Doll house

The other day, Nori brought home an almost brand new wooden doll house. It was from someone who is moving back to Japan. We actually have a doll house from another family before, with same situation. My kids are so lucky to have such gracious friends. At first, I thought perhaps we will pass the new dollhouse to someone else who might need one, but after 3 days in our house, I have a feeling we might be adopting this new "doll" family of 5. (mom, dad, sister, brother + baby)

 This is such a beautiful wood made house. Simple but yet lovely. That might make it look more realistic and so much more room for kids' imagination and creativity. Love it.

 (2 doll houses in our house.... luckily I don't have to pay property tax on those, we would be in trouble)

 After the kids go to bed, I love seeing what they have created....and we actually have a "bedtime" routine for them as well.

 Someone got to clean the bathroom....

 The baby crib wasn't in the box, so mom and dad have to get used to the tight bed space then..

 Guess it's never too much to have...

 Even Yoshi enjoys it everyday right after school.... love seeing his wide range of interest- from trains to spiderman, to Ultraman, to doll house.... 

It's been a month....

"You haven't update the blog yet?!"........ this is what Nori said to me every other nights...  I still remember when I first started writing this blog, I would be carrying camera everywhere I went, from the moment of Yoshi's birth, his first bath, first word, first step, first tooth..... I was always thinking, what I should update on blog.

 

Recently, there are so much going on, that totally distract me from the blog. I cannot believe this month had went by so fast... it will only get faster with the holidays around the corner.

 

Yoshi had a fever last week, so he was at home for a few days. Now, he's healthy and ready to go back to school. He loves school and friends. Now that I have two mornings per week alone (while Kiharu in preschool), I got to volunteer more often in Yoshi's class. I enjoy every opportunity to be there. The best part, he enjoys even more when I'm in there, perhaps making him feel very special. I love this sweet little boy....xoxo.

 

Kiharu loves being in her own preschool too. She was so proud to show Yoshi last week when he came along during drop off/ pick up. Everytime when she returns from school, she would ask me to sit down and give me a presentation of all her artwork that came back home. Although she is only 3 yrs old, but I don't think she has any problem communicating with her friends. Sometimes she amazes me how much English she can speak...

 

 

Few weeks ago, her school had a field trip to pumpkin farm. 3 years ago, I was at the same farm for Yoshi's preschool field trip, Kiharu was in the baby stroller. Now, she was picking up her own pumpkin... 

 During my "alone time", I enjoy volunteering at both kids' classrooms. I was at Kiharu's one day, got a chance to read stories to them. Her class has 11 kids, only 3 girls..

 This is Kiharu's best friend in class, her name is Eva. It's really cute seeing Kiharu having her own friends from school. They always talk about each other at home. We did a park playdate last week.

 Here was a photo of Yoshi with his friends from Japanese school.

 I cannot believe the kids have grown up so much....xoxo.