Tagger

I decided I needed to add some color to that wall.

Out and about

This morning Mommy and I walked around the neighborhood. At times I ran. This is one of those times.


Before we set out on our walk, Mommy and I spent some time drawing with chalk on the sidewalk. I took a break and hung out on the wall of our building.

test

Now that I've just about mastered the English language, I'm now learning HTML. Does this video work for you?


Daddy and me on a train!

Now for some nerdy talk: This movie uses quicktime. If your browser uses Windows Media Player instead of Quicktime as the default player, the video may not play. Please tell me if you can't see the video. I'm learning how to embed videos and do other html stuff for my blog.

Choo-choo

Saturday I hiked at a big park on a big hill. Mommy and Daddy came too. I watched people ride horses. I looked at dogs. I noticed large birds fly high. I rode on a train through the park. Here are two pictures of me on the train. You can see a video of me on the train here.

Giddyup

When Uncle Eric and Auntie Wendy visited us, we went to some whineries in some Sleepy town called Nap-ah!. I didn't hear anyone crying or complaining. I didn't see anyone napping either. Here I am riding this funny looking guanaco with two humps on his back. I didn't get too far. Maybe he was taking a nap too.

Underwear

I now use the potty enough so that Mommy and Daddy let me wear big kid underwear around the house. I still have to sleep in diapers or pull-ups though (what a drag!). It's only a matter of time before I'm fully potty trained. I have some spiffy Elmo underwear that I get to wear when that time comes.

My big head

In my class, there are wooden gates to keep us kids from getting into places we really want to go to. Each gate has three port holes for us to peek our faces in. Each hole looks smaller than the size of my head. Note that I say "looks smaller." My friends and I stick our faces in these holes and look to the other side. One day last week, I lean back against the gate and somehow I get my head stuck in the hole. Seeing as how I am backwards, I step forward to try to get my head out. No luck. I somehow turn around and now an faced toward the gate. I pull my head. I'm stuck! I panic. "Wahh!!!!" Daddy is there for Parent Participation. "Daddy!!" I cry. He and my teacher Fong try to pull me out. Fong brings out some goopy stuff called Vaseline and rub it all over my head. Daddy lifts me up and pulls while Fong attempts to squeeze my head through. Still no luck.

I feel like Winnie the Pooh when he got stuck in in that hole from eating too much Hunny. My friends ask, "What's wrong with Yoshi???" I'm really embarrassed and desperate at this point to get out. "Waahhhh!! I'm stuck!!! I need help!!!" Daddy tries his best to calm me.

Fong tells me that the only way to get my head out is to remember how I got it in there. She goes on and says I need to get in the same position and do everything backwards. Hmm... think, Yoshi, think! I tell myself. I close my eyes for a moment and relax. Aha! I know what I need to do. I get into position and moments later Daddy and Fong get me out. I'm saved!

The next day, plexiglass covers the holes.

Yummy!

My newest talent is balancing bubbles on my tongue. I then eat the bubbles. Last night, Mommy asked me, "What does it taste like?" I said, "CHICKEN!!!"

My Movie!

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Presidents' Weekend

I don't know who the presidents are, or why it was their weekend, but I sure had a good time. They should rename it Yoshimi's Weekend. A brief list of what I did:

made gingerbread cookies

blew bubbles in our apartment building

went to the Apple store and played games on the computer

went to the park to play with my friend Abe

went to another park to play my friend Alyssa and ride on boats

painted with watercolors that Mommy's friend Naomi gave to me (I like Naomi's cat Wolfie)

went to a birthday dinner for Aunt Laura and I saw my cousins too

Snoopy for dinner?

Tonight we had spaghetti and veggies. I asked Mommy what the name of these veggies are. Here is what we said:

Me: What this, Mommy? [I point to these flat, green, pod-like things. They look like smooshed edamame]

Mommy: Snoopys

Me: No!!!! [I laugh]

Mommy: Yes, they are Snoopys

Me: No!!! [silly Mommy]

Mommy: No, not Snoopys. Snow-pees.

Me: No!!!

Mommy: They are. Snow. Pees.

Me: It's not Snoopy!!!

Mommy: Okay, then what is this? [she points to the spaghetti]

Me: Woodstock!

