Winter field trip

January is one of my favorite months in Japan. (well, ok, I pretty much love it here Sept. - May) In January it's sunny every day and the temperatures average around 50 degrees. This is bliss compared to what we're used to; gray, rainy days in Seattle or snowstorms in the Midwest.

Ian and I met up with our former Japanese teacher to take a morning trip to a local park. The park has a trail for bird watching, but unfortunately it's closed in the winter months. However, there were plenty of ducks and carp to admire. Ian also enjoyed running around the park carrying sticks and poking them into any holes and crevices he could find. It doesn't take much to excite him...especially when we're outdoors.

Here he is peeking into a window to check out some ducks. He thought this was the best thing ever. I think it's win win for the ducks as well.


Here's the view he saw. It's a little hard to tell, but there were about 10 ducks hanging out.


Here is Ian and Sato-san. Now that we're no longer taking Japanese lessons, we plan to hang out more with Sato-san during the day. She is Ian's pinch-hitter obaasan since his Grandma and Oma can't be with him as often as we'd like. (she has a 1 year old grandson of her own who lives in Yokohama)