Torii Beach

This sums up the day... Coryn having fun, Carter slipping every two minutes.

When he wasn't slipping, he did have a bit of fun, he tried to steer clear of the water area though, just getting wet enough to keep from dying from the heat.
Coryn learned to have fun in a sprinkler setting, he has never liked getting sprayed with water, but I think he's finally getting over it. Here he found that sitting on the spray is fun.

He liked to pretend to be the lifeguard.
He also got to go down the waterslide by himself... he went twice, the second time he managed to spin around the wrong way as you can see by the orientation of his feet.
we stuck around for some dinner...

it was a beautiful day! (can you see in the back?)

Not too much going on lately...

Happy Perfect Sky everyone! I got this way cute Japanese calendar for Coryn...

We celebrated the end of April with a trip to the beach. Carter doesn't care how cold the water is.
Then we celebrated Children's Day (May 5) with a trip to the library for cultural stories and a surprise Eisa performance! They let the kids join in, but my camera had issues and I didn't get a pic of him playing along...

He was very attentive though!

Carter on the other hand spent the whole time showing everyone his puppy, petting it, barking, and carrying it lovingly. His two favorite things right now are dogs and balls. If either is in the room he goes straight for it proclaiming loudly what it is he's after.
Coryn's reading and writing skills are coming along very well... we've recently acquired some 'homework' books which he loves. Mazes, math, alphabet... several are Kumon (a Japanese tutoring program that's getting big in the states).

January at the Beach

It was a gorgeous day to be at the beach (Torii to be particular)

Coryn asked to be buried in the sand.

He even went into the water up to his knees... so brave.

Carter loved it, he got in the water too and would have gone further if it hadn't been a little on the cold side (just the water, weather was perfect), he sat down in it a couple times but immediately stood up.

All in all it was a perfect beach adventure.

Torii Beach

Playing in the sand.
Apprehension.
Fear. (brrr)

Some guys doing what I think is called kite-boarding, I don't remember what he said exactly, before I heard him say it I called it para-surfing. It looks like fun.