tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35361427733084204302024-02-08T05:35:44.208+09:00The Salony SquibSalonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04142052477598107350noreply@blogger.comBlogger131125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536142773308420430.post-26358253693980961742015-02-02T14:28:00.001+09:002015-02-02T14:28:05.677+09:00A Holly Jolly Christmas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Christmas was fun! Isn't it always?!</div>
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I was feeling a little homesick as Christmas got closer, so I made some schwarzweiss geback (German black and white cookies) that my Mom usually makes during Christmastime. I realized after I started making them that I didn't have a rolling pin but I was able to get the dough spread and rolled by hand. The design that I made ended up looking like little mustache cookies and doesn't Roderick look a little mischievous with a mustache. </div>
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For Christmas Eve dinner I made a Christmas tree pizza.</div>
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After dinner, Roderick opened his new pajamas and we left some cookies and hot cocoa for Santa and then set out our stockings.</div>
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Here's our little felt tree with all the presents on Christmas morning.</div>
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Here's Roderick coming in on Christmas morning and then opening presents. We were all really excited and had a lot of fun!</div>
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It was a fun morning, we had a yummy breakfast with Cinnabon rolls and egg casserole and then relaxed and played for the day. That evening we dressed up nice and went with some friends from the Mansfield program to the New Sanno Hotel for a Christmas dinner buffet. It was delicious with all sorts of American foods and the added benefit that I didn't have to make it or clean up afterwards.</div>
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All in all it was our first Christmas as just the Salony family and we made some great memories.</div>
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Meiji Jingu is an area not too far from our apartment that has a beautiful street full of Ginkgo trees that turn bright yellow in the fall. It's a popular area for locals to come and take pictures and enjoy the leaves. Roderick and I strolled over there one day and got some pictures.</div>
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Playing in the leaves with friends at Yoyogi Park.</div>
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After his bath Roderick always likes to be wrapped up like a "baby seal" and get snuggled before we put on his pajamas.</div>
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Celebrating Cam's birthday with a big pizzookie. Look at the anticipation on both of their faces!</div>
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Sometimes we joke that our apartment has 'events' just for our family and our friends that also live here. Every other Saturday they put out treats and play a kids movie in the lobby and usually it's just our two families there. At the beginning of December they invited any who were interested to help decorate the Christmas tree in the lobby; again, we were the only two families that came to help.</div>
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Our apartment had a little Christmas party that we attended.</div>
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Meeting Santa at a Church party</div>
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Roderick loves saying hi to these seven dwarfs whenever we pass them...I'm not sure what they have to do with Christmas...but they're fun.</div>
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Someone got a NEW Lightening McQueen bed just a few days before Christmas. Roderick loves his new bed and it's great that he's been upgraded from sleeping on the floor on a Japanese futon (mat.)</div>
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Modeling how comfortable it is...If only he went to sleep this easy, and with a smile on his face every night ;)</div>
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We found a list of the best "Illumination" shows around Tokyo and tried to visit several during the month of December. The first that we went to was actually more Autumn leaves than Christmas lights, but it was unique. At Rikugien Gardens they light up the autumn leaves after dark. We went right as it was getting dark and it was wonderful to see the bright trees in the dark and the beautiful reflections over the water.</div>
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Probably the "craziest" one we went to was at the Tokyo Skytree. It was so busy and the traffic didn't flow very well so it felt crowded, but they had a neat projection show on the side of a building and up on the tower that was accompanied by music every 20 minutes.</div>
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Our favorite was the light show at Tokyo Midtown. It was a repeating show with music and moving lights on the ground that you could walk next to. In this first picture you can also see the Tokyo Tower in the distance (the little red stick.)</div>
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Roppongi Dori and Tokyo Tower</div>
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The Shiodome Caretta Illumination was nice, but we had expected a projection show rather than plain lights, but it was still pretty. My favorite part was looking down at the lights from the walkway three floors up.</div>
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Life and holidays are different here in a foreign country. Since turkey is hard (and expensive) to come by and most people work and go to school on Thanksgiving we decided to go to Tokyo Disneyland to celebrate the day and make memories in a different sort of way. All in all it was wonderful. We got there before the gates opened and as we walked in we saw Tigger!</div>
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I think this picture shows Roderick's excitement!</div>
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Everything was similar to Disneyland in California except some rides were in Japanese.</div>
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As we made our way towards the back of the park we ran into Mr. Donald Duck, so the day was starting off very well and we'd only been there maybe 10 minutes.</div>
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We'd been reading Disney books, watching a few movies and looking at pictures online in the weeks before we went so Roderick would recognize and know what most things were. A little crash course in all things Disney.</div>
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After riding Dumbo the flying elephant.</div>
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He liked the carousal, we ended up riding that and It's a Small World twice.</div>
