A little vacation...

I was lucky to have the whole week of Thanksgiving off. So Isaac, Masa and I traveled down to LA to visit friends. Isaac was really good in the car ride because we had his favorite video "Elmo in Grouchland" But the next day he woke up with cold feet and later that afternoon had a temp of 101, which proceeded to get higher by Sunday afternoon to 102, with a cough. We were leaving Monday morning anyways so we took him to the doctor and he had the case of bronchilitis He still has his cough a little bit. Although he had a fever we still managed to have fun with our friends. He had tons of fun as well, especially going down the slide at the park and the slide at their house.

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.