Feel better Jichan

Jichan loves to nap. He welcomes a nap like I welcome a cookie--wholeheartedly. Sometimes when I am at Bachan's and Jichan's house I take a nap with Jichan. Here I am on the sofa. Jichan holds me. I hold my doll Nick. The other day Mommy told me that Jichan got sick and had to spend a couple days in a big building with lots of doctors. I drew him some pictures and Bachan took them to Jichan. He liked the pictures very much. Most of my drawings are balloons, but I drew a special Elmo picture just for Jichan.

Jichan is at his home now where he gets to rest a lot. It's a good thing he likes naps because he gets to take a lot of them. I get to see him this coming weekend. Yay!

Knew Kntting

Not too long ago, Mommy knit herself a pair of fingerless gloves out of blue silk yarn. Then she knit Daddy a pair of wristbands. I told her it was my turn for something knit. She made me a pair of fuzzy slippers using fuzzy yarn from Bachan. I like looking at them. It makes me happy. But when I put the slippers on they tickle my toes. "Too fuzzy!" I say. Mommy threatens to give them away to my little cousin Siobhan and I tell her that I want to keep them. Mommy also made me a pair of matching fingerless gloves. I like to wear my gloves on my hands and wear Mommy's gloves on my feet, but only when Mommy isn't looking.

I love coffee

Mommy and Daddy drink a lot of coffee. In fact, Mommy gets pretty grumpy when she doesn't have it. Usually I drink hot cocoa, but when Mommy and Daddy aren't looking, I take a sip of their coffee. Woah that's bitter! But still, I smack my lips together and say, "Yummy!" The best part about coffee though is the chocolate covered cookie that goes along with it. Super yum.

Me, Myself, and I

Life is tricky. Sometimes there are things right in front of you and you go to touch them, but it feels nothing like what you expect it to. I walked into a bathroom with Mommy and lo and behold, there are three of me. I'm one of them, and there are two other Yoshis staring back. How is this possible? I tried playing ring-around-the-rosey but their hands were cold and flat. I think they were stuck behind glass. I tried to pull them out. No luck. We laughed and played pattycake. Then I had to go. It looked like they had to go too. We all waved and said "Bye!" (at the same time even!).

Introducing...

...Isaac Browne!

Mommy and Daddy's good friend Dan is now a Daddy. Here he is with his baby. The baby's name is Isaac. They live on the other side of the world, and since I don't know how to swim or fly, I probably won't visit them any time soon. Maybe they can come visit me.

Row row row your boat

On Sunday, Mommy, Daddy and I went to this big park in San Francisco. It was so neat! There are many things to do there, like chase squirrels, walk on logs, race Mommy on the grass, see all the pretty flowers and tall trees. There was a big lake and we got a boat. A boat is sort of like a car, but for water. There are no tires though. And there is no steering wheel on this boat. It has these long sticks that you move back and forth in the water and that somehow makes the boat move. But you can't see where you're going, only where you have been. Mommy almost crashed into a tree at the edge of the water. We went in two tunnels and had a family smooches. This is a picture of Daddy and me that Mommy took with her camera phone.

Blog buddy

My friend Chloe from Portland has her own blog. I like her color scheme.

Bath time

Last night I took a bath. Mommy says I should bathe more often than once a week. She's right. Sometimes I bathe twice a week. For some reason, it's a struggle for me to want to get in the bath, but once I'm in, it's a struggle for me to get out. Weird.

I washed myself in the bath tub. I sing a little song when washing my face. First I wash my "Chinny chin chin." Then my "Nosey nose nose." Then my "Cheeky cheek cheek." Then my "Other cheeky cheek cheek." Then my "Eary ear ear." Don't forget about the other "Eary ear ear." Good times in the tub!

Finley's Birthday Party

This past weekend I went to two birthday parties. On Saturday morning I went to a nice park near my school. I didn't go to school though because it was "Saturday," whatever that means. I saw some of my school friends at the park. The party was for Finley's 2nd birthday. I also saw Ella and Abe. There was this neat house at the park, but it wasn't hard like most houses. It was soft and squishy, sort of like a bed made out of a big balloon. I was nervous about this shakey house. The ground moved underneath my feet! Mommy came in the house with me and I felt better. We jumped in the bouncy house. It was a lot of fun. This is a picture of Abe, Mommy, and me having lots of fun.



The next day was Sunday. There was no school on Sunday either. I can't keep all these days straight. When do I go to school, and when do I stay home? Maybe by my next birthday I'll have this figured out. Anyway, Sunday afternoon we went to another park. This time there was a party for Simone. She also turned 2. We had apple pie. We blew bubbles. I went down the slide. I played on the swings. I saw one of my teachers, Paula, there. Good times!