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He literally fell asleep on his feet while we were waiting in a dark line so after a little nap the only thing that could cheer him up was watching the character parade go by.</div>
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The beautiful castle</div>
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Riding the train</div>
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When we were watching the fireworks I realized that it was actually the first time Roderick has ever seen a fireworks show. He really enjoyed it.</div>
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It was a great Thanksgiving!! Thanks Tokyo Disneyland!!</div>
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I think I've mentioned before that we try to do something interesting or see something new on most weekends so towards the end of November we went to Ofuna to see the Taya Cavern. Lately, whenever we get on a bus Roderick wants to sit in the "high chair." It's his coveted seat and he even gets a bit upset if someone is already sitting there.</div>
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Here we are getting our candle and getting ready to go in the caves. The caves were excavated from about 1200 A.D. to 1700<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> A.D. </span>by Shingon Buddhist monks and it's amazing to see all they did in that time and the carvings that cover the walls and ceilings.<br />
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It wasn't until after we took this picture that I realized Roderick was still wearing his sunglasses, ha ha ha.</div>
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After the cavern, we found our way up to the Ofuna Kannon; the Buddhist goddess of mercy. It's 25 meters tall (about 82 feet) and very impressive. It was built as a call for world peace.</div>
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On the grounds (and behind us in this picture) they have an eternal flame taken from the fire that ensued after the nuclear bomb was dropped on Hiroshima.</div>
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After looking around the grounds, we made our way out and headed back home.</div>
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Mid-November we took a fun little overnight trip to Nikko to see the autumn leaves. It's a small little town about two hours north of Tokyo and even though the leaves in Tokyo were just starting to change most of the leaves were already changed and gone in the National Park. We rode a bus that took us into the park and up the mountain. As we drove through town we saw wild monkeys climbing on the wires over the street. It was pretty neat. At the first stop we saw the most well known waterfall- Kegon no Taki.</div>
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After going to see the falls we walked around for a few minutes by Lake Chuzenji, but it was so windy and cold that it wasn't long before we got back on the bus to go further into the park. </div>
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We then stopped at Ryuzu Falls or the "Dragon's Head Waterfall." Cameron took about 10 pictures of Roderick and me, but between the two of us either blinking or not paying attention we couldn't get a good one, it was quite funny.</div>
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At one of the bus stops we got off to look around at a scenic plateau, but we started down the path and ended up at a random farm so we had to turn around.</div>
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Here's a photo of the plateau area after we went the right direction.</div>
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The last falls we saw was called Yudaki Falls. We were glad we rode to the top of the mountain because this was our favorite area. These falls were right in front of us and roared down pretty hard over the rocks. It was pretty and secluded and I liked that. I also saw a lot of trail heads that started here and it made me want to visit again and do more exploring.</div>
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After looking at the falls we turned around and I saw a few wild monkeys running across the path to the parking lot. We ran to catch up with them and watched them scurry up the hill.</div>
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It also started to snow while we were here and we took a little stroll through a little winter wonderland before catching our bus back down the mountain. We were pretty cold and it felt so good to get on a warm bus and just relax as we wove our way down the mountain and back into town.</div>
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The town is so small and quiet and closes down around dark so we were glad that the place we were staying was right downtown and near the train station because we were able to find a small Indian restaurant for dinner. We stayed in a traditional Japanese guesthouse with a shared bathroom, tatami mats on the floor and a shoji door. This is the first time that I've ever stayed in a guesthouse or hostel-type place and I thought it turned out pretty great!</div>
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The next morning we visited all the UNESCO heritage sites around Nikko. There were still some pretty leaves around there. The three main temples are Toshogu, Rinnoji, and Futarasan and we visited all three before catching our train back to Tokyo.</div>
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The panel on the building behind us is of monkeys doing the "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil." </div>
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We called this a Samurai and did our best warrior faces.</div>
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Roderick loved Nikko and even though it has been weeks, he still randomly brings up Nikko all the time. I think it's definitely on our list of places for a return visit in the future. Oh what fun!</div>
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One of the really neat things that they have built is a room that is a Lego replica of Tokyo, it has all the main sights and buildings.</div>
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I liked the look on Roderick's face in this picture while he's trying to decide how comfortable he is around this dragon.</div>
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Cameron's handiwork from one of the big tubs of Legos that are set throughout to play with.</div>
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The race car area was pretty funny for a few reasons. Roderick was getting tired and every time he put his car down the track he would get sad and start crying like he wouldn't be able to get it back. He'd also cry when he'd see random pieces on the ground because he thought they were from his car and that it was breaking. A few of the ramps were too steep and the cars couldn't handle them, they'd just break apart. Cameron spent 15 minutes building his car and unfortunately it crashed and burned on its first run. </div>
