Raising Beans

Haircut

2009-07-08T10:39:00.000+09:00

Guess who got his regular summer haircut yesterday? He says it feels
a lot cooler too.

Half of a year!

2009-07-08T08:36:00.000+09:00

I can't believe how time has flown by! 6 months and he's gone from
newborn to wiggly mobility. I'm so glad to have this super happy (not
to mention resilient) baby with us. I'm pretty sure Daddy is his
favorite person though.

4th of July

2009-07-05T19:23:00.002+09:00

Ojiichan, being the wonderful man that he is, bought some fireworks for Edamame for the 4th of July (ok maybe just to play with, but it was the 4th of July). This was Ed's first time to see them and he had no idea what was going on, but once he started he didn't want to stop. It was mostly sparklers and stuff, but plenty of fun for an almost 3 year old guy. We didn't do anything special, other than eat a pie, but the fireworks made it feel a bit like the 4th of July. Maybe next year we'll go to the base instead of playing in Chiba.

Like Steve Tyler said...

2009-07-04T18:10:00.000+09:00

Pink is my favorite color.

Another early start

2009-07-04T07:08:00.000+09:00

...in case you can't tell, he's chewing on an Emperor Palpatine pez
dispenser. Gotta start the Star Wars love early.

Curtains Accord!

2009-07-04T07:02:00.000+09:00

It took us FOREVER to agree upon, but we found curtains, and we're all
happy. I finally feel like an adult living in a real house with real
(light blocking) curtains. Edamame likes the flowers

To Do List: Edamame

2009-06-30T13:41:00.002+09:00

Make a mess with Play-doh -DONE
Tease BK with toys he wants - DONE
Successfully pee on the roof, without getting pants wet - DONE
Throw tantrum about nap time - DONE
Jump repeatedly off of mommy's bed - DONE
Complain about mommy making dinner and not playing - NOT YET
Play in puddles - NOT YET
Ask for ice cream, AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN

pictures floating around

2009-06-29T22:31:00.002+09:00

I've been meaning to post these...but haven't yet.

Edamame likes to take a bath with BK. I have no idea why, because BK always tries to take his toys from him.

A craaaaaazy napper.

Books

2009-06-29T10:38:00.000+09:00

We're cultivating a love of books early.

Boy conversations

2009-06-28T16:54:00.001+09:00

Ed: Daddy! I went pee pee on the roof Daddy!

007: Really? Then why are your pants all wet?

Grabbing sunshine

2009-06-27T07:38:00.001+09:00

We'd all like to grab some sunshine sometimes.

One small step...

2009-06-26T13:35:00.001+09:00

We're so close to crawling. I give it another week, two tops.

I need to stop encouraging him.

2009-06-25T21:59:00.001+09:00

Ed: I want to be a girl fairy mommy.
Moi: oh really?
Ed: Yeah, I want to be the mother fairy.
Moi: Oh really? So you'd like to be the mother of all fairies, eh?
Ed: Yeah, that's right.

Flip Over jump

2009-06-25T21:10:00.003+09:00

We have all sorts of health shennanigans going on right now resulting in many a sleep deprived night. So while I sleep, and let my heavily drugged pre-schooler fight 'mean people' with his 'sword', you can watch his sweet moves. Eat your heart out Rex!

toe crawling

2009-06-23T13:56:00.002+09:00

Here is what BK is up to.

本

2009-06-22T21:51:00.002+09:00

祐太君が美保ちゃんから本をもらいました．二日間にその本しか何も読みたくなかった。

今日のおもしろ良い事は歌の事です．「ありさんとありさん」のうたずっと歌ていたけづ、「こっつんこ」のかわりに「パチンコ」を歌いました．

mobility

2009-06-22T21:48:00.002+09:00

BK has been working on it pretty hard for the last week or two, and he's finally been able to propel himself forward. It was more of a push off with the toes while pushing with his arms. Once he figures out how to combine that with his other new skill of propping himself up on his hands and knees, I think he's got it.

I'd show a video of it, but I can't find that blasted cord. Sure hope I can find it soon.

mmmmm Pie

2009-06-22T14:18:00.002+09:00

What better way to shirk domestic responsibility than to blog? So I'll blog about the apple pie I made for 007 for Father's Day. Yes, it is a day late, but between crazy nap schedules, getting BK's Japanese passport(woo hoo! we can finally take him out of the country without fear of not being able to get back in), Church and feeding children, it didn't happen as planned yesterday. At least it is better late than never.

Edamame had fun helping too.

He really wanted to plant an apple seed, so we planted one once the pie was baking. He is really enjoying our garden, so far we've harvested a few cucumbers, but we hope to have grape-tomatoes and artichoke soon. We should have some pumpkin and squash later in the year. The squash may not survive though with all this RAIN! Don't have to water the plants, but it has been heating up so the humidity is GROSS.

Oh and one more crafty thing. Edamame has a mild obsession with fish. Auntie M came over to watch Ed while I took BK to get his DPT a few weeks ago and she brought a felt fish with her. Instead of slaking his thirst for fish it only whetted his appetite and he demanded more. I made these two guys within about 12 hours of each other(yeah they are crappy, but he doesn't care, and it only took 20 minutes).

...oh and in case anyone wants to see how BK is doing. He's doing great, wearing his brother's 12 mos clothes...yep at 5 months people(thanks for the outfit Leigh!).

Reading

2009-06-19T10:44:00.000+09:00

We had a visitor, she read us some stories.

Crib

2009-06-17T13:48:00.001+09:00

Maybe I should switch Ed to the crib instead of BK. We'll see if it
even works. How do co-sleepers deal with a bed and crawling??? Last
time we were still on a futon so it didn't matter.

Translation

2009-06-16T22:48:00.002+09:00

Because Japanese [buro-gu] is forgotten every two blow, it writes together. It works hard this time. It is transparent and the medical examination for four months [ya] [temashita] today. BK was said it was terrible and energetic. It was 7.47 kilos. ..my small Sumo.. ..filling.. [i].

It eats only a little in [edamame] [mosugoigenki]. The thunder was in the interest today.

WHAT?!?!?

I'm going to try to write in Japanese too...I used to have a separate blog, but quit because I was lazy, but with one blog I can down on laziness. Not like I have a HUGE Japanese readership, but hey maybe now 007's family won't feel so out of the loop.

The above is the online translation I got from the last post...looks like I need to work on my Japanese.

四ヶ月検診

2009-06-16T22:39:00.004+09:00

二つブローごと日本語のブローグを忘れますので，一緒に書きます．今回頑張ります！今日，お透けて四ヶ月検診をヤてました．BKすごい元気ですと言いました。7.47キロでした！私の小さいすもうさんみたい！

エダマメもすごいげんき、だけどすこししかたべない！今日雷のこと興味ありました．

Slow going

2009-06-15T07:53:00.000+09:00

I'll be posting much more sporadically because someone is flexing his
three year old wings, and leaving me exhausted.
Though I will try to get a pic of BK's teeth.
Enjoy your summer break.

Are you a rhetorical question

2009-06-13T22:44:00.004+09:00

Ed: "Moooommmmmmyyyyy, can you do for me?"

Moi: "It shouldn't be too hard, can you try to do it yourself sweetie?"

Ed: "Can YOU try to do it yourself?"

p.s. I know it isn't a proper usage of rhetorical, but go with it...we've been getting up at 5 am the last few days, so proper word usage can take a hike.

Crackin' out

2009-06-08T08:01:00.000+09:00

"Mommy, I want the other baby bird in the egg too!"

"Say 'Where are the baby birds?'"