Saturday, April 18, 2015

Egg-citement Hunt

Went to an Easter Egg Hunt sponsered by the city.  :)


市主催のエッグハントに行ってきました。



In the two-year-olds section, you can hear the parents trying to get the kids to pick up eggs.

The other sections, the eggs were gone in minutes.  :)


2歳児コーナーでは親が子供にタマゴを拾わせようとしているが、

それ以外のコーナーでは一瞬でタマゴがなくなります。(笑)

Saturday, April 11, 2015

Volunteer

I had a rare Friday, where my workplace was observing a holiday, and my daughter had school.

So she wanted me to volunteer in class.  :)



I don't remember the order of events, but is started out with sharing the letter of the week ("M").


The Pledge of Allegiance came somewhere in the middle of class.


They did a couple crafts, the Easter bunny came with fake grass and a plastic egg with three chocolate eggs in it.



Sang some songs to learn about the calendar:  Months of the year and Days of the week.



This is how they get their exercise.  :)



Played a story from Storybots, starring one of her friends.


During recess, she had a snack and then ran around in the playground with her friends.


The day ended with a movie, "The Easter Bunny is Coming to Town".

The "Late Bear" kids were also watching, and the "Early Bear" kids were dismissed during the movie.



(FYI, the volunteer work was cutting out pieces of the very hungry caterpillar.)

Saturday, April 4, 2015

Party Horn? Paper Tongue?

I don't know what they are called, but he's having a load of fun with it.  :)


このオモチャ、なんて呼ぶのでしょうかね~?

Saturday, March 28, 2015

Android or Robot?

Coming soon, to a laptop near you...  :)


気がついたら、顔と手足が出来てた。(笑)

Saturday, March 21, 2015

Cycle-sicle

Monyo on a tricycle last summer.


去年の夏です。



そして、つい最近。


Now on training wheels!  :)

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Disneyland

This is the first time the whole family went to Disneyland together.

We made our exit plan before we went into the park.

We would enjoy until our 3 PM snack, then go back home.

I find it easier to persuade the kids if we let them know of our intentions ahead of time.

初めて家族でディズニーランドに行きました。

入る前に出口戦略を立てました。

三時のおやつを食べたら帰る。(笑)

事前通告をした方が、子供たちは納得しやすいです。




まずは赤ちゃんルームでトイレと着替え。


Our first stop was the Baby Care Center, fully equipped with a nursing area, changing stations, and kid toilets.



We got on the Merry-Go-Round.

Continued on to boat riding at Storybook Land and It's a Small World.


メリーゴーランドに乗って、舟のアトラクションをふたつ。



お昼を食べてToon Townに行ったけれど、モニョ子はRoger Rabbitで大泣き後、しばらく不機嫌。

Goofy's Playhouseで遊ぶ。


After eating lunch, we went to Toon Town.

Monyo got scared of the Roger Rabbit ride, and was crying and upset for a while.

So we played at Goofy's Playhouse.



Round tripped the Monorail, at the very front compartment with the driver!  :)

They have 4 seats on the front, and 6 seats on the back.

If you ask the staff before the train comes, you'll have good chances of getting in.


モノレールをパノラマ席で往復。

前の車両に4席、後ろの車両に6席あって、事前に申し出れば乗れます。



おやつにChurroを食べ、今度は後ろのパノラマ席で帰りました。

なんと、非常口は天井に!


After eating a Churro, we got on the monorail on the very back, and headed home.

The emergency exit was on the ceiling!

Saturday, March 7, 2015

Daddy Daughter Fabulous 50's Dance

Went to this city event last week.

There was food, crafts, face painting, a hula-hoop contest, and of course, dancing!

Monyo got dozy and didn't make it to the end of the event, but we had a great time.


市主催のイベントに行ってきました。

結局踊りませんでしたが、楽しみました。(笑)