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Getting ready for the 4D show. It made Roderick a little nervous because it was so loud so he ended up on my lap. After the show he'd say, "Movie, loud!"</div>
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Although not the greatest picture, this little ride was fun, it just went around in circles and the seats moved up and down but Roderick had been watching it and wanting to ride. He was just barely, barely, barely tall enough, so we were glad they let him on the ride.</div>
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After we were done we walked through a few malls and went down by the water, Roderick was his charming self and made some new friends.</div>
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We had been wanting to go to Tama Zoo for about a month, but due to weather and busy schedules we didn't make it there until the beginning of November. The day was nice and sunny and we had an amazing time there. The first thing we did was take a ride on the lion bus. It wasn't a huge enclosure and the ride was only about 10 minutes but the employees put little pieces of meat on the outside of the bus and the lions get right next to the windows to eat it which is a lot of fun.</div>
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For days after the zoo he would talk about the bus, the lions and the window. "Lion eat window."</div>
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We had a fun Halloween, it's great to have a child old enough to enjoy and understand what's happening. I was unsure at first what the Japanese would do to celebrate, but there were decorations up all over the place the whole month of October. Something that was definitely different was the "pumpkin situation." A small pumpkin runs anywhere from $20 on up, so we found our own way to decorate/carve pumpkins.</div>
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The week of Halloween we went to a church party, a trunk-or-treat, and some regular trick-or-treating at the US Embassy Compound. I like dressing up and I also feel like a costume needs to be used several times to make it worth the effort of buying/making it.</div>
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I was quite surprised when we left our house on Halloween evening at the number of Japanese kids that were all dressed up and trick-or-treating at the businesses around our house. From talking with others I found out that it's probably only in the last five years that celebrating Halloween by dressing up and trick-or-treating has really been happening. On our way home Halloween night we saw this group of girls all dressed alike and they loved little Roderick so we got a quick picture. :)</div>
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Did you realize that it's Cup Noodle, not Cup <u>of</u> Noodle<u>s</u>? We went out to the Cup Noodle Museum in Yokohama on October 18th. The exhibit was very interactive and kept us all entertained as we looked around. </div>
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Look at how "big" my little boy is ;)</div>
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When you touched these pictures they would start a "shadow" picture on the wall above that would convert to other things that look similar.</div>
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The best part was getting to make our own Cup Noodle. We got empty cups that we decorated and then we got to choose our flavor and toppings to go inside.</div>
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The Cup Noodle Man- all dressed up for Halloween</div>
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After the museum we walked around the area where there were a few little amusement parks and a mall. I couldn't pass up taking Roderick on this little Thomas ride for 200 yen.</div>
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The week after we went to the museum we ate our noodles for dinner.</div>
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This is Roderick's cup</div>
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My Cup</div>
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<br />Salonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04142052477598107350noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536142773308420430.post-29186179892970271762014-11-11T21:52:00.000+09:002014-11-11T21:52:08.147+09:00Just Life in Tokyo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I wanted to share some photos from our day-to-day life over the last while so I can remember it in the future.</div>
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We live near Shibuya, which is a very busy area. This dog, Hachiko, was a loyal dog who used to wait for his owner here everyday. There's a statue and wall dedicated to him.</div>
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The Shibuya scramble is a crosswalk that goes in all directions at once. It's also the busiest crosswalk in the world.</div>
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Here's our little man dressed up and ready to go to church in his raincoat.</div>
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We had fun making our own play dough and have played with it quite a bit.</div>
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The Avenue of Gingko Trees in Meiji-Jingu Gaien</div>
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I attended a neat event where seven WWII POW Veterans were invited back to Japan where they toured and met dignitaries, etc. and they spoke one evening at Temple University Tokyo. Their stories were truly amazing to hear first hand and I cannot fully express the feelings I had, but I did leave with an immense amount of gratitude for what they endured so that we can be free and enjoy the liberties that we have today. I'm proud to be an American. I'm also happy that the United States and Japan are now friends.</div>
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Roderick found his dad's extra pair of glasses one day and came walking out of the room like this</div>
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Playing at "Robot Park" with all the slides</div>
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Daddy's and Roderick's matching socks</div>
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I know I've said it before, but one of the best parts about living it Tokyo is the number of family friendly things that are available. On Saturdays we like to have fun family adventures. The first Saturday in October we went to the Shinagawa Aquarium. It was a relatively small aquarium, but the best part about it was the shows they held throughout the day. The first show we saw was the sea lion show.</div>
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There were some fun tricks and they even had a few Halloween elements.</div>
