Happy Children’s Day
I am sorry people who look forward to catching up with what’s going on with Finley, for not updating this blog for a long time. I have been kept busy by super mobile Finley.
Anyways, May 5th is Children’s Day in Japan, and it is also the day to wish for boys’s (for girls, March 3rd). People celebrate the day by putting carp streamers up in polls, and displaying ceremonial helmets and armors for a few weeks. And thanks to my parents, Finley got his helmet and carp streamers, and we set them up to celebrate the day.
They are so beautiful and I am grateful that we could celebrate the day for Finley like this in the US, and we wanted to show them off here. The little wooden board in front of the helmet says “Congratulations on the First Boys’ Celebration, Makoto (Finley’s Japanese Middle Name), born in September 28th 2009.” How awesome is that!! Thank you Grandpa Shigeru and Grandma Etsuko!
フィンリーの様子を読むのを心待ちにしている皆様、ここのところブログの更新を怠ってしまってすみません。ハイハイ、伝え歩きができるようになって毎日私達の方がヘトヘトにされてしまっています。それはさておき、今日は子供の日&眞の初節句の写真です。日本のお祖父ちゃんとお祖母ちゃんがわざわざ兜と鯉のぼりを用意して送ってくれたので飾っていたのを、こどもの日に記念に写真を撮りました。もう結構動き回れるので、写真撮影に思ったより一苦労。でも、アメリカでこんな素敵な兜と鯉のぼりを飾ってきちんとお祝いする事が出来て、感謝感激でした。これからも元気に育って欲しいものです。茂お祖父ちゃん、悦子お祖母ちゃん、どうもありがとう！
