Monday, September 29, 2008
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Erin's wedding rehearsal
Well, the practice went great. Jolon listened carefully to the instructions, walked properly, even smiled as he walked down the LONG aisle with Sarah. Fingers crossed for next Sat.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Kellan latest 9/26/08
Kellan has recently started changed from saying, "Jo Jo," to "Jolon."
He is saying things in Japanese such as "Mommy no," which means "This is Mommy's." In other words, he can show possession. "Kellan no." It's mine. "Jolon no." It's Jolon's.
He's also showing that he understands when we are asking him a question by our tone of voice. So he'll often nod or shake his head when we ask him a question if even if he doesn't understand it.
If Jan and I are talking and we happen to mention shoes, Kellan will sometimes go to the door to find his. Or if I say something about getting in the bath, he'll start taking his clothes off.
He knows not to come into the house with his shoes on and has been really working at and getting better at getting his shoes off and on by himself.
His teachers told us that he said, "Joji, wake up," (in Japanese) the other day after nap time when it was time to get up. They seem very impressed that he's making two word sentences.
One of his favorite words is "oishii," (delicious). So funny to watch him take a sip of tea and then nod and say, "oishii."
He is saying things in Japanese such as "Mommy no," which means "This is Mommy's." In other words, he can show possession. "Kellan no." It's mine. "Jolon no." It's Jolon's.
He's also showing that he understands when we are asking him a question by our tone of voice. So he'll often nod or shake his head when we ask him a question if even if he doesn't understand it.
If Jan and I are talking and we happen to mention shoes, Kellan will sometimes go to the door to find his. Or if I say something about getting in the bath, he'll start taking his clothes off.
He knows not to come into the house with his shoes on and has been really working at and getting better at getting his shoes off and on by himself.
His teachers told us that he said, "Joji, wake up," (in Japanese) the other day after nap time when it was time to get up. They seem very impressed that he's making two word sentences.
One of his favorite words is "oishii," (delicious). So funny to watch him take a sip of tea and then nod and say, "oishii."
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Nose in Eye and The fall
Jolon saw some sleep in Kellan's eye this morning and said, "Kellan has some nose in his eye." Guess he thought thought the sleep looked like snot or other nose gunk.
The other night Nobu and Sachi dropped Yui and Mei chan off so they could go to dinner and a concert. Keeping 4 kids was quite a handful but by 8:00 Jan and I were doing fine and feeling pretty proud of ourselves. Dinner went well and the kids were playing happily while we kept switching between washing up and playing with them. Recently Kellan has been pulling his diaper off at random times, occasionally sitting on his pottie and doing something, but more often than not just pulling it off because he can. In the midst of the chaos, neither Jan nor I noticed that he'd managed to get it off. All of a sudden we heard Jolon yell, "UNCHI GA DETA" which means "He pooed." Jan ran to the kitchen to get a cloth to clean it up before any one of them decided to grab it or try and clean it up themselves. On his way back to their room, I heard an extremely loud crash. Apparently Kellan had also peed on the floor (unbeknownst to us), and Jan slipped on the pee, tripped over the pottie (useless though it had been) which was in the middle of the floor and landed flat on his face. He did really bang his toe, but I could offer no sympathy as I was doubled over on the floor myself laughing hysterically.
The other night Nobu and Sachi dropped Yui and Mei chan off so they could go to dinner and a concert. Keeping 4 kids was quite a handful but by 8:00 Jan and I were doing fine and feeling pretty proud of ourselves. Dinner went well and the kids were playing happily while we kept switching between washing up and playing with them. Recently Kellan has been pulling his diaper off at random times, occasionally sitting on his pottie and doing something, but more often than not just pulling it off because he can. In the midst of the chaos, neither Jan nor I noticed that he'd managed to get it off. All of a sudden we heard Jolon yell, "UNCHI GA DETA" which means "He pooed." Jan ran to the kitchen to get a cloth to clean it up before any one of them decided to grab it or try and clean it up themselves. On his way back to their room, I heard an extremely loud crash. Apparently Kellan had also peed on the floor (unbeknownst to us), and Jan slipped on the pee, tripped over the pottie (useless though it had been) which was in the middle of the floor and landed flat on his face. He did really bang his toe, but I could offer no sympathy as I was doubled over on the floor myself laughing hysterically.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Happy Birthday, Allie!
Dear Allie,
I wish I could have been at your party and sung, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you and helped you eat the cake. I miss you lots.
love, Jolon
Insults
Jan was taking the boys to school the other day and when they got close to the building, Jolon saw his good friend, Yura. Yura was walking with his Mom and carrying a piece of wood. It's important to understand that when Nakayoshi (school) boys, Jolon's age, meet each other, the accepted greeting is to affectionately punch/bearhug the other boy or fling insults. Jolon, eyeing the piece of wood, and trying to come up with a funny/insulting line.....yelled (in Japanese), "Hey Yura. You're a..........BAKER."
Yura's Mom burst out laughing.
Jan guesses that the piece of wood looked like a piece of bread to Jolon, and that was the best he could come up with at that moment.
Yura's Mom burst out laughing.
Jan guesses that the piece of wood looked like a piece of bread to Jolon, and that was the best he could come up with at that moment.
Everyone does things that are bad sometimes
Jan went in to put Jolon to bed the other night and told him that he was the best big brother in the world. Jolon protested that he was sometimes mean to Kellan.
Jan: "But everyone does things that are bad sometimes."
Jolon: "Like when you cook really badly?"
Jan: ummmm. yeah, I guess so.....
Jolon: "and when you don't sing very well?"
The best part of course is that Jolon wasn't trying to be funny or make a joke. He was really trying to make sense of the idea that everyone does bad things.
Jan: "But everyone does things that are bad sometimes."
Jolon: "Like when you cook really badly?"
Jan: ummmm. yeah, I guess so.....
Jolon: "and when you don't sing very well?"
The best part of course is that Jolon wasn't trying to be funny or make a joke. He was really trying to make sense of the idea that everyone does bad things.
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