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After the Sea Lion show we walked around the rest of the aquarium. Roderick was pretty wary of the sharks but got braver after a bit.</div>
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Roderick did not like it at all when Cam put his head right next to the octopus, but it was pretty funny.</div>
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You can see that the park surrounding the aquarium was just beautiful.</div>
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After looking around we went back to watch the dolphin show, and had front row seats!</div>
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The show was great, dolphins are just amazing mammals and so entertaining to watch.</div>
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As we left the aquarium we bought Roderick a stuffed turtle. Turtles are one of his favorite animals and he loved it instantly and sleeps with it every night.</div>
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I'm really excited to share our awesome experience at the Grand Sumo Tournament, but first I need to share some other fun pictures from our afternoon at Nikko Nikko Park. It's a small playground within walking distance that we visited one afternoon. You had to pay a small admission, but it was nicer than just a neighborhood park and it had more toys, etc.</div>
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This big jungle gym had a really long roller slide that was fun, but you had to wait in line about 10 minutes since it was a busy day. Cameron and Roderick are at the top in this picture just about to slide down.</div>
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This trampoline was perfect because the black stuff in the middle was hard rubber and not stretchy like a traditional trampoline so it was easier for little kids to jump without losing their balance.</div>
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And Roderick's favorite was definitely this cable swing, he would have stayed on it all day. I mean we literally had to peel him off the rope after each of his turns because he just wanted to keep riding.</div>
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We had a fun time just playing and enjoying the afternoon together.</div>
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The Grand Sumo Tournament is held in Tokyo at Ryogoku Kokkugikan Arena for two straight weeks towards the end of September with "bouts" everyday of the week. We got tickets during the second week and really enjoyed the experience. The doors open at 8 am but the important bouts aren't until the afternoon, so we arrived around 2 pm and got pictures of some of the sumo wrestlers arriving at the arena. This area was blocked off and there were spectators standing to wait and see some of the famous sumo wrestlers. </div>
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The way the bouts progress is that there's a man that comes and sings an introduction and the two wrestlers come up onto the "stage" and greet each other. Then they start their stretches, which is lifting their legs to the side, squatting down and sometimes throwing salt into the ring to purge it of any malicious energy and thereby cleanse it. In the top division they threw salt probably 8-10 times each before the bout. There's an official in the ring with the wrestlers and once they are both ready and in position the bout starts.</div>
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The actual bouts are really short. The point is to force your opponent to touch any part of their body (other than their feet) to touch the ground or to step outside the ring. Most bouts are less than a minute. It's all the pageantry of stretching and coming into the ring (and throwing salt) that takes the time.</div>
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There are different divisions or levels of wrestlers and before they start a new division the wrestlers come into the ring in their kesho-mawashi. I thought these were pretty funny, sort of like a mullet, "Business in the front, party in the back." I'm just glad all my skirts cover my bottom because I wouldn't want to walk around in a kesho-mawashi.</div>
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So if you've made it this far you are now pretty educated on sumo wrestling. If you ever have a chance to watch sumo, I would definitely recommend it, it's a fun and entertaining sport!</div>
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I wanted to share some of the differences from our home in the USA and what we're used to there versus how things are here. First on my list is our apartment, we only brought over what we need for 10 months and we're staying in a furnished apartment that includes housekeeping. I don't have any cleaning supplies or a broom or vacuum (I don't think the hand broom in the front closet counts). It's nice to have someone come and clean once a week, replace all my linens and towels, etc. They even dry out the kitchen sink and dishwasher. It's great! Definitely on the 'Easy' side of my differences list, although I just found out that they wipe everything but don't use any cleaning products or actually mop, etc. so I may need to do a few things myself.</div>
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Laundry, on the other hand, is harder. Our little 'all-in-one' washer/dryer is best for only washing and so I hang everything up in the shower to dry. It takes a considerable amount of time to hang everything up nicely rather than tossing it in the dryer. Thank goodness we have this cool little feature that blows warm air in to get everything dry, but then I also have to do more ironing than I've been used to at home.</div>
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I had to include this... we have a cassette deck here in our room. I just wish I had brought some of my tapes that I used to listen to...in elementary school. :) </div>
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Grocery shopping is definitely on the 'harder' list. It's conveniently just around the corner but things I'm used to and use a lot like cheese, cereal, butter, canned goods are not very plentiful and very expensive. For example, here are an average cost of these foods:</div>
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Once I get home with my groceries I have to cook- by converting everything to the metric system or trying to decipher the directions on the back. So far I've done okay, sometimes I just guess. The package below is for some Ramen. It comes 'fresh' and not hard in the refrigerated section. The first time I made it I didn't get the water amounts right because there was less water than noodles, good thing it was easy to just add more water until it seemed right.<br />
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I'll blame it on the jet lag, but during our first week I had to ask someone about the oven only going to 200 and they told me it was 200 Celsius. It was an Ah Ha moment. :)<br />
