My fabulous mother's day

This year, to my surprise I got flowers!! James did a great job picking them out. And its not a potted plant so I won't feel bad if I kill them within a week. For breakfast I had french toast at Chili's (they serve breakfast) on base. Then topped it off with some afternoon HGTV and Wii Fit action. Then after dinner and the evening chapel service James gave up the TV and let me watch House Hunters International. So it was extra special!

CJ's first successful home haircut

James bought a nice set of clippers and (braver than I am) gave CJ a nice buzz for the summer. It's much better to wash too. So here's the before...















And the after. He definitely has James' face with my chubby cheeks.

Vocabulary

Things are going good in Japan. It is definitely warming up in temperature and humidity. CJ is saying a lot of sentences. Some of his favorites are "Mommy coming home, Curious George take job, ride car up big hill or ride car thru tunnel." He loves pressing the door bell and saying ding-dong. And pants and barks like a dog. It's pretty funny. He loves every show on Noggin. And he can say most of the bedtime and meal prayers by himself. Can you believe he is 35 inches tall?!

We are planning on a Hawaiian vacation at the end of June, YEAH!! James has spent a lot of time there and I've been there 6 times, but we've never gone together so this trip will be very exciting. CJ hasn't been in the ocean since our camping adventure in Italy when he was 9 months old.

James went with the chapel youth to Beach Break on Okinawa. So that was a fun time for him. I had to take a forced weeks vacation to stay home and watch CJ...I just hate forced vacations. We started hosting the Fireproofing study for 5 1/2 couples this last week at our house. And I plan on taking an online college course this summer. So we are definitely keeping busy.

A Day at the Aquarium

We went to Sea Paradise in Yokohama Friday. It was really cool. The aquarium is 2 stories deep...with an escillator going through it! CJ loved it. He was a little cautious at first until we showed him the fish were "stuck" behind the glass. Then he went to every tank and said "fish stuck" all day.














This is me and CJ looking in the first fish tank. It goes up 1 more story.















This is us riding the escillator through the fish tank.

After we saw all the aquariums we went to the dolphin/sea lion/walrus/seal show in the "dolphin swimming pool". But it was getting pretty late and CJ needed to eat and take a nap so we didn't make it through the whole show.

Japanese super park

I'm a little behind posting because we went to this super cool public park with hiking trails and some totally sweet jungle gym stuff over the president's day weekend. Here's just a preview. I put a video of James and CJ going down the slide on snapfish.

Here's a group photo with our friends Robert and Sheryl. Aren't we adorable.














And here's a little overview of the jinormous size of the place:














And this is the longest slide. It ends a little bit into the tree line. It's not your traditional slide since it is made up of conveyor belt type rollers to move you along. It was really fun but brought back a few Firestone memories...HAHA!














By the way, my foot is doing much better. I actually put on 2 different pairs of sneakers today (YEAH!!).

The latest

Things are going good here. I had surgery on my right foot to remove the old lady bunion, or raptor claw as the guys in the office call it. I would post a photo but those with weak stomachs (like me) wouldn't do so well. James just finished a full load of college courses (yeah!!) CJ is growing like a weed. And he says so many words I don't know what he doesn't say any more. Elevator man, , strawberry milk, helicopter, tunnel, and eat...(insert any word-meow, CJ, daddy, bah-bah) are some of his favorite words. He also says eat perogie, go go green (from Go Dogs Go). He loves to dance to the move-it move-it song on Madagascar. Yo Gabba Gabba has been added to the top of his favorite shows. Patty cake is definitely his favorite nursery rhyme. Meow is his favorite animal noise. He loves to run his toys into stuff so he can say crash. You can hold conversations on the phone with him pretty well. He loves to help do the laundry, put stuff in the sink, and bear crawl. His favorite foods and spaghetti o's, hot dog, french fries, green beans, ice cream, oreos, perogies, chicken nuggets, and pancakes. He is currently boycotting all meat except meatballs, chicken nuggets, and hot dogs. He knows all the names of his trains (Aiden would be proud). He likes swimming in the bath tub and while the water drains he turns over on his back. Maybe he will be more willing to learn how to swim than I was. His is also a champion barfer when he is upset now. NOT GOOD!!!!! James is good at keeping it to a minimum. But his quick flight skills to the toilet are also fine tuned. He apparently likes ketchup with everything because at the moment he is dipping perogie and eating it. Yum, yum...not. I think that's about all that's going on here. I'll be in San Diego for a conference at the end of March if anyone needs a vacation.

Can you believe this is the same kid?

Before haircut:













After haircut: