into mischief…

Stone loves to take tissues and wipes out of the box and on this particular day I turned my back for little too long and he had a heyday with a new box of tissues... oh the simple pleasures of childhood!

The look of guilt on his face when he realized I was watching him was priceless!

No better way to enjoy another rainy day...

than to play in it!

little man's weigh in...

I took Stone for a weigh in today at the health center...he is 50% for weight and 95% for height... so I guess when Japanese people tell me he is big they must be reffering to his height.

here are the stats...
weight 9.94 kg or about 21.9 lbs
height 78.7 cm or about 30.9 in

Next month, we will go for a tooth check... hopefully by then his little molars will be in and not bothering him so much!

かみね どうぶつ えん。。。KAMINE ZOO

Yesterday, we went to the Kamine zoo with Charity& Freedom, Laura & Dj and Laura's friends, Chiharu & Yuan. Stone loved watching the animals...he got to see elephants, monkeys, tigers, donkeys, lions, rhinoceros, penguins and he even got to pet a bunny but... mommy made him pass on petting the snake! It was a great day... even though we did not get to spend much time with Laura and Dj... there was hardly anyone at the zoo so we did not have to fight crowds or feel like we were the ones on display. Stone has already told me that he wants to take daddy there soon.

Stone petting the bunny.

Playing hide-n-seek with the elephant.

Charity, Freedom, me and Stone posing for the traditional souvenir photo.

The giraffe.. Stone thought he was funny looking with his loooong neck.

Taking a break... Laura and Dj enjoyed ice cream while Stone and Freedom enjoyed some water and being free.

We love Saturday!

Saturdays have become a family day... and every Saturday morning at 7:15 it is like Stone knows that we are going to go out and have some fun. Last Saturday, after a McDonalds breakfast of puchi pancakes we headed to a park near here to join some friends in a round of disc golf. Stone had so much fun running and playing in the grass and trees. After one round we headed home and Lj cleaned out the car while Stone tried to nap then in the evening we headed to the mall to get Stone his "first" pair of shoes... which he is still trying to decide what he thnks of them. I can't wait until August when every day will be like Saturday...but hopefully Stone will sleep in later than 7:15!

I love this smile!

Look at this face...

Stone loved disc golf!

Playing soccer with daddy!

Father and Son

Happy 4th of July!

Thank you Auntie Holly for the t-shirt!

Play Date with Ayano!

Today Stone and I met Ayano and her mommy at the park. Ayano is one of the cutest Japanese babies ever... She has the most precious little curls and the sweetest smile.

Stone has been into giving hugs lately... He made sure to give Ayano a few hugs today...It was so cute to see him go to give her a hug because he would get all excited and almost always managed to push her over... but she took it in stride and even hugged him back.