crafts and pictures

I should be napping. I told 007 I was going for a nap when he left with Edamame for a run. I HAD to finish this one project. It is a purse for my niece's 2nd birthday and I'm excited to have it done.



I also promised pictures so here they are.

Edamame got a new backpack from 007's cousins for his birthday. The instant he saw it he loved it! I know what we are taking with us to the airport(incidentally, anyone up for a trip to SFO Monday morning?)




It has been wicked hot here, so to beat the heat we spend a long time in the bathroom when we shower. The water isn't running the whole time, but we are playing. Edamame decided he wanted to be extra clean one day.


do you like the photoshopping...yeah, all those years of experience culminate to this!

He also still remembers how to use the potty. Mostly when his pants are already off. If anything is on his nether regions he forgets what to do. When he's running around pant less he'll climb up by himself and pee. He likes to do it because our new toilet is easy to flush, climb on, wash hands with, and then climb back down. He can be almost entirely self sufficient...except for getting off the toilet seat itself. He almost fell in moments after this pictures was taken, luckily he laughed about it.


He's also taken a liking to having his teeth flossed. Of course he tries for himself as well, but he'll let mommy do it too.



It is July, a.k.a. month of birthday's, so we went to aunt Michiko's house for her big day and got some family pics with 007's new camera.


Ok game time, can you spot the differences between these two pictures??


Then of course it was his birthday, and with temperatures around 98 degrees with 70% hummidity it was time to BUY an ice cream cake instead of baking at home. Happy Birthday sweetie! Can anyone guess how old he is?

We're getting a lot of use out of that 3 candle...next year all three of us will use it!


By the way, sorry for only one post this week, it has been miserably hot, and we've taken it easy, and done a little Utah prep. I probably won't be much better in Utah unfortunately, because all I'm bringing is a camera in way of electronics, but check out Pam's blog for pictures.

Thanks for the name suggestions, I think I just need to sit down with 007 in Utah when he isn't distracted and we'll hash it out there. In the mean time Adzuki is just kicking away inside. He kicks me when I lay too much on my stomach, it is pretty funny. Oh and yes, I have a pseudonym all picked out already, just the real thing takes more time.

Oh and Edamame has surpassed me in Japanese knowledge. We were at the neighbor's house yesterday and he started saying 'dango'(ball/round object), and while I know what it means, I don't know all of the myriad uses for the word, and he was using it in a new context for me. It's the beginning of the end for me! One word today, a whole bunch next week. Oy! He also plays this game where he'll switch to the other language and want us to start using the other one. Pretty cool, eh?

One more thing. Would it be a water saver to wash your dishes on the lawn? We don't have a lawn(maybe we'll put one in the back next year), and our dishwasher is a 'Nicole', but I got to thinking one day. Hey a fun way to save water in the summer might be to wash your dishes on the lawn. Get some organic soap or some such thing, play with the hose with the kids, i.e. bathtime, have to tubs, one for clean dishes one for dirty/being washed dishes, and viola! I guess everyone has a dishwasher these days though. Oh well. I just think of it because I know Edamame loves to help me wash dishes, would be more fun on a lawn. Oh you'll look trashy to the neighbors, but oh well.