I thought they had blue eyes!

Well, I knew it was a matter of time, but the kids have officially gotten their 1st taste of sickness since being here in Japan.  They both have pink eye!  After quite a long day at the non-speaking English doctor and tons of stories to accompany that trip, we are home resting our eyes and keeping away from all people.   This comes just 2 days after Jake and Jordyn's 1st graduation from their preschool class at the YMCA.  They started in this classroom last year and came back just 2 weeks before the whole class was graduating.  It was really fun to watch except that my shy boy, was hiding almost the entire time.  Oh well, he will come out of his shell at some point.  The new school year in Japan starts in April, so in just a couple of weeks they will be in a new class.  In fact, the school has asked Mike and I to skip Jake and Jordyn ahead 2 classes because their English is obviously better than most of the other students attending.   I think it will be a bit challenging but definitely rewarding for them this year.  

J & J during Preschool Graduation

After a fun day at school, we went home and celebrated with our friends the Lewis' for Cade's 2nd birthday.  It was so cute!  Jake and Jordyn adore Cade, so they had so much fun.  The new foreign family joined us, the Dohmann's, and they have 2 boys as well.  Jordy is the only girl again, although something tells me she can probably hold her own with 4 boys!

        Jordy, Cade, and Jake

Mike is gone on a road trip right now and pitched today.  He threw one inning, giving up one hit, and striking out one guy.  He will pitch again tomorrow, and then heads back home.  The season starts in 2 weeks and we are really looking forward to it.  The first series is in Tokyo, which I am really looking forward to since they have a California Pizza Kitchen at the stadium.  Wow, the little things that make me happy these days.   We will probably travel with Mike a lot this season since the kids really miss him when he is gone and it only makes sense to see all we can while here.  We have lots of family visiting this year too, so traveling will happen inevitably!  Well, I am off to sleep while the rest of you are just rising.  Have a great weekend!

     Family Picture