Monthly Archives: April 2011
A busy Golden Week…
It is Golden Week here in Japan at the moment meaning my husband is off until Friday May 6th- It is definitely nice to have some extra help with the boys even though we are only on day 2 (5 … Continue reading
Filed under Chiba playgroup, House plans, Life, Noah, Shion
Tot School- Easter…
Another busy week doing Tot School. Noah is 16 months old and last week we loosely followed an “Easter” theme. Unlike a lot of Western and Christian holidays Easter has NOT taken off in Japan- it is only a matter … Continue reading
Filed under Montessori, Noah, Tot School
Blogiversary…
I am posting early but I just realized that this coming Monday (April 25) will mark 5 years of blogging. Happy Blogiversary to me! Me 5 years ago… Me now, 5 years later, married with two kiddies living in Chiba … Continue reading
Filed under Blogging
101 things finalized and random dots…
Remember how I was doing 101 things in 1001 days? Yeah well my time was up just after Christmas last year. And now we are in April. What can I say? I was still in Australia when the time was … Continue reading
Filed under 101 things in 1001 days, Diet & Weight, House plans, Noah, Shion
Mr Shion smiles (and a giveaway!)…
For some reason Shion gets the name “Mr Shion” a lot- I think it is because when he was in the hospital for the first six weeks the nurses called him Shion-san and I guess the English equivelent is Mr … Continue reading
Filed under Montessori, Noah, Shion
Tot school- Spring theme…
Our 3rd time doing “Totschool” and we are linking up at 1+1+1=1 Noah is 15.75 months old. Theme this week was loosely based on spring and bugs/insects and it was welcomed by a sunny week in which we spent some … Continue reading
Filed under Noah, Parenting, Tot School
Building our house…
We currently rent an apartment- it is in an old building but by Japanese standards it is a good size and not too far from the station (12 minute walk) which when you don`t have a car is a big … Continue reading
Filed under House plans
Shion`s Omiyamairi…
On the weekend we went to Shun`s families local shrine and did Shion`s Omiyamairi. Noah did his when he was just under a month old but because of the cold weather, then the earthquake we decided to hold off on … Continue reading
Tot school- Body parts…
We did Totschool again last week and will link up to 1+1+1=1! Our second week was a success I think- I know I enjoyed it and I think I can safely say that Noah did too. Noah is 15.5 months … Continue reading
Filed under Noah, Tot School
Speech development…
Noah doesn`t really say much yet but I am not yet TOO concerned because his understanding is very good and he will do what I ask of him 75% of the time including more complex commands like “Wash your hands” … Continue reading
Filed under Noah
I am just a twenty something Aussie girl living in Chiba, Japan with my Japanese husband trying to make sense of the crazy Japanese world we live in! We welcomed our first son in December 2009 (Noah) and a second son in January 2011, 2 months premature (Shion). I am working hard at raising them to be confident, bilingual, happy kids!
