August 14, 2014 - August Scrapbook Day

This month the scrapbook day fell on a Thursday. We are back home in Tokyo and the kids were supposed to have Japanese. However, the teacher fell ill so we were left with no plans. We decided to head to the indoor play area for a play. The big accomplishment was that Miss M rode her bike there without training wheels! While we were in Arkansas, she just got on a friends' bike and started riding without training wheels. We had no idea she could do this and were quite amazed. The first day back in Tokyo we took her training wheels off. She was a bit wobbily at first because her bike here is much heavier than the one she rode in the US, but within a few days of practicing she got it. We had a nice play at the play area and she rode her bike back home. She is so excited about riding her bike now. She wants to take it everywhere. I will be happy when she can ride along next to me so the K Man can be in the back seat. He is really quite too big for the front seat of my mama chariot. Also on scrapbook day the kids got their hair cuts. The K Man fell asleep beforehand so he has to go with daddy this weekend. Secretly I am glad because he does not like getting his hair cut. I will happily let daddy take him. :) We have slowly adjusted to life back in Tokyo and the kids are loving being home as am I. There is really no place like home. However, the humidity and heat is truly unbearable. We are spending lots of time at the splash pool these days and eating ice cream for treats.