Back in America after living in Japan for five years and trying to adjust......
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
My baby is learning to drive......whoa Max!
He'll begin taking a driving course next month, and I'm sure that will help him feel more confident also. In Okinawa, teenagers have to be 16 years old to get a restricted learners permit, 17 years old to drive on base, and 18 years old to drive off base.
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
a few videos....Mika sings a song and reads a story.
Mika read her favorite story to me this morning. She likes to sit on the bedroom floor and read books every morning while I get dressed and make the bed. She's always very happy in the morning.
Mika was stuck in the house for a few days because of the Okinawa rainy season right now. After she had her bath and got ready for bed, she came downstairs with her ukelele and sang a song about the rain. Luckily, I had the video camera sitting on the counter and grabbed it! She's singing a song about the park being "broken." It was flooded.
We stayed at the Disney Sea hotel in Tokyo to celebrate our one year anniversary of being a new family. We had lots of fun at Tokyo Disney!
Mika
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Our one year anniversary! April 28, 2010
David and I also celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary in April, so it
was a double celebration family trip. Disneyland was deserted for the first three days we were there. If you look thru the window behind Max, you can see how empty the parking lot was. We were riding the Disney monorail and it felt like we had the park to ourselves.....then on the fourth day, the Japanese holiday "golden week" started. It was absolutely crazy and packed with people. Luckily, that was the day we went home to Okinawa, so our timing was perfect!
Max and Mika rode Dumbo first! She loved it.
Mika put the flower napkin ring on her head!
We went to a polynesian dinner show.
Max got called on stage to dance. It was hysterical!!
Mika met Cinderella and was speechless......for a moment.
She told Cinderella, "Cinderella is Mika favorite."
Max rode the Star Wars ride by himself and we waited for him at the exit. Mika was very excited to see him!