CJ's Genius idea of the week

Toddler creativity never ends. So CJ came up with a great idea that (in his little eyes) was a good activity. In fact it kept him busy the whole time I was in the shower yesterday.
We had a cooler with drinks for the couples study we've been hosting the last weeks in our dining room. Good part was the cooler was on the tile, not the carpet. So he normally just dips his hands in until he gets told to stop playing in the water. He took it a 100 steps farther this time. He decided to take his jammie pants off and put them in the water. Probably realizing he had done something wrong he proceeded to get several towels out of the kitchen drawer to clean it up. At least 2 of the towels ended up in the cooler. 1 soaken 1 was on the carpet and about 1 gallon of water was on the floor when I caught the stinker. Good news was I didn't have to mop my floors this weekend.

May Wrap-up

This is what has been happening since my last post.
CJ re-fell in love with talking on phones. Here he is chatting with his imaginary buddy or maybe there's more than 1. Who knows what's in the mind of a toddler.

Then he got some super cool new Thomas the Train bed sheets and blankets. I was hoping he would give up his nasty blanket that he chewed the snaps, yes metal snaps, and tags off of. But its a not go so far. He's just added 2 new blankets to his collection of things on his bed. At least they are all soft and quiet.














Here is James and CJ (I'm behind the camera) at Adam's last ramen excurtion. Super yummy.

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!!).