School Starts/ Adventures in Lawn Mowing/New Hairdos!

Sterling and I went to my favorite restaurant...Dana Chula! We went for lunch while the kids were at school! Sterling doesn't work Mondays! So we can go on a bike ride or out to lunch or hang out at home without worrying about the children. Lovely!

Their giant naan bread!

We went on a bike ride one Monday morning and found cool paths and roads to take. Places that remind me of Italy and bring me joy. That was a fun adventure.

1st day of school!!

1st day of 1st grade! With Ms. McClintik at Joan K. Mendel.

1st day of 4th grade! Mr. Booth's class at Joan K. Mendel.

 

1st day of 7th grade at Yokota Middle School!

Sometimes we get Japanese foods from 7eleven or our favorite grocery store. Here are delicious and affordable foods we enjoy...

Japanese ice cream soda and fried chicken:

Lemon CC soda with fried chicken:

Tuna sushi and fried sweetened potato:

Salmon sushi and salmon with fish eggs:

Mom made the boys try new and crazy hair styles:

Ty has wanted to try a mohawk for a long time. I won't let him keep it very long but it's fun for a little bit.

The way we style it for church: Mohawk...tame down!

Then up again the next day.

Athena's hair is getting longer and longer...which is my goal. Even though she asked to get her hair cut short.

Adventures in lawn mowing: mom edition.

I cleaned up the yard then started mowing. I didn't see it until I was running it over. A tiny white thing. It blew out of the mower in a hundred pieces . Was it a tissue? Probably used? I kept going.

Again I didn't see it until it was too late. Another tiny white thing. Blew out in a hundred pieces. Maybe they are paper/notes folded up as tiny as possible and left by a school child this afternoon.

Tiny white pieces of trash adorning my front yard. Great.

Then I move on. I mow the lawn near my vehicle. And as I was about to run it over I saw a rectangle...maybe an ID card? Maybe MY ID card!? I stopped as quickly as I could ...again, too late.

It blew out and under my car at a super speed. I ran to the other side of the car and searched. Found half...yep, it was my military ID!!

(I found the second half)

It must have fallen out of my purse when I got out of the car this afternoon. I am not sure how though. I keep it in a safe place within my purse!

Time for a new ID.

 

There are all kinds of insects here in Japan. Athena found a fuzzy one and I wondered if it could be one of the bugs we are supposed to NOT touch. I took photos and asked on Facebook and a couple people responded that their children got rashes from touching these specific bugs. Luckily Athena didn't have a bad reaction. But I warned her it is a "look but don't touch" kind of bug.