New Shirt!
I volunteer at the Base Thrift Store for a few hours every monday morning, so I find pretty good stuff. A few of my friends work there as well, so it's fun. Anyway, got Jacob a new "Tigger" shirt yesterday, which he was very excited to wear this morning to Yochien. After he got it on, I told him that Sensei would really like it. (Japanese LOVE Pooh Bear and Mickey Mouse stuff--pretty much anything Disney, but especially those two. Speaking of Japanese loving disney--that reminds me of a story....later.) Anyway, when we got to the bus stop, Jacob wanted his coat zipper down, so I unzipped him and he proceeded to show all the kids at the bus stop his new shirt. Then the bus pulled up, I'll have to post a pic of the bus, it's pretty funny--green gingham seat, flowers on the outside--anyway, bus pulls up, and he runs up to the Sensei helping them on and holds open his coat so she can see his shirt. She smiled, and tried to usher him on--there was a long line behind him. He didn't budge, just kept holding open his coat for her to see, this time she sort of nodded and smiled, but still not good enough for J. So, I came up behind him and told him, "She really likes your shirt!", and lifted him up onto the bus. Yeah, they both got on the bus happily this morning, I like those mornings.
So Luke is 4 mo. old now, and I finally got around to taking a little photo shoot of him in his blessing outfit. I had fun trying out our new camera, and he was totally happy, so it was an easy job. Some of you have requested a pic (parents) of this, so if you can not save it from this site, let me know and I'll email you a copy. So I am asking for your participation in a vote on which one I should hang on my wall--this may require you to push the comment icon and reply!!! Don't be scared--this is 2006, I know you can all figure it out. Anyway, would love to have your vote. We'll just # them 1-6, #1 being at the top. THANKS!
Ok, so the Disney story--in Japan they have these hotels called "love hotels" everywhere. You pull your car in to a little garage spot, you cover your licence plate with the cover provided, and you go in and pay by the hour into a little machine in the wall. You never see anyone the whole time you are there. Anyway, it was one of the boxes I wanted to check while I am here, just to really experience Japan. So a couple of months ago we did. The room was not at all what I expected though, we walked in and the first thing I saw was a poster sized framed pic of Whinnie the Pooh on the wall. Then the Minnie Mouse comforter. And the close to life sized Mickey Mouse sitting in the corner! It was so crazy, I mean I knew Japanese love disney, but not quite to this extent! Anyway, to make a long story short, we couldn't be as secretive as most because we coudn't figure out how to use the pay machine--which meant we were locked in till we paid. So I had to call the front desk for help on getting out. We almost forgot our sourveniers, but she made sure we didn't--a Mickey wash cloth and matching glass cup. Jacob really appreciated them.