Fun for the Whole Family!

It's an exciting day in our house! I was woken up at 3:30am, this morning to Finley complaining, coughing, and nose completely stuffed. She was crying because her ear hurt. I had been planning on calling the doctor, to take Scott & Finley in, but Finley couldn't wait until a decent hour to notify us of her discomfort. Scott has been having the same symptoms, as Finley, so I figured he probably had the same thing. Wouldn't you know it, they both have ear infections! Finley has it in both ears, Scott & Berkley - only in one. I had just taken Berk to the doctor last week. Good thing we love Dr. Wu! Too bad he gets paid a salary from the Army, or we'd be paying for a nice summer vacation! Here's to hoping the meds kick in soon, so we can get a good nights rest!

Catching Up. . .

So, it has been a long time since I last posted. Ed has commandeered the camera, so I have finally gotten a chance to download some pics. So, these are some of the events that have happened.

Berkley had her first ballet recital. They did The Lonely Goat Herder, from the Sound of Music. It was really cute! I was hoping that she would stick to it. We'll see. As of now she says it's too slow!


She did love wearing make-up and having her hair done!


She also loved getting a bunch of flowers from her fans!

We also celebrated Finley's 4th birthday! We had a little party for her at the bowling alley. She had tons of fun with her friends. This is one of her favorite gifts.


She also graduated from Joy School. Next step, Sure Start! (keeping fingers crossed!)


Ed also went on a little trip to the Kyoto/Kobe area. Ed is doing a sponsorship program with the Japan Ground Self Defense Force. He has been partnered with Sgt. Takastuka. They have been together for 3 months. Sgt. T is from Kobe & so he took Ed home for the weekend, to show him his home town.
Here is a picture of Ed with Sgt. T and his family.

I got my hair done - again! I love it! Marrisa is amazing. . .

770 days!

That is a long time! To break it down, that is 2 years, 1 month, 1 week, and 3 days. I don't even think that Ed would disagree with the results.

Look at that 'Colgate' smile! He looks great!!!

. . .but, I found a tree with a bush to hide behind. . .

This is what Berkley told me, when I asked her why she needed toilet paper for Sass. See, they were at the park playing and Sass 'really had to go bad!' This might be understandable if the park was in a remote location, where there is nothing else in sight. But no, this park is just down, half a block. So, I did what any mother would do. I told Berkley I didn't know who she was, that she must be at the wrong house. Okay, so that's not true. I grabbed the wipies and a trash bag and forged to the park. As I was nearing, I could hear her crying, but I couldn't see her. I thought that was good, at least no one else could see her either. Oh boy, was I wrong. We walked through the park and there she was standing in the clearing, naked from the waste down. Berk was right, there were trees and bushes, just Sass was standing in the middle of the opening, instead of hiding. I was mortified, since in front of her is a little Japanese road that tons of people walk and ride on. It is always busy. Behind her, is the street that runs in front of the elementary school that just let out. On the other side of the street, is the school field, where the HS boys soccer team was practicing. It really is a wonder that no one has taken that child away from me. Unfortunately, I didn't bring the camera along - sorry, you'll just have to use your imaginations!

MONSTER EYE!

Ed and Sass decided to 'rough-house' and this was the end result. Sass face planted right into the corner of the table. This is what remains. Since it looks nasty, I've been asking her how it feels, etc. She's always said, it feels fine. Well, today, I let her look at it in the mirror. At first she was shocked, then she said, "I have a monster eye!" She thinks it's pretty cool! I'm not so sure about that - I'm just hoping I don't get a knock on the door. . .



btw - Finley countdown: 22 days

P.R.I.D.E. Awards!

At Berkley's school, every quarter 5 students are picked for the P.R.I.D.E. Awards. Every letter stands for something: P=Prepared, R=Respectful, I=Improved, D=Dependable, E=Enthusiastic. Berk won the award for Most Improved this quarter. This is her accepting her award from her teacher, Mrs. Salas.
She has been doing great! Her class has a reward system, where each child starts out on green and either stays, increases to blue, or decrease to yellow, or red (red being the worst). It is very common for most children to stay in the green. For most of last quarter, Berkley has consistently been a blue girl. We are so proud of her!

Ed's Happy Day Day!

So, Ed turned the BIG 3-0 last month! I surprised him by taking him to The New Sanno Hotel, in Tokyo. We had a fantastic meal! We love to eat at Wellington's - inside the New Sanno. Thanks to our fabulous neighbors, Valerie & Xavier, we were able to be kid-free, too! Bonus! We got home on Saturday from Tokyo, and left on Sunday for Tama. Ed has been wanting to take us 'camping' up there, ever since he had Wood Badge training there. We took the girls to the zoo, they got to ride horses & hang out with Dad. It was a great family weekend!

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