Happy Easter!

Happy Easter, everyone! Things are still going well for the Campoamor family in Japan. Leyton seems to be enjoying school and her teacher, Mari Sensei, had nothing but good things to say about here during our 1 v. 1 parent-teacher meeting. In fact, she even said LC is sharing and playing really well with others. She starts going to school from 9am - 2pm this week. Up until now she has been going from 9-1130am to ease them into it. She seems to like it and talks about school when she gets home.

Ellis is doing well, too. She is starting to get the hang of going to the potty in the potty chair and routinely walks up to us and says, "poop" which is then followed with a "buzz." She usually poops in the potty every morning while watching "buzz" (iPad) but, sometimes she fakes us out and homesteads without taking care of business. She is still very loving and loves to give kisses and hugs. She is also starting to get a little bit of an attitude. She'll throw toys and sometimes push if she doesn't get her way. Her talking is starting to really take off too! In fact we think she knows a few colors and most animal sounds.

We had a chilly day here for Easter. The Easter bunny visited the house and brought LC a new princess bike. The Easter bunny also hid the Easter eggs that we dyed. The girls had a fun time hunting them this morning and playing with their new things before putting on their fancy new Easter dresses and heading to Church. After church and lunch we came home and LC got to try out her bike. She was doing really well with pedaling on her little trike but was having trouble pedaling today. We are pretty certain she'll pick it up in no time. 

Shannon is still staying busy even though she is down a child for a few hours every day. Ellis and her spend their time playing at the park and enjoying each other. Shannon said that Ellis isn't the same without LC around. She walks around the house and parks calling for "sissy." 

Work is going good for me. They are keeping me busy and I am still on track to head back to San Diego for 5 weeks starting 10 May. I have to go back for some training to get all qualified for when I take over as OIC. Ill be in San Diego for a few weeks and then go out to the (navy) island of San Clemente to get tactical. 

Here are some photos from the past few days. Hope everyone had a nice week! Happy Easter.

LC modeling her uniform before school

E loves to have her picture taken.

This is what LC will typically wear to school everyday. 

Sometimes supplemented with the smock. 

Sagamihara park.

They have an awesome tree house that overlooks the entire park. 

Another weekend filled with exploring Sagamihara park.

They even have a zoo there!

With lots of bunnies!

And a petting zoo where you can hold guinea pigs. LC named this guinea pig, Cookie. 

Pony rides, although LC refuses to ride on one. 

Playing with Dad's camera settings.

Crazy kid.

Dying Easter Eggs

LC was really into it this year. 

All done!

Sweet Princess bike.

Easter goodies - new toothbrushes and a My little Pony movie. 

And a Care Bear.

Easter Dresses from Grandma and Grandpa. Off to church.

Trying it out for the first time.

E likes to wear her helmet it LC is. She also likes to explore around the yard. 

Trying it out on the bike path. 

Photos from first day of school and more

I tried to grab a few photos during Leyton's opening ceremonies for school. I did my best with keeping E happy and snapping photos as we went along. At times there were only one parent allowed which was probably good since E wanted to stay on the move. We would go check out the hallways and read books and then come back to see what they were doing in her class. Like Shannon said, I wouldn't have been able to get what they were saying anyways.

It was a bit surreal that our big baby girl, Miss Leyton, started school. I think it hit me the most when she was sitting at her desk with the rest of her classmates. Unreal. Here are some photos I was able to grab during the opening ceremonies:

Here we are at the first table we saw when we got through the gate. We picked up LC's pink ribbon that was placed on her shoulder to identify what class (the Sakura class) she was in. 

Ready to go find her class! 

Here is the rear entrance to the school. This is the playground area where they have equipment and the area where they took class photos. As Shannon stated before, we were severely under dressed. Literally, every Japanese parent was in a suit (all males) and dress and high heels (women). I had dirty jeans and a UK basketball t shirt on. hahaha. Stupid Americans!

Walking down the hall to find her class. 

Found her Class. Shannon is unloading her school supplies as LC checks out her assigned desk. 

Shannon putting away the supplies in LC's cubby.

Her class. I believe one of her teachers is the lady about to squat down. They were all super super nice. 

LC at her desk! 

Other Dad's pacing the hallways.

E and I hanging out. 

Opening ceremonies. Can you see Shannon and LC? 

Principal (male) and someone else (female in kimono) upfront on the stage.

E pacing the hallways and checking things out. 

Puppet show. A lot of singing here. 

The playground area where they checked her in. 

Opening ceremonies complete. Each class left together in a line back to their classrooms. 

Back in the classroom. LC was a little upset because Shannon wouldn't let her peel off a sticker that was on the middle of the table. 

LC's teacher. 

LC's class lining up for their class photo. Parents were also included, which we thought was odd, so Shannon went while I had E.

LC checking out the emergency escape slide from the top floor of the school. 

Here are some more from the past few weeks or so that I haven't downloaded/shared:

We went on a walk one evening and came across a bunch of lanterns strung through the cherry blossom trees. Made for a nice photo op. 

They like each other... sometimes. 

Silly E.

At one of the many parks we frequent.