it's so hot that i have two cranky kids here. oh, i so wish i could just throw them in a pool! haha. we actually do have a little kiddie pool, but it's too hot and sunny for me to be out there (and i would have to be with them every minute). we also have a beach umbrella, but really, it's just too hot. we've used the little pool once, but it was so late in the evening that it got dark quickly. i really wish yoshi got home earlier.

next week is sasha's birthday. and then, on the third, we have to take her to the children's hospital in fukuoka for a one year check (for her heart). yoshi is taking the day off, and it looks like we won't be enjoying the rest of the day as a family; instead, we'll be coming back to munakata so i can renew my driver's license. *sigh*

friday was photo friday at crazy hip blog mamas. obviously i missed it. but i wanted to share this photo anyway. here's hiro enjoying the surf with his uncle takafumi.



very hot and humid here now. rainy season is in full swing. though it hasn't rained today since early this morning. that's good for my plants, though, because i should water them morning and evening. that may seem excessive, but it's so hot and sunny here. especially in our bare garden--we have no bushes and very few trees. ah, the joys of a new garden.

today yoshi's parents came over and now the five of them are out. i do enjoy time alone!