Max finally graduated from MIIS in May! OTSUKARESAMA! He is so happy not to be a student any more. In June, Kaya and Yumi went back to Japan for 6 weeks. Kaya attended Japanese preschool once a week and had lots of fun.
See more pics here: 38 mos and 39 mos in Japan
Can you believe that Kaya is three now? She now goes to a bathroom by herself, puts her clothes on by herself, talks and sings a lot and dances around! She is not a baby anymore...although she still loves pretending to be a baby. She enjoyed lots of cake and also got lots of gifts from her grandparents and her friends during her birthday week. Thank you all! She loves all of gifts, especially her first princess outfit and new dresses!
See more photos: 3rd birthday
We finally moved in a new and 100 year-old house! Max worked so hard in the past six months to make this cat-pee house a great green house! Baaba (grandma) Machiko also flew from Japan to help us with a perfect timing. She is staying with us for two months. We still need to get a lot of work done for this house, but this is a huge step!
See more photos: 33 and 34 mos
35 mos
Happy new year! Hope everyone had great holidays. We also had a wonderful break. Kaya actually got sick on Christmas Eve but her Santa brought her wonderful gifts and made her so happy. On that weekend, we visited the beautiful town in the south, SLO with our family friends. Kaya especially loved Madonna's Inn because everything(even sugar!) was pink there!
Wish you the best in 2009!
See more photos:31 mos (Thanksgiving)
32 mos
We had two fun things in this month!
Uncle(cousin) Marc visited us from Santa Fe and we had a great time together! And then, we had Halloween last Friday. Kaya put on her doggy outfit and enjoyed her 2nd trick-or-treating with other kids. She also made Jack O' Lanterns with mommy and daddy for the first time. Good job, Kaya!
See more photos: 30 months
"I'm a 2 year-old big girl!"
Yes, she is! Kaya is not wearing diapers anymore. Just like other 2 year-old girls, her favorite color is pink and her favorite thing is "princess" outfit(or towel). But she also loves ... putting her undies on her head, making a funny face... and add "unchi(puppy in Japanese)" to every word!
See more photos: 29 mos
We've been enjoying our long summer break! In June, we went back to Japan and stayed with Yumi's family for a month. Kaya met lots of friends and had a great time. We then flew to Pittsburgh for two weeks in July. Kaya had so much fun with her grandpa, grandma and her cousins, Emilie and Lilly! We're now back in Monterey and getting ready to go back to our normal life...
See more photos:
25 mos in Monterey
26 mos in Japan
27 mos in Monterey
27 and 28 mos in Pittsburgh
Kaya turned two on April 9th and we had a party at a park. Many friends came to celebrate her friend, Joshua and Kaya's birthdays and we had a great time together! And of course, Kaya enjoyed her birthday cupcake...what a big bite!
See more pics: 2nd birthday
We celebrated Kaya's 2nd Hinamatsuri(girls day). Yumi made a special sushi for this day and we set up paper dolls instead of real traditional ones and wished Kaya health!
see more pics: 23 mos
Of course, it's Mommy. It's actually quite good, isn't it? I should have used nicer paper though. Kaya started going to daycare three days a week from late January. She is having fun there but also gets sick more often than before:( Hopefully she will be stronger!
see more pics here:21 & 22 month
