Category Archives: Shion
Table manners…
First photo is Shion taken in December eating spinach, cheese and mushroom spaghetti. Second photo is Noah eating mango in Australia the December before. They are about the same age in each photo. I want to talk table manners. Do … Continue reading
Snap happy…
Um, so I finally uploaded photos from January today. I realized that it has been more than a month since I uploaded any photos of my kids and even longer that that here on the blog. I still take a … Continue reading
Yochien decisions to make…
Yochien refers to kindergarten in Japan. It is a 2 or 3 year program which most children start from age 3 {if they are not in daycare/hoikuen. If they are in hoikuen because both of their parents work then often … Continue reading
Sleep time…
Noah is a pretty awesome sleeper. He has slept through consistently since he was eight months old, naps like a pro and has never been much of a struggle to get him down. I had planned to post about his … Continue reading
Filed under Motherhood, Parenting, Shion
A year has passed…
Tomorrow Shion will turn one. Almost a year has passed since I went into premature labour and he arrived so suddenly and so early. I have been thinking about the night I had him a lot this last month with … Continue reading
Filed under Shion, Shion monthly letters
A wiggly wiggly party…
As I mentioned we celebrated the boys birthday party last weekend- early for both of them! I went with a Wiggles theme because Noah is obsessed! Shion likes anything his brother does so that was easy! I was so busy … Continue reading
Less than a month…
Christmas is now less than a month away. Where the hell has this year gone? I mean this time last year I was already in Australia, had an almost one year old and was pregnant with #2. It does not … Continue reading
Filed under House plans, Motherhood, Noah, Shion, Toddlers
Sleep training Shion…
Firstly- thank you to all who commented on the post below or messaged me privately. I am lucky to have such wonderful friends and readers. I am trying not to let Noah`s lack of words stress me out too much … Continue reading
Filed under Motherhood, Shion
Shion- 10 months…
Dear Shion, You are now 10 months old and yes I was a slack mama again and am already a week late with the update but honestly that is because you are such a busy little man and combine your … Continue reading
Filed under Shion, Shion monthly letters
Tot School- Halloween…
Noah is 22.5 months old & Shion is 10 months old {today!} We continued on with some autumn themed activities, halloween themed activities and some general montessori type activities. We were sick the first week but surprisingly this meant we … Continue reading
Filed under Noah, Shion, Toddlers, Tot School
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!
