Counting the days

In less than a month we will be moving back to Japan. It feels like just months before i first landed in Houston Airport with a 14month old toddler and now we will fly back with our big boy and little princess. Not bad at all, came with 3 leave with 4. With the radiation issues still going on in Japan we cant really decide which area we will be moving to. Have heard and asked many friends in Japan and many assured me the situation is not that bad and infact life is back to normal but for the panic-king husband, he would want to take any precaution and measure to at least live in a minimal exposure area. I havent started to pack, looking around the house is like im going to live here forever. Getting rid of stuff is hard, especially you love them but just have to give them up because of down sizing. Talking about houses space, houstonian (at least that i know) are really blessed with it. We are looking for a house that is just 2 times our swimming pool in our backyard now. Another thing i will sure miss about living in Houston will definitely be shopping. No questions asked, just return it. you dont need to have alot ofmoney in your pocket to have a shopping spree, just buy to satisfy the impulse and return them haha, what fun.

Im not sure how well yuta understand about the moving but he is definitely excited about going to disneyland. He has been telling everyone that he is going to disneyland next month including all in the class and teachers. He said " ok after we are done with disneyland then we can come back".

It is always hard to say goodbye but is really looking forward to meet up with old friends in Japan.

She is 17 Month Old

Ai is 17 Month old. Didnt post much of her activities since her work is mostly redundant. she still like spooning and transfering water with sponge. She is a better reader than Yuta. At this age she will pull out books and asked to be read. She only says a few words which Yuta were obviously a earlier speaker. She says, mama, appu (apple), sometimes fish but she is good at making sounds of animal. She recognises animal by sound. She likes pretend play. Ransacking my bag and wallet is her favourite pass time. Many a time spotted her cleaning baby doll's face and feeding them. Is the girl thing.

Fish Tank

With the summer holiday started, and the goodbye get together rally, we havent been doing much on classroom for he past month. Yuta is asking to go back working with his classroom again so we are slowly picking up the momentum again. However we still continue with our reading routine. We have been reading alot about food chain, bugs life cycle and solar system. This is simple fish tank that i made out of the packing box from a baby doll i bought for Ai. The size and design just perfect for a fish tank, no further cutting required. Cut out some fish pictures and stick fishing thread at the back of fish picture then tape it onto the carton box. We collected those broken shell and coral from the beach when we visited cancun last time. I think the crawfish is not suppose to be there but Yuta just wanted to put him in the tank. We use this fish tank model to explain of food chain in the sea. Sharks eat medium size fish, and medium size fish eat smaller fish then small fish eat plankton/plant.

Crawfish

Perhaps cajun style crawfish is the only food that i will miss after i left Houston. I had more than 30lb of crawfish in 2 months time and still craving.

Blueberry picking

This is our first blueberry picking or shall i say, my first time seeing blueberry tree. My image of a blueberry plant is shrub like bushes but they are quite tall tree and we saw a really big oak tree size matured blueberry tree. The berry were not fully ripen yet so we actually have to really work on picking those ripe one. 1 hour, just managed 1lb. Made a blueberry cheesecake, still have some left and thinking of a blueberry tart

Summer is Here

Summer is here. Summer like weather starts early in Houston. We have been playing alot in wadding pool and splash. Yuta has always fear of water, he didnt want to get near the big pool. At last, last saturday we managed to convince him to go to the big pool and with a swim float he is playing around by himself now. It doesnt sound like a big deal but it tooks us 2 years to get him to just try on the swim float and we are glad he achieve another mile stone. Ai is a water baby. She has no fear for the water and wants to play with water any opportunity she has. she will splash herself up when i water the lawn.