Category Archives: parenting

Toddler Artistry

Posted on February 6, 2011 by MThomas

One of my daughter’s favorite pastimes is o-egaki (picture drawing). Even before she could walk, she was scribbling with crayons…the washable kind, a set of 12 colors that my wife and I got for her at around her birthday last … Continue reading →

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Hitting the Day Care Lottery Jackpot

Posted on January 25, 2011 by MThomas

My wife and I found out, by regular postal mail on January 17th, that our daughter was accepted into a local city-approved nursery school. She’ll start attending with a group of other 2-year-olds in April (the school year always begins … Continue reading →

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Nenmatsu-nenshi

Posted on January 25, 2011 by MThomas

I’ve spent the past five New Year’s at my in-laws’ house in Kagoshima, in the southern island of Kyushu. “Family” consists of my wife’s parents, my brother-in-law (who works at a hospital and is usually on call and/or working throughout … Continue reading →

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