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There are so many reasons I'm grateful that Roderick was ready to potty train when we got here to Tokyo. One of those reasons are the wipes that they have available, they are thin like a dryer sheet, small, and not very wet. Luckily I had brought enough wipes that I only had to use these a few times before we potty trained</div>
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Ahhh, the weekend, don't we all love the weekend?! Here's an update of what we've done the last two weekends. The weekend of September 13th we took a trip to Kamakura, which is a coastal city southwest of Tokyo. We took the train to get there and our first stop was Kotoku-in, a huge Buddha statue that is about 45 feet tall. </div>
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By paying .20 we were able to go inside, here are our faces saying, "Wow, this is so big!"</div>
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After looking around Kotoku-in we stopped at another Temple in the area and then took a train ride to some nearby caves</div>
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The caves were on the far side of a little island so we hiked over the top and got some nice views on the way</div>
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The lighthouse in the background of this photo is called the Sea Candle Lighthouse</div>
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You can barely see Mt. Fuji in this picture, it looks like part of the clouds, but it was just clear enough to see it from a distance</div>
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There were a lot of stairs both up and down to get to the caves</div>
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A little photobomb by Mom </div>
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Looking out of the caves at the water</div>
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This poor little man took a tumble in the caves and got a nice bruise on his forehead because he had a yen in each hand and didn't catch himself. By dinner time he was all worn out and ready for a nap.</div>
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Practicing his gymnastic skills on the train</div>
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It was a full 12 hour day by the time we got home but I really enjoyed being outside of Tokyo and seeing the beautiful coast.<br />
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On Saturday, September 20th, we went to try and watch the Grand Sumo tournament that is going on right now. The tickets were sold out for the day so we bought some advance tickets for Wednesday the 24th. Right next to the Sumo Stadium was the Edo-Tokyo museum so we decided to take a look around.</div>
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The museum was on the 5th and 6th floors and we got to ride escalators up, which Roderick loved. There were a lot of neat models to look at and they had a fun presentation of some little toys and puppets that could shoot arrows and do flips by themselves.</div>
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Taking a little "ride"</div>
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Roderick enjoyed playing around in this model home and asked where the chairs were when I asked him to sit at the table with me.</div>
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Walking over a model that was underneath the floor</div>
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And in anticipation of the coming week, my little Sumo!</div>
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Life is so full of changes, especially right now for us. I was actually starting to feel like we were kind of settled here in Tokyo when Roderick decided he didn't like his crib. I feel kind of bad for him because I think if we were still in the USA he would still be okay in his own crib, but the one that we were given in our apartment is smaller, and right next to the bed makes crawling out a breeze. It was September 4th that he started crawling out, both in the morning and after his nap, so we had housekeeping come take the crib away and leave a 'futon' for him to sleep on the floor. I took a picture of his room after his nap when he crawled out and wouldn't nap. My favorite part is that he gets up to the desk to turn off the noisemaker (sort of to say, "I'm not going to sleep any longer")</div>
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I've arranged his little futon on one side of the room and we are working on our new routine for naps and bedtime. It's rough! I do like the places I find him sleeping like squished next to the wall or right next to the door or one day he even climbed up on the big bed to nap.<br />
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As if getting rid of the crib wasn't enough we started potty training on September 8th. I've been gearing up and didn't want to keep pushing it off so we went ahead as planned. Roderick is a potty training champ, it was a lot harder on me than him. Being cooped up in the house without going anywhere for a few days was almost more than I could handle being in a new place and feeling homesick without being able to go and explore and distract myself.</div>
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This was our snack command center for day one of potty training- just note that the goldfish came from the USA and now we're all out of one of Roderick's favorite snacks.</div>
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A few days before we started potty training we spent Saturday, September 6th, at the Ueno Park Zoo. It's just a 20 minute train ride away and the admission is cheap for adults and kids are free. It was a great, but HOT day. Roderick loved the Zoo and all the animals there. Since going to the Zoo he always asks if we're going to see animals when we get on the train. We couldn't get more than 1 or 2 pictures of him looking at the camera throughout the day because he didn't want to take his eyes off the animals. Here we are with the elephants that were right near the entrance.</div>
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We liked this sign directing us to see the Polar Bear and 'Seal Oceans'</div>
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We saw the Polar Bear right as he was being fed and it was neat to watch him swim around while getting his food.</div>
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Everywhere we go, even outside of the Zoo, Roderick loves to see pigeons and wants to chase them around. Of course, at the Zoo there are lots of pigeons around all the food areas so he was more interested in chasing birds than eating lunch.</div>
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Here we all are with a big stuffed Panda Bear, when we saw the real ones they were just laying around and sleeping.</div>
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This 5 story Pagoda we tried to see when we were here last November but it's inside the Zoo, so we got to see it close up finally.</div>
