in it amazing the things that happens just when you NEED it the most.. with the girls off to see mt. fugi, I was quickly reminded how lonely it will be when all is gone.. YES it has been a house full.. YES I can no longer remember the normal routine.. I had down so good just a short time ago.. but my kids.. my TRULY... have loved the FULL LOVE FILLED house.. guests LOVING on you.. bringing you presents..... bringing ME american goods.. RH.. to ME:)
but it was a slow day that reminded me quickly how much we play together alone.. us.. just together doing our thing.....got a bit cabin fever.. so we stepped out.... to head to toy r us.. never gone with out AT... so how was I going to tell the cabin driver toy r us..
didnt have the address
don't know how to look it up on the net.. to jot it down.. BUT think to just take a picture on my iphone and show it to the cab driver HOPING just hoping he will KNOW the store.. with just the logo..

but we get in a cab.. which he had to walk down to almost the busier intersection.. to get a NICE.. english speaking cab driver.. so conversational!!! wasn't shy.. but SUPER kind.. for the RIDE alone. was worth stepping out... as just KIND.. KIND!! and oh yeah KIND..

so we get the little foam things to make a big area for you to learn how to crawl with out eating the the floor.. if you head slams down.. a big pack of diapers and wipes.. and TONS of baby food..
I would have called us a cab.. SHOULD HAVE.. but was preoccupied with things.. alright how will I get this up the escalators??? made two trips while you boys waited with our first round.. so NOW I am going to need your help out the door..
jonah you grab the diapers, tad you grab the wipes..
stay RIGHT here... so i can catch us a cab..
15 MINUTES later..... I get us one.... HURRAY.. as its on a freeway.. I put truly in.. jonah jumps in after.... jonah.. tad help me!!!!
jonah cant hear.. plus good that he stays in there with truly..
I turn around to see my TAD.. carrying both to me.. one in each hand.. we get in the cab.. I tell you thank you a million times..
yeah.. I help you.. I responsible when dad is gone.. you need my help..
oh mY WoRD I need your help.. I am the luckiest mom!! ( for this moment.. as we know what you can dish out)
jonah you get a pouty face.. of .. JONAH you saved truly.. you made sure she stayed put.. not getting out of the car..
you only buy that a little.. as I was LIKE BOYS.. don't leave me hanging!!! no way to hide the tone in my voice..

last weekend was MUCH more quitter.. but with it being spring break for all.. we ALL seem to have decided to hit kyoto!!!!
truly off with momsy
ozzy asking NICELY PLEASE give me some FOOD..
boys deciding to make the crowds even more interesting by hitting, punching and pushing.. can i also say.. that you boys got lost a total of THREE times today..
jonah got lost coming back from the restroom before he hit nara.. he just over shot and kept walking past the jr ticket counter..
then again when we got to nara.. you said the birds attracted you..
then tad right before we got on the train.. you had walked up the ramp, rather then across to get on the local train.. DUDE.. it really started off the day.. where I was already SHOT.. as I could NOT wrap my brain around it.. I hate to admit not having my thumb on all you at all times.. but I suppose I am at the tail end of a very long month!!!! SORRY.........

cherry blossoms are weak cheese this year.. due to the cold.. they will be out in about four days from now.. plus they only last 2 weeks.. DANG it.. when will we EVER be able to catch them again in kyoto.. oh well I will hunt out a forest for us back in tokyo!!

you playing pee a boo with spencer.. as IF he can see you in the cab behind us:)

on our way to NARA.. to see the big buddha we missed the first time... LOVING that the fore cast was wrong.. NO RAIN!!! makes it ever so much BET TA for the BUD DHA

why is being in a train station so intense??? I guess so many things could happen??

having just done this last weekend.. we made a few adjustments.. to have a more peaceful fun time:) LOVE the tom and jerry!!!
and HEAD PHONES..

lets go hit kyoto again!! we SO didn't get to see it all the first time:)

ozzy down, you guys watching a movie before bed time.. I am in the kitchen.. when out of NO where, you bust out with a crying... I ask you tad.. whats wrong.. you say the movie is scary.... you are watching walli..... I didn't know that was a scary movie??

first things FIRST.. I got you some new threads:) you are ever delightful!!! rolling with it with YOUR ever growing rolls:)
side note.. you are like your dad when AT was growing up in japan.. the slightest change of the weather sends you into a wet cough.... PLEASE let me make a note of this.. as when the summer comes.. and we are all sweating BULLETS.. lets remember to be ever so happy that AT LEAST ozzy is clear!!! and we are getting some much needed vitamin D!!!!!

