Now I'm a blogger

I am a mom of TWO (2) adorable tofu-bunnies who are growing so fast and doing so many things and have family and friends all over the world that want to know just what they are up to.  So here it is.  I am a blogger.

Maggie is 18 months, or will be on the 13th of May.  She is getting molars.  She goes to bed every night promptly at 7PM, but she varies as to when to start her day.  Lately, it's around 5:30AM.  She goes to a Japanese nursery school, which she loves.  When she's not at nursery school, she enjoys terrorizing her environs by pulling everything off of every shelf and out of every drawer or rearranging things to her liking.  She loves to put things in a bag or basket and then hook it over her arm to her elbow and march about like a lady.  She also likes to push carts, strollers, and anything else on four wheels.  She loves puppies and kitties, and her little brother Arthur.

Arthur was born in the middle of last month at a Japanese hospital, about a 15 minute walk from our house.  He is a love.  He just started smiling at me and getting really excited during his alert periods like he's getting ready to tell me something and just can't seem to gather his words.  Eventually, he sums it up with a big sweet "Hooo..."  I love him!  Matt could not be there for Arthur's birth, but both of his grandmothers came across the Pacific to be there for him and Maggie, and a wonderful doula named Amanda McFadden braved the Japanese hospital to attend to his birth.  We spent the standard 5 days in the hospital afterwards.  It has been quite an adventure!

Today was a day off of nursery school for Maggie.  It is Golden Week here in Japan and she may well have the whole week off.  We'll find out tomorrow!  This morning, after a jaunt to the playground and a snack, we headed for the Vinawalk in Ebina.  Maggie saw all the other kids playing in the "river" with the water spouts.  She wasn't brave enough at first, but eventually she mustered her courage to go down the rocky bank to the "river" and get all wet.  I wish I had a picture of this, but I didn't want to take my iPhone anywhere near there.  Arthur slept dutifully in the Bjorn while all this was going down.  After Ebina, we terrorized the children's floor of the Odakyu Department Store in Machida.  Got home around 5PM.  Everyone's in bed now.  Just waiting for Matt to get home from his flight.

Over and out.