Randomness

Nothing super special tonight so here are a few random things from the past few days:

1.  Some bath time photos from my iPod.  Sorry for the poor poses and quality.

2.  Ryleigh's sampling of a cake pop.  She kept saying, "Mmmm" while she ate it.  It didn't completely wipe off, by the way, but, rather, had to wear off during the rest of the day.

3.  Ryleigh's conversation.  She's becoming good at saying "No."
Amy:  "Can you give your monkey a kiss?"
Ryleigh:  "No!"
Amy:  "Can you give me a kiss?"
Ryleigh:  "No!"
Me:  "Are you cute?"
Ryleigh (sweetly):  "Yes."

She's going to be a handful as she gets older...

4.  RJ's Amazon.com experience.  As a birthday gift, he was given a gift certificate by one of his friends.  He decided (with a little help from Mom) to spend it on a Duplo Tanker Truck.  The rest of the day and evening we heard only whimpers and whines from RJ because he was devastated that when he pushed the "buy" button (with a little help from Mom again), it didn't show up 10 minutes later.  He was incredulous that it could take 10 days.



More fun to follow soon!
-Jip

Water Guns!

We've been collecting water guns lately.  I bought a few last week on a trip to the 100 yen store.  Our friends Aaron and Jessie brought one to RJ yesterday for his birthday.  A few have been laying around.  So, we decided today was a good day to put them to use.

We had a great time playing in the backyard!  Ryleigh spent most of the time dumping buckets of water on herself.  RJ ended up just as wet as Ryleigh with some good dousing from Mom and Dad.

In the famous words of the Stratton Spotlight--"A good time was had by all."

Birthday Party!

We had RJ's birthday party today. It was his first honest-to-goodness party with friends and such. The theme was Legos.

RJ had 4 friends plus a friend's older brother come. Cian, Caylebe, Walker, Christopher, and Joseph helped RJ feel super special. They played with Legos, chased balloons, chased each other, and had a few laughs with the Lego photo props.

I had ordered cupcakes and cake pops from a lady who lives on the Negishi Housing Detachment. Unfortunately, she got into a car accident on the way to deliver everything. But, she made it in time to put the cake pops in the goodie bags to take home. And, we got to enjoy the cupcakes after dinner tonight! Sbarro's provided an ice cream cake and I had a plain cake for the Lego candles, so we had plenty to eat!

It was a great day for RJ!

Welcome, Zoya!

Meet our new niece, Zoya Nevaeh Mosman.

She was a bouncing 6.09 lbs and 19 inches.  Zoya joined her parents, Peter and Stacy, at 9:17 am on July 18. 

We are excited to meet this little beautiful girl in a few months!  

More Birthday Celebrations

Today RJ's preschool class celebrated the July birthdays.  RJ and his friend Christopher enjoyed the spotlight for a few minutes.

I was so grateful the Miss Yuri and Miss Angelica asked if Ryleigh and I wanted to be there.  The preschool did such a nice job making RJ and Christopher feel special!