Happy Halloween!

Here is the little guy dressed in a "happi" coat. This is a traditional outfit that children in Japan wear to festivals.



Balloons are cool at the best of times, but spider balloons are ultra cool!



Should I draw, or play with this motorcycle? Ummm...I think I'll play with the motorcycle.


My buddy and I were just hanging out, when along came this really cute girl named Little Red Riding Hood.



1 happi coat + 1 parachute = 1 super happy kid!



Halloween night was loads of fun. We ordered pizza, hung out with some friends, handed out candy, went trick or treating, checked out all the pumpkins, saw Scooby...The fun didn't stop (or at least not until 7:30 when it was time to go home and get ready for bed)

Mmmm Sushishis!

Baby boy loves going out for sushi or "sushishis" as he calls it. He's a big fan of the avocado rolls, edamame, and coconut milkshakes. And, oh yes, as you can see above, he likes going out for Chinese noodle soup too!

A new understanding

Hubby travels a lot for work. This weekend we dropped him off at the train station. Baby boy watched him unload his luggage from the car and accepted a good-bye hug and kiss. As we were pulling away from the station he said "See daddy?"

I explained to him that daddy had to take the train. He had to go on a trip for work. And, for the first time, I think he really understood what I was telling him. Although baby boy always talks about daddy when he's away, I don't think he's ever given any deep thought to where he's gone.

Now, we have long conversations on the subject that go something like this:

"See daddy later?"
"Daddy is on a trip. He'll be back in a couple of days."
"Daddy take the train?"
"That's right, daddy took the train. He had to go on a trip for work."
"Daddy on trip. He be home soon."
"Yes, daddy will be home in a couple of days."

He likes to repeat the conversation over and over again just to make sure he has all the facts straight.

Lately, he's also taken to asking questions. His two favourites are: what time is it? and what happened? He asks me those questions a thousand times a day. When he asks the time, I now have crafty answers such as "it's time to clean up your toys" or "it's time to start running because mommy is going to get you!"

Our big sky adventure!

I finally got around to uploading some pictures from an adventure we had a few weekends ago. It was very much an unplanned adventure, which made it all the more exciting. On our way to a nursery near the outskirts of town with our friend SB, we happened to drive along a road on the perimeter of the airport. We noticed some cars parked along the fence, right next to the runway where the airplanes land. There were people standing around waiting for the planes to come in.

Later on, when we were driving back along that road, we decided to stop and watch too. After what seemed like forever, we saw a plane coming towards us. The tiny dot in the sky got bigger and bigger until finally.....Zooom.....it flew right over our heads. What an adrenaline rush! The plane seemed to narrowly miss touching our heads. The loud engine noise roared through our ears. The smell of jet fuel stung our noses. It was, quite simply, awesome!

This picture I took doesn't do it justice.



Then, within a few minutes, we watched two more planes land. We are definitely going back. But next time we're going to watch from inside the car to bring the noise level down a few decibels.

When we asked baby boy what he thought of the whole experience, he said "Airplanes too loud!"

But the sky adventure didn't end there. As we were driving home, we noticed a hot air balloon was about to launch from a field near the side of the road. So we pulled over to watch. Baby boy, who LOVES hot air balloons, was absolutely glued to the scene. We watched the balloon get bigger and bigger. And then, some people jumped into the basket right before it lifted off the ground.

I'm sure glad I had my camera with me!

A la mushroom!

A couple of funny stories....

We were at the park yesterday and one of the other mom's started speaking to baby boy in French. Each time she introduced him to a new word or phrase, he'd try to repeat it back to her. On the whole, his pronunciation was pretty good. But it was pretty obvious that his ears were more attuned to the English language.

When we were about to leave the lady said "A la prochaine!" Baby boy replied, "A la mushroom!"

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Another leaving the park story....His little friend Shauna (pronounced Show-na)came over and said good-bye to baby boy. He stood there without saying a word.

"Aren't you going to say good-bye to Shauna?" I asked.

"Bye Soda," he replied.

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He's just like his dad. Plain water just won't do these days. When I ask him what he wants to drink he says "I want perrier." I can usually get him to settle for regular tap water with a lemon wedge.

Remember me?

I'm totally weirded out by the number of people who want to be my "friend" on Facebook who I don't even remember. Today I got a message from someone I supposedly went to high school with. It reads, "Wow. I remember you from high school. How are you?" I don't know if I should even bother replying. I honestly have no idea who this guy is. Do I have Alzheimer's or something?

I've always prided myself in my ability to remember people's names and faces. Could it be that I've just chosen to remember some people, and completely blocked out others.

Some of the friends I've acquired were only -- at best -- slight acquaintances back in high school. I only accepted them into my friend list to be polite. After all, maybe we really were friends at one time, but I've totally blocked that part of my life out. I've managed to almost completely block grade 8 from memory (worst year of my life by far!) so it's entirely possible. Either that or I was drunk.... Again, entirely possible.

Of course there do exist a lot of "friend sluts" who will befriend anyone who has ever passed by in their general direction. Maybe I'm just being approached by people who like to get around, if you know what I mean... Maybe I'm just another notch on the belt. I suppose I shouldn't be too critical. I've become more popular on Facebook than I ever have in real life!

News flash!

See this handsome fella? He just did his first pooh pooh in the potty!



Mommy and Daddy are so proud. Boy are you going to kill us when you read this as a teenager.