jonah and tad you were SOOOOO excited to show mother what you had growing on the back porch.. mother didn't miss a beat and told you the names of your flowers......... SIDE NOTE.. even seeing my clothes HANGING.. makes me be EVER SO FREAKING STINKING grateful that my dyer got fixed yesterday.. WHICH btw.. mr fix it man.. was SUPER quite.. as if he was NOT even here.. how is that possible.. MOTHER saying "what is that smoke smell???"
mother.. that is the SMELL of the AWESOME mr fix my dryer man!!!!! seriously SERIOUSLY..... aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh SERIOUSLY!!!!!!!!

mother doing her i cant breathe laugh at her girls doing yoga..

this is as close to a good earth/whole foods as I will find.. we LOVE their rice crackers and veggie crackers... shhhhh don't tell tad.. he doesn't know:)
as yes thats my stroller taking up the WHOLE door way.. which is also half the store:)

we head out to take momsy, spencer to the bath house.. I needed to get you kids out of the house.. so I thought we would go the the connecting kids play area while they took a bath and got massages..
TRULY at 11 you were already not having it.. we forge ahead.. as I KNOW you will like it.. but I will have to hear you wine, scream about being guided some of the way....aaaahhhhhh I am doing this for partly for you.. your bros need to beat each other some where else besides the front room.. they need to RUN, KICK and CLIMB..
you add to a tense situation. as I am so focused on all of your needs..I FORGET that this is spencer and momsy first bath house.. I keep giving the short QUICK explanation.. like "dude I said what to do right??"
you all just go to town.. you know how it rolls.. i try keeping my thumb on you.. but i have a mom and bro that are like.. ok EXPLAIN.. i do NOT want to walking or taking off clothes UNTIL I KNOW for SURE.. DETAILS.. DETAILS...
so after all gets worked out.. we head to put on the bath clothes so we can scurry over to the play area.. while feeding ozzy in the ladies locker room.. we HAVE A PROBLEM.. a TRULY scream problem.. you are always SO excited to put on these bath clothes.. WHY you love them?? different BIG girl feel?? I could NOT tell you.. so I quickly tell tad to strip off what he is starting to put on.. put the OVER size out fit on you.. WELL actually "I can do it.. I am a big girl.. I DO IT!!" so YOU put on the clothes.. well NOW I a very comfortable nakie tad.. so I am a bit stuck.. as I am still TRYING to hurry and feed ozzy so we can head to the PLAY area.. (which is WHY I even came in the first place!!!!)
lockers are on the third floor..
2nd floor is where you pick up your towels and bath clothes.. I think what the heck.. its only a few flight of stairs..
"jonah, tad.. run down stairs together and tell them they for got to put in your bath clothes, STAY TOGETHER"
sure enough 5 minutes later.. you boys come bolting back in saying they said gomedisa.. gomen "mom that means super SORRY"
so now I have a fed ozzy packed up and three kids dressed and ready for the play house

we are waiting for a repair man to come and FIX the dyer.. this is what we do when its rainy outside and we need clean clothes!!!!

just about sent me OVER the edge:)

look what i brought you back from disney land!! AT had set spencer up with a SUPER cute girl.. in the end.. living in two different countries MIGHT be a bit too HARD!!

mud pies..

this is where it started.. this girl was engaging with you.. then it turned into tag.. running around and mud pies.. I thought it was totally inventive to bring a spray bottle and OF course.. you both run up to me.. AS IF.. I would have one in my back pocket..
I suppose MOMS can be magical like that.. oh how I wish I were.. and OH how i wish I would be able to be that for you in YOUR teenage years.. do you like how I refer to that all the time.. I just KNOW what it was like for me.. and SERIOUSLY want to avoid the heartache.. but also KNOW .. simply no way around it:)

you all are aware of the nikon.. funny what you think is photo worthy.. WELL actually funny that I would be surprised..as I shoot just about anything and EVERYTHING..
but trues.. you climb the the slide..and YELL.. TAKE A PICTURE..

sometimes a bit tricky to find a spot on the field thats okay to play in..

as its hard to tell.. but some kind of practice is going on.. then the kids closer to me are doing something else.. you boys just were running all over the place like you owned it.. rather then staying in your little area!!

after a few times of kicking your ball into the baseball practice area.. one of the boys kept your ball while PLAYFULLY playing keep the ball away from you both... I thought it was cute as he was very nice rather then getting mad that you kept doing it over and over

of course you need more water.. those mud pies are not going to make themselves..

I love how when two kids come to a cross road where.. one is going to have to either give in or serenader.. a quick paper, rock or scissors is played out.. would make life so much easier.. as fair is fair.. if I throw the scissor and CUT your paper....
we meet these kids while playing at the park..
I even found myself.. thinking.... I can NOT decide if its having had a fourth... or moving to japan that has simply made me.. just MADE me have to relax!!!! I SOOOOOO wish I knew the answer to this question.. i always wonder if I will be able to get more of the control I love back.. when we go back home???? as you all were just making some serious mud pies.. we finally had to head as truly hands were red..they were so cold........