run instead of trying to push myself to puke! Maybe one day I will get that marathon in, but for now it is just a fantasy!!!

Hope everyone in the states is happy and healthy! I miss you all...this summer is going to be lonely here, as all 3 of my closest friend will have moved by the 4th of July.

Lots of love!