Happy Halloween

Isaac attended my school parade on Friday and then on Halloween we handed out candy at our home. There were not as many children this year, but he still dawned his cute little Elmo outfit. By the way this took us two weeks for him to even like it and get into it. I had to trick him one night like I was putting on his pajamas, then actually put the ELMO outfit on and show him what he looked like in his mirror. It worked so that was a success!

Getting ready for Halloween!

Isaac was helping to clean out his first pumpkin, or as he calls it "pumpin" He enjoyed pulling out the seeds and didn't like Daddy trying to share in the fun:) Isaac also got to go to the Pumpkin Patch at the local mall area. He had fun touching the pumpkins and looking at the children playing in the jumpy house. We picked out a perfect size pumpkin.

Visiting Friends

We recently had the chance to see Masa's friends from Cal Poly who live not too far from us. So we had a nice time spending part of the day with them and their two wonderful children. Isaac loved playing with them and playing in their backyard with their indoor homemade soccer ring and play structure.

Isaac the artist

I have been working on Isaac and practicing his coloring. He loves to color at the table and is getting better at holding his crayons. So I had him do some masterpieces so we can send them to his grandparents. I think they will appreciate his artistic ways. He is speaking more words like; careful, and bath time. These are the new additions to his vocabulary. Also his new thing is to line up his books in his bed.

Dancing and Singing in Japanese

So we have been teaching Isaac a children's Japanese song. We finally were able to catch him on video tape singing the song. It is "M(oo) sew oon day" I am doing it phonetically, this is not how it is spelled. "Tay oh oo tay", So no tay oh, oo ey knee" You will hear him say some parts better than others. He also has a new dance move which looks like he is boxing. He saw it on a dance show and copied the move.

Playing at the park...

So we went to Robert's Park. A nice little park near our home. Isaac is starting to enjoy going down the slide and playing at the park. He is growing more and more each day. He is becoming quite a chatterbox, saying words I understand and also having conversations that I don't know what he is saying. His new word right now is "share." He also is trying to say his friend's name, Camden, but says it "nan-nen." Here are some pics and video of him.

Isaac, Ansel and the Park

So yesterday we decided that we were going to go to the park and spend a couple of hours with my friend from work and her son Ansel. Ansel is about 2 1/2. It was cute to see them together playing in the sand and on the slides. There was one particular moment that they both decided to take a seat on the park bench and take a break. A perfect moment to take a picture!

Isaac has really progressed in his speaking in the past month. He now can say "thank you" and sing part of the ABC song. He also can say some of his numbers. He especially likes 3, 6, and 9. He also is trying to say his friend's name which is Camden, but it sounds more like "Nan-nen." Isaac also has been putting two word sentences together like "no more", and "no go."

Isaac has become more attached to me because I have been on summer break but now I start back to work tomorrow. I am going to be sad to go back because I have enjoyed spending so much time with him this summer, he has become my little man:). This age is a fun age, because they are learning so many things everyday!