A busy month of August...

Well we had the rest of the Japanese family join us at the end of July all the way until August 11th. So we did many things. We went to SF, Yosemite, Napa, Santa Rosa and Monterey. Then Jiji (grandpa in Japanese) stayed with us until August 24th. We went to Oregon to visit Masa's host family. So here are some pictures of our different adventures.

Monterey

Oregon Napa
Yosemite Santa Rosa

Isaac riding training wheel bike

So about a month ago we got Isaac a tricycle to ride and he has managed to ride it very well. He is able to steer pretty well. So today Masa and his family and Isaac went shopping, there happened to be bikes with training wheels. Isaac did very well. I guess a bike with training wheels will be his 3rd birthday present.

Isaac's drawing and a friend

So Isaac has another piece of artwork to display. It is a fish.

So we have some good neighbor friends that recently had a baby in March. The funny story is before we really knew of this couple, we realized that the husband was working at the same occupational facility that Masa did and so we also found out they were our neighbors down the street. Masa and him are also in the same Occupational Therapy School, so funny coincidences.:) Now they have a baby boy Chinese/White, but we joke that Isaac and him could be brothers. Here is a picture.

The Bike

We finally decided to get Isaac a little bike because he finally agreed to wear a helmet, which has been a hard thing for us to get him to do. He is a helmet size 5 +, unfortunately this child has the curse of the big heads from both sides of the family. My dad being he could never wear a one size fits all hat. Masa has a rather big circumference, I just chalk it up to Isaac having big brains:)

5+ Helmet size is typically for a 5 year old.

Our friend Stephanie visited us from San Diego on her way back from Seattle. Isaac had fun feeding her dog Brownie.

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Isaac swim lessons Summer 3

Isaac is going to swim lessons for this summer. He started when he was 6 months old, so this is about his 3rd time at swim lessons. So he is still timid but our goal is to continue swim lessons throughout the summer. He has started to try to kick which is the next step.

Our Budding Artist

Isaac loves to create things with his crayons, pen and loves the etch-a-sketch. So every morning he normally will climb into our bed with his etch-a-sketch. He will draw different things and ask us to draw of course. Below is a picture where he sat in Daddy's office and used a pen to draw his picture, which he likes to do every night with daddy. Here is our artist in the making, which by the way is definitely not from my side of the family:)

Memorial Day Extravaganza

So we decided to spend our Memorial Day weekend traveling to diffferent places to do different activities. First on Friday the 28th we celebrated Masa's 40th birthday!! Then Saturday we drove down towards Monterey but ended up in Watsonville picking Strawberries from Gidzich ranch. We also went to Moss landing for lunch and saw some Sea Lions which Isaac loves to imitiate. On Sunday we went to Aquarium of the bay in SF and of course a trip to Japantown. Then Monday off to the Oakland Zoo to see the elephants, camels and the many other animals Isaac loves to watch. It was a whirlwind of a weekend but tons of fun!