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And the last photo- me with part of the city behind me. Needless to say this was our first trip to the Zoo, but definitely not our last.</div>
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Here We Go... on an adventure that we never could have imagined just a few years ago, now it's here and it's a pretty amazing reality. We've been in Tokyo for over a week now and are starting to feel pretty settled in. There are so many things that are different from the USA, and we're finding some changes are hard while others are easy and good. </div>
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Roderick and I took a red eye flight which turned out pretty well. As a two year old, it doesn't take much for Roderick to have fun or get excited about something new. This picture is right after we got on our plane in LA and he was pretending to nap.</div>
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Thank goodness for the free movies that kept Roderick's attention when he wasn't sleeping, they helped me keep my sanity for those 11 hours.</div>
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When we arrived in Tokyo it was 10:30 pm. We took our 4 big suitcases and got through immigration and customs and then sent a few of those bags to our apartment through a delivery service and took a taxi to our apartment. It felt so good to finally lay down on a bed at 1 am JST and sleep! </div>
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Our jet lag took about 4-5 days to get over, and Roderick did great adjusting to the new time and only had a 1-2 naps and 1-2 nights that he woke up early. Thankfully we had our 'shipped' boxes arrive through the mail and I flattened them out and put them in his window to make a 'blackout' curtain. We are all just really happy to be together as a family after being an ocean apart for 7 weeks. </div>
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Roderick goes between saying "Cheese" for pictures and wanting to hold the camera and look at pictures while they are being taken. We already have quite a few pictures like the one below with him trying to reach the camera.</div>
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We've ridden a few trains and buses since being here. Roderick is a huge fan. If I tell him we're going to ride the train or bus he'll wait by our front door waiting for Cameron and I to get ready to leave. When we're riding he'll say, "Woah" or laugh as we go around turns or slow down and speed up. The hard part is when we have to get off the train or bus and he gets sad that our ride is over and that the train or bus leaves without him. It's pretty cute. Here's a picture of our first train ride when we were headed to Sensoji Temple on Wednesday 8/27/2014. </div>
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On Friday, 8/29/2014, I was able to attend a reception with Cameron for the Mansfield Fellows that was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (similar to US Dept. of State). At the reception I was able to meet Cameron's host family that he's been staying with for the past 7 weeks. They took great care of him and made sure he saw a lot of the area and had plenty of cultural experiences while he was in Kanazawa.</div>
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On Saturday, 8/30/14, I requested that we go visit some Japanese Gardens as part of celebrating my birthday. It was just magnificent and we had a guided tour in English to help us know and understand the significant parts of the garden. It was a beautiful day and the sun came out for the first time since our arrival. Summer in Tokyo is hot and humid but also a very cloudy and rainy time of year.</div>
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This is the full moon bridge which was named because of the full moon shape that it makes with the reflection in the water. The construction of it is so unique and hard to replicate that they don't dare take it apart to restore it for fear that they wouldn't be able to put it back together.</div>
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We saw some ducks that Roderick enjoyed watching.</div>
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Followed by a handful of turtles that came up to say hi. Thanks to the ducks and turtles I think Roderick enjoyed our trip to the gardens too.</div>
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Our day wasn't done after the gardens, we ate some lunch and had a rest and then walked down to the Harajuku shopping district. I keep thinking to myself, "It's so amazing to live within walking distance of some of my favorite stores like H&M and Forever 21, not to mention the classy stores like Guicci, Armani, Ralph Lauren, etc. but it could also be very dangerous to my wallet" :) </div>
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We did a little shopping and got a fun little treat to end the night. It was a crepe filled with whipping cream and then topped with a slice of cheesecake, a scoop of ice cream, and topping sauce. Roderick kept trying to get mine while we were trying to take a picture and then that ball of ice cream fell off the front. Luckily, Cam was sweet enough to share his ice cream.</div>
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Another haven that we've found here in the city, is the LDS Temple. We attended church next door but somehow ended up in the wrong ward so it looks like we'll probably be attending church in another building and might just attend the local Japanese Shibuya Ward.</div>
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This year I wanted to beef up my Halloween decorations, but not until after the holiday was over so I could buy stuff on clearance. I bought two craft pumpkins and decided to paint them- it'll be nice to have pumpkins to decorate with that don't go bad after a month and can last right on past Halloween to Thanksgiving. The brown and orange I painted by hand and then added glitter hot glue as an accent and the grey and cream I spray painted (which was easier). </div>
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I really like the way they turned out and it looks great with my dead corn stalks from the garden. Happy Fall to All!</div>
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Here are some of our fun Halloween Pictures- there are so many great things about Halloween:</div>
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Pumpkin Carving</div>
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We had an FHE and carved our Dracula pumpkin and then had a smiley photo shoot with our little man.</div>
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Another day just hanging out and looking good- both father and son.</div>
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Here are the Super Salony's- Captain America, Wonder Woman, and little Flash Gordon. We ended up wearing our costumes four times and had a lot of fun at all the Halloween activities we attended.</div>
