First Day of Pre-K

Another school year has started for T. He was super excited to be back at Merry Moppet and become a pre-kindergartener.

Here he is with Emma, ready to go.


Big smile upon entering his new classroom and seeing lots of familiar faces from last years class.






Had a great first day!



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Emma's First Day of School 2014

I didn't get a proper picture, but here is Emma changing into her "uwabaki" (indoor shoes) at school. Not smiling, but definitely not crying. Huge improvement from last year. :)



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Baby Carousel at Fairyland

It just goes around and around but they still love it.




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Exhaustion

This is what happens when someone is exhausted but refuses to nap and throws a tantrum only to be ignored.



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T at Japanese Summer School

This week (the 2nd of 3) T's class at Japanese school made an "omikoshi." It is a portable Shinto shrine that is carried during festivals.

Here is T hard at work.







And here he is with the final product (he drew the second boy from the right).







In 2 weeks he has learned to write his name in Japanese (けんじ) and has been practicing other hiragana. He is good at saying his greetings when he gets to school and when he is leaving and shows interest in learning Japanese. I'm so impressed by how much he has learned in 2 weeks and hope that he will continue to be interested in learning the language and the culture.

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Dollar Store Shades

The kids got new sunglasses today.



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What Emma Sleeps With

Emma has yet to attach to one or 2 lovies like T. He has his moo moos and that's all he needs. Emma, she needs it all. And the all changes on a daily nap/night time basis.




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