Preschool graduation 2009

Kuwae Preschool had their little graduation ceremony last week. The boys have really enjoyed their time there and Issy can't wait to start next year. They had a darling little ceremony and I think we will all miss it for the summer.

The Three Musketeers. One of Noah's best friends, Marcus, was in his class. Next year some of Ben's friends will be in his class too.

Noah and his teachers, Mrs Villegas and Masae-San.

Ben and his teachers, Mrs Blodgett and Ryoko-San.

Ben singing a Japanese song and bowing.

Each class did some singing for the parents and then they received diplomas. It was pretty dang cute!

Goodbye, Nick

Goodbye Nick. Enjoy Spain.

Birthday and pregnancy

I had a lovely birthday on May 13th. My girlfriends took me out to dinner, Rob pampered me and got me TWO massages and I just had a great overall day. Here the kids are singing to me and I'm thinking about what to wish for (an healthy, early delivery).

Everytime I have a baby, I make homemade donuts as a reward for birthing. I then pig out the next week on these yummy delights. I made a HUGE batch and then froze them. However I have not been very good about keeping them frozen and have already eaten the majority of them. Hmmmm....could this be the reason I gained 10 pounds in two weeks at my last checkup?


Speaking of gaining weight...here are some pics I took tonight of my gigantic body. Since the doctor said he'd induce me on June 8th I only have about a week to go. Yeah!

Mr Bear

My Grandma Ruthie has given each of my kids a stuffed animal when they were born. Each one of them sleeps with it although they have differing levels of attachment. They are also the only stuffed animals we have in the house because I'm not a huge fan of them. Ben has a monkey, Issy has a kitten and Noah has a bear. Lately, he's really been cuddling with it and brings it downstairs with him every morning. I don't know why I think it's so cute, but I had to take a picture of him last night all snuggled up with Mr. Bear.

We went out for some yummy Indian food the other night and found a nice park across the street. I'm not sure who had more fun climbing the rope structure, Rob or the kids.

Issy cuteness

Rob's bike was dirty the other day after riding home from work. Issy wanted to be helpful so she cleaned it with him. I don't fully understand the purpose of cleaning off the bike all the time, but Rob assures me it is necessary to maintain performance.

Noah, Ben and Rob went camping last weekend on a Father/Son's campout for church. When I asked Issy what she wanted to do with just us girls she told me she wanted to get a pedicure at Cocko's. Is it sad my 2 year old even knows what a pedicure is? Here she is getting her feet soaked in pure delight.

Cut the grass

Do you think it's time to cut the grass when Noah decides he needs to do it and scissors are the only option?

Fun new stuff for us

I've been busy shopping and spending too much money. Just thought I'd share some of our new purchases (mostly for my parents to see).

We got a new "under the TV" piece of furniture. Since mounting the TV we needed a bigger piece to take up the space under it. This is an antique from India (there are great deals on furniture all around Asia here). We've been looking for awhile and finally found something we both liked.

We got this house on the treelawn for free! Yeah! Issy (and the boys too) love it and it's nice to have some shaded spot for them to go in the backyard. We also needed somewhere to socialize and relax so we got a table with chairs and an umbrella to shade our frying bodies from the Okinawa sun.

We've had the same bedspread since we got married almost 7 years ago. While I like it I'm getting a bit bored of it. I saw this spread at the gift shop on Kadena and just feel in love with the rich colors and 100% silk. Although I'm sure I'll be hating myself when I go to wash it. I love how well it matched my bed too.
While in the States I got some curtains at Target and finally got some rods last week. Rob spent several nights putting them up. They add just a LITTLE bit more hominess (is that even a word?) to our bunker, cement block houses. I miss our cute little house in Cleveland that had so much charm.