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On Halloween day I made some spooky food that we enjoyed- they didn't turn out as pretty as I'd seen online- but they were fun. </div>
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And the Ghost pancakes (I definitely needed to label these)</div>
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Lastly, here's a little photo shoot of my favorite little Flash Gordon. Thank you to his Aunt Stephanie for the mask and cape which inspired the costumes for the whole family.</div>
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<br />Salonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04142052477598107350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536142773308420430.post-33180708828833245052012-11-15T14:36:00.001+09:002012-11-15T14:36:05.219+09:00Seattle<br />
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During Mid-October we flew our nephew Mick up for a trip to Washington for doing so well in school. We took him on a pretty good and exhausting tour of Seattle. He got to the Tri-Cities on Wednesday evening and on Thursday morning we got in the car and drove to Seattle. Our first order or business was to see the Space Needle and take a trip to the top. </div>
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After some fun at the Space Needle we went next door to EMP- they have a lot of cool Sci-Fi displays to look at and the music rooms are fun to play around in.</div>
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Roderick was so great in the front carrier- he liked being held close and being able to look up at whoever was carrying him.</div>
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This was just a fun thing between the parking lot and the EMP.</div>
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After some dinner at Mod Pizza it was dark and we took another trip to the top of the Space Needle to see the city by night. </div>
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On Friday we started the day and Pacific Science Center- we saw an IMAX and got to go into a butterfly room, which was my favorite.</div>
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Here's Cameron and Roderick with a T-Rex in the dinosaur room.</div>
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Another cute shot of Roderick enjoying his Seattle visit, this time in the stroller.</div>
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The afternoon took us over to the Aquarium- Here are Cameron and Mick in front of a huge tank of fish- we even found one that was missing an eye!</div>
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Saturday started at the Museum of Flight- look at this cute little Astronaut!</div>
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After the museum we caught a harbor cruise and got some great pictures of the city.</div>
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By Saturday evening we were all pretty tired, but I fit in a little shopping trip to IKEA with just Roderick and I :)</div>
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On Sunday we attended church and had the pleasure of watching a Primary Program before stopping at a few key photo ops on our way out of town. Here is the Fremont Street Troll.</div>
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The view from Gasworks Park.</div>
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And Roderick and I with some of the pipes at the park. It was a great trip and it was fun to take Mick and Roderick around Seattle. There's no better indicator of a successful trip than coming back tired and happy!</div>
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I must confess I've have most of this post put together for almost 2 weeks, I don't know why I haven't posted it- but here it is finally.</div>
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There are a few things I just need to put on here because I think it's funny. The first is my memory- it hasn't been the greatest lately and I blame it on the lack of sleep. Last month I went to lunch with my co-workers and it wasn't until late that night that I realized I didn't put on mascara. No one said anything but I'm sure someone had to notice! Then about a week later I forgot my whole bag of make up on our trip to Seattle, so I just went without makeup for a day until we had time to stop at Walmart.</div>
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I don't know if it's just me but I think that baby clothes are funny. All baby clothes should be labeled the same. It can really be confusing for a new mother! I can understand the 3-6 month size but the clothes that say 3 month and are for 0-3 months has really thrown me off. I even thought I had it all figured out and bought a onesie to go with Roderick's Halloween costume and it wasn't until I was putting it on him that I realized I had purchased a 3 month size when I meant to buy 6 month (which means he barely fit into it for Halloween and doesn't get to wear it any more).</div>
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Roderick's now in 3-6 month clothes and as I was sorting out the smaller clothes and bringing in the bigger clothes I found there were a few things that several months ago I had naively put with the larger clothes but they were 3 month size clothes (the smaller size) and they'll just have to be stored away without being worn. It's sad putting away the clothes you like and knowing your little baby isn't so little anymore. :)</div>
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Here are a few pictures:</div>
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I liked this one because it looks like he's raising his hand while he's sleeping, and I just love a sleeping baby</div>
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Here's that cute boy looking over my shoulder in his cute crab pajamas- one of my favorites from a baby shower</div>
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This was on Sunday October 28th- doesn't he just look nice and chubby- I love those cheeks!</div>
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I took photos a few times to show how Roderick has grown now that he's 3 months old. On October 30th he weighed 14.8 pounds and measured 24 inches long. </div>
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Roderick still loves to be held and that means that I get to snuggle and cuddle with him a lot. He's getting more hair on the top of his head. He loves to talk to us and listen to us sing. He's full of smiles for everyone. He likes to look in the mirror and now gets excited to see himself.</div>
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The last time in this outfit- as you can tell it was getting a little snug</div>
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And then moving up to the next size and needing to roll up the sleeves :)</div>
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Another great sleeping pose- Touchdown!!</div>
