Trucks, Cars and now Dolls: Anything Asian

In our attempts to be closer to our daughter somehow I believe we are inundating ourselves with Asian experiences.

First, we visited the Asian Fusion Buffet. We read the fortunes and tried to learn the Chinese inside each Fortune. I even questioned the waitress about the correct pronunciation of various words. One of the fortunes mentioned the pomelo fruit and I had not a clue as to what that was so the waitress gladly brought one to the table for us to see. It has the exterior of a melon but is supposedly like a giant grapefruit. None the less, we got our fill of food. The boys fav of course was the chocolate fountain that they dipped strawberries into.

Next, since Carson has been studying Japanese culture at school he was very interested in taking a trip to the Morikami Japanese Museum and Park for his birthday outing. Brian only has this Sunday off this month so this would be the time to celebrate his birthday as a family. He will have a party early in May with his Cousins when they come to visit.

Anyway, back to the Japanese park and museum. This was a wonderful experience. First, we walked through the beautiful park and gardens. We saw various Bonsi trees and Japanese gardens. Next, the boys enjoyed the children's section where they could touch and feel everything, sit in the bullet train, pretend to be at the train station in Tokyo, sit in a Japanese classroom, experienc a Japanese Kitchen, Bath and Bedroom ..........They also enjoyed the very large fish in the pond. Carson new a lot about the pottery, artwork, blossom trees and waterwheels. He definately knew that carp was a main fish there as well. Lastly, we celebrated with some traditional Japanese food. I am so grateful that my boys love culture and a a variety of food. I have to say they ate everything from Miso Soup to edamame, stir fry beef and veggies, sushi, pot stickers, egg rolls , fried tofu etc.,.. Brennan and I skipped a few things due to allergies but otherwise everything was very yummy and Carson ate it ALL! Lol

Last night I decided that we probably had better attemp to try to learn some Manderian as Yin Yan (Alivia Grace) will be almost 3 by the time we get her. For the first 3 years she will have only known Manderian so it would be in our best interest to learn some to be helpful initially in communicating with her. I downloaded a few Free apps to my phone last night and the boys and I had a great time mimicking the phrases. There favorite of course was "Where is the toilet??" Of course, this phrase got repeated ALOT. Lol. I am sure we will have a great time learning this new language.

Looks Like we are in the Train station in Tokyo!