October 1- Finally after preparing my daughter's thing we went to hoikuen this day, Erika belong to "Ringu Gumi" or Apple class which consists of 1 year old kids. The class has 20 children with four teachers in a room. A young lady Sabito san is...

(My camera is broken and can only take blurry photos) We had an appointment yesterday for Erika's 1 year and half general check up at the health center. The place is near our house, and I was glad to see many children at Erika's age playing toys in...

Last week we received a telephone call from the City Hall that starting next month Erika can enter in a Hoikuen or a Daycare nursery . These Hoikuen or Day care nurseries looks after children who cannot be cared for at [...]

So how was Erika this past few days? During summer here in Japan its been a tradition to have a Hanabi taikai or firework festival held on big or even on small cities throughout Japan. And since it is hanabi season, we are having a small hanabi show...

Yesterday it was a little cloudy but hot afternoon so I brought Erika to her pool in the yard to play with the water, but she was so excited to play inside so I put her inside it and since then you could hear her screaming because of too much...