Christmas

Christmas was good! Preston could have really cared less but he thoroughly enjoyed chewing on the box that one of my presents came in. I bought Preston some Japanese clothes because they are too cute/crazy not to buy and realized he is way bigger than I thought...Everything was skin tight and basically, he needs the size that 2 year old apparently wear here. On top of that, a woman asked us if he was 2 or 3 years old...ARE YOU KIDDING ME?   I <3 my Big Boopa..(but my arms/back don't). I loved getting my hair done and we had a great dinner at a nice sushi restaurant...Sushi for Christmas...Only in Japan. Today was our last family day since David has work tomorrow...I will be packing tonight and tomorrow and running last minute errands...Then Mr. P and I will be off and headed home to the green orchards of Yuba City....Everytime I think about it my stomach hurts...I hate thinking about all of the last times with David until May...Can I really do this??? We shall see. Pictures to come, if I ever blog again, once school starts.

Tomorrow....

is our little family of three's Christmas...I'm getting excited, even though the real Christmas is happening on the 31st, when I get home. I can't wait to see what Preston does...He will probably just eat the paper like always...I am getting my hair straightened, which is my present and I am counting the 3-4 hours of alone time as my present as well...which is more exciting???...I am not sure!!! Merry Christmas to us!!

 And, I just finished felting Preston's girl Valentine's Day shirt turned Baby's First Christmas shirt and my fingers hurt. Is that a step up from the Santa dog vest or a step down? Remind me next year if I am overseas to pick something up ahead of time, so I never have to do that again..Or better yet, maybe I should just buy some things on clearance now and save them...hmmm, now I am thinking like a real mom.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from our side of the pond to yours!! XOXOXO

Santa Claus is coming to town...

We had a surprise visit from Santa last night...I think Preston will be scarred for life...After he went to sleep last night, he woke up screaming, about 45 minutes later, in sheer terror...I swear he was having a Santa nightmare...Poor baby.  I will say, I am so thankful that I got these First Santa pics. I have been searching high and low for Christmas outfit for P to wear on the day, but have found nothing...So, I am felting a lame little T-shirt, so he has something to wear. It is nice to have a little normalcy around the holidays, since there is nothing really here to denote that it is Christmas time at all...Santa's visit was very appreciated, even though it was obviously not enjoyed by one member of the Palmer family...Please note that the little Santa outfit P is wearing in these pictures is for a dog....It was all I could find and it is way too small, but hey, it worked and he may be wearing it again on the 28th (day we are celebrating Christmas, since David is out of town).  Thank you Eric!!!!

Poor Santa is not even in the house yet



Aquarium...

David, P, and I headed up north on David's day off to the aquarium. They have a couple of huge whale sharks to look at and a dolphin show, which was pretty cute. Preston loved watching all of the fish swim around and he also loved watching all of the people and kids. I hope he found this experience to be much more exhilarating than the couple of times I have taken him to Petco to watch the fish...He probably enjoyed both the same. That is one of the joys of children...Petco fish tanks = famous aquarium....

Family photo with Preston trying to nurse

The acclaimed whale sharks/largest fish tank I have ever seen

 P telling me in his little voice that he needs a fish tank at home

 Long red hair-check

Brown eyes-check

Pointy ears-check

Weird hand pose-check

My Cartoon Twin!!!

And, only in Japan....A gargle machine at the aquarium..Why, oh why???



All-Star Game

So the All-Star game players just got announced and unfortunately (or fortunately-one extra game to get hurt in) David wasn't one of them BUT for forwards/centers he was in the top 4 in his conference (#4) and the top three get to go! So close but no cigar. The guy who got 3rd beat him out by only 600 votes! B. Knight (who now plays for Osaka) had 23, 800 votes and David had 23, 200 votes.  Also, the coach for the team will be David's old teammate and Lynn & Jeff & Matt (all played for Osaka before) are playing too...Of course, last year it was in Okinawa, when we were in Osaka and this year it is in Osaka, now that we are in Okinawa.

Pulling himself up and Dancing...

Don't mind his messy mouth...It's just peas all over his mouth...I didn't forget to clean it up.