From our family to yours :)

Being in Japan means that we take the train a lot to get around. The little guy loves taking the train, and this time around insisted on grabbing on to the handles by himself (even when he was falling asleep). We took him to the Doraemon museum. For those who don't know, Doraemon is a really famous character in Japan (and all of Asia). He's a character we all grew up with and love, so naturally, we introduced him to S as soon as he started to watch cartoons! The walk to the museum was fun because there were mini statues of all the beloved characters along the way.

Yes we are! We are getting ready to leave on our annual trip to Japan & Taiwan where S's grandparents are. Living so far away from them, we've made it a tradition to visit the grandparents once a year so that they can spend quality time with him and witness how much he's grown and changed. This year, I am sure they will be blown away because he's a talking-machine compared to last year and he is now mr. personality with an opinion and everything! We are excited to attend my husband's cousin's wedding in Japan this time around.

A few days ago, I took the little guy to some of our favorite toy stores around the area to start on our christmas shopping and to find little toys to hide in his backpack for our trip next week. Shopping for kids stuff has become my biggest obsession. It's just as much fun (if not more fun) for me as it is for S. I step into a toy store and my eyes start to wander in all directions. It's really hard for me not to find something I want to buy each time we go.

Can you believe it's November already? The fun thing about the holiday season is that even though all the actual holidays are on certain dates, the whole month is dedicated to celebrating that holiday. Now that Halloween is officially over, all the store decorations will slowly transform to celebrate Thanksgiving. The little elves don't only work on Christmas ya know? :) As the little guy's birthday draws closer, I'm already racking my brain trying to pick a theme and plan a party in my head.