Halloween 2014...!

it's another round of Mall trick-or-treating this year♥

here's Kai practicing his panda roars!

さて、今年もモールでTrick-or-Treatingです。

カイもパンダになりきって興奮！

 

yay! let's get some candy!

ルカも楽しんでる？

Luka, are you having fun too?

ooo~ chocolate♥

ルカがちょっと疲れてきた様子。

I think Luka is started to get a bit tired....

awww Happy Halloween!

I think Luka was pretty tired by the end of it... poor guy.

we saw lots of cute costumes today and a few for inspiration.

I have somewhat of an idea for Luka next year.

8ヶ月...!

8ヶ月になりました！

Luka is 8 months...! i can't believe he will be 1 soon... holy cow!

そして歯が一本生えて来ました！

and he's got a tooth coming in.  Can you see?

そして次の日、2本目が見えてきました！

見えるかな？

and by the next day, I was able to spot a second tooth coming in.

Can you see?  No wonder he's been extra fussy and crying late at night.. poor guy :(

ハロー！

手振ってる！

"hello~!" *waves*

tickle monster...!

"Tickle Monster"

This is Kai's favorite book right now!

It's a tickle monster kit--comes with a book and big puffy mitts for tickling!

we actually purchased this a year or two ago.  Anyway, he loves it now!

*tickle tickle*

Then daddy made this pose....

and Kai wanted to do the same♥

self feeding...!

"i think i'm getting the hang of this!"

"woa~!"

"pff...gimme a break"

"really?"

"NO WAY!!"

"ah~ you got me mom!"

"what is that?!"

new toys...!

ん？何の音？

誕生日に挙げた船のテントが大き過ぎてママは2階の子供部屋に置きました。

すると次の朝、階段から「おいっしょ、おいっしょ」って聞こえてきた。

見てみるとカイがテントを部屋から出してリビングに戻そうとしていた！

よくもこんなに大きいな物を....

So the pirate ship tent that we got for Kai was huge. I decided to keep it in his room upstairs.

then the next morning i heard grunts coming from the stairs...

Kai was hauling the tent back to the living room! 

i was actually impressed...that thing is big and should be heavy for a 3 year old!

ひらがな。

頑張って覚えようね！

we really need to start practicing hiragana!

プチおにぎり。

カイは「フットボール」って言ってた。

ああ～たしかに似てる。

mini onigiris...which Kai called "footballs".

hmm..they DO look like footballs ^_^

Kai's birthday...part 3

エリカおばちゃんとじぃじばぁばからは日本語の勉強が出来るおもちゃを貰いました。

ありがとう！

thank you auntie! and GG BABA!

looks like Kai is gonna have fun learning Japanese♥

Kai's birthday...part 2

Kai had a hard time blowing out the candles... hahahaha!

なかなかロウソクが消えない！頑張れ！

putting together the alphabet mat

ママも一緒に遊んじゃった！

i had to try out the new pirate ship tent!

Kai loves it♥

Kai's birthday...part 1

カイの誕生日は21日！でも日曜日にケーキとプレゼントを開けました。

風船もたっぷり！

Kai's 3rd birthday is on Tuesday but we decided to have a small celebration on Sunday!

I prepped plenty of balloons!

エリカおばちゃんだ！

look, it's auntie!

"trying" to blow out the candles...

I will upload a funny video tomorrow.

ろうそくを吹こうとするけどなかなか消えません。

のちほど動画をアップします！

日本のケーキ屋さんでケーキを注文しました。

可愛くできて嬉しい！

this year I went ahead and ordered a birthday cake from the Japanese bakery.

I added the extra candles.

Curious George this year!

wow look at that baby butt!! 

ルカちゃんの大きいお尻♥

his two favorites were the alphabet mat and Jake's pirate tent!

and we had a surprise Sunday delivery at our door--Papaw's birthday gift!

Kai's favorite McQueen♥

Thank you Papaw!