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We wanted to make sure and show how much he drooled all over his shirt while sitting in his bouncer- something about the bouncer makes him drool big time if he doesn't have a binkie in his mouth.</div>
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This little sheriff is all worn out</div>
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And lastly, Roderick slept in his crib for the first time on Monday, November 5th. We snuck in and took a few pictures after he was asleep. He had slowly been moved out of our room to right outside our door and now that he's three months he's in his own room and in his crib. Now to sleep through the night!</div>
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Last Saturday, November 10th, we took Roderick to his first football game to meet two of his uncles. It was a lot of fun to see them up here in Washington!</div>
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We found this warm winter jumpsuit for Roderick to wear to the game (it reminds me of the Christmas story) and got a cute picture of him in the fall leaves. </div>
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Here's Roderick with Uncle Jordan...</div>
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...and Uncle Brian.</div>
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I found this cute little get up for Roderick to wear to church. I think he looks debonair!</div>
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Well I don't know if I'll ever be caught up enough to post pictures from our adventures over the summer- but at least for now I'm staying caught up with what we've been up to. At the end of September Cameron ran the Tough Mudder race up near Seattle. It's an extreme race that is over 11 miles long and has 25 crazy obstacles. Roderick and I went with him for our first little trip as a family. We stayed in Tacoma and got to see several things we haven't seen before on our trips to the west side of the state.</div>
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When we got to Tacoma we went to the Museum of Glass- AWESOME! I think blown glass is beautiful- and neat to watch as it's being created too.</div>
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Our hotel was right in downtown so we walked to the museum and you can see Union Station in the background of the picture here.</div>
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Roderick didn't care so much for the glass, but really enjoyed all the lights in the museum.</div>
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My favorite part was the "Hot Shop" where you can sit and watch them blow the glass. We sat in there for at least an hour.</div>
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And here are a few photos outside the museum, it was right on the water and had great ambiance. </div>
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After the museum we went to the Old Spaghetti Factory for dinner. That is one dinner I won't forget- let's just say Roderick wasn't too happy while we were there.</div>
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On Saturday morning was the big race. Cameron ran with a friend Matt and they went faster than they were anticipating and finished in less than 2 hours. I got a few photos at the beginning but since they went faster than they anticipated I missed them at some of the big obstacles at the end.</div>
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This first photo is Cameron climbing out of the "Arctic Enema" brrrr</div>
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Going up and down this ravine- they had to do it about 5-6 times</div>
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And here they are after they finished- Everest was a huge half pipe they had to get to the top of. You can see some runners in the background.</div>
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This was the final obstacle and all the little strings hanging down are live wires that would shock you as you ran through!</div>
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As I had mentioned in my breadmaking post I've been busy in the kitchen making other treats as well. I must say- I'm pretty new to Pinterest, but it does give me fun ideas- most of which I've acted on have come from my food board. Here's a few of my own pictures and the links to the recipes.</div>
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And the good news is I just found out Great Harvest is opening in Kennewick on Friday- Yipee! Looks like I can just go buy it now.</div>
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Here's a picture of the pumpkin zucchini bread I made. All in all I made 10 loaves :) Not just for us to eat, they were to share! I've actually seen a lot of good looking food on this site:</div>
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I did take a few pictures of the fruit leather process. The recipe comes from Our Best Bites Savoring the Seasons Cookbook (Thanks Steph!) I must say I've really been enjoying this treat/snack. My first try I used some strawberries, but I got all these plums from a friend in our ward because I knew they would be perfect (and free since strawberries can be expense at the store). Hopefully next summer I'll be able to do this when the raspberries and strawberries in our garden start producing.</div>
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<br />Salonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04142052477598107350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3536142773308420430.post-65473949308198189982012-10-14T03:50:00.001+09:002012-10-14T03:50:27.114+09:00Like Father Like Son<div style="text-align: center;">
I think that Roderick gets a lot of his looks from Cameron, but they also act/pose a like! Check out these next three pictures :)</div>
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Roderick has also been one to enjoy having his neck cranked as he relaxes and falls asleep.</div>
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It doesn't look comfortable but when you look at his face you can't deny that he's relaxed.</div>
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I just loved this picture of his face during tummy time.</div>
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In other news he's also discovered his fist this week. If the binkie is not in his mouth he knows he can try to get that fist in his mouth.</div>
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In bed...</div>
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It turned out pretty good- not the same as Great Harvest, but still delicious! This last week I've also made Pumpkin Zucchini Chocolate Chip bread, and homemade fruit leather in addition to some wonderful dinners of homemade pizza and spicy chicken tenders with curried couscous salad by Giada. I better let the oven rest and get my house cleaned and decorated for Halloween!</div>
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