Monthly Round-up: August

Wow, end of August already. This means we are back in school teaching classes, and I am getting used to the old 9 to 5 routine again. Luka got sick last weekend so we had to deal with that, but he seems okay now.

Events

Chiba-city's Fireworks Display (enjoyed from the veranda of my MIL's home)

Dates with Mama - a new tradition I started this summer

A trip to Nikko

Ailin

• Has entered into a blue phase, where she colors everything in various shades of blue. 
• Started learning how to write the alphabet and numbers.
• Acts out stories that I read aloud to her, especially when I ask her what's going to happen next.
• Has become obsessed with Shrek, and all things Shrek.
• Has shown an ever-developing imagination, pretending to have a baby and take care of it (named it Passy), or holding birthday/Xmas party events complete with cake, dinner, presents and coffee.
• Went to the movie "How to Train Your Dragon" with her mom and dad.
• Went to an indoor pool with her mom.
• Going through a blue phase in her drawings. 

Luka

• Walks like crazy now, all over the house, getting into everything.
• Gives lectures about various things while pointing...of course, we don't know what he's saying.
• Loves bananas.
• Can finally sit through a story.

Movies I Saw in the Theater

How to Train Your Dragon

Salt

Inception

Karate Kid

Movies I Saw on DVD

Date Night
The Rebound

Books I read

Still working through A Divided Heart by Rachel Power
Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, want to finish it before I see the movie in a few weeks.

Best Discoveries

• Still getting the hang of it, but Twitter is finally starting to get interesting for me.
• That summer homework for high school students sucks! Worse yet is the fact that I have to check it all! Next year will be different. I am already making plans to assign as little as possible.
• That traveling with two small children is STILL not that much fun.
• That my husband is still really moody, and I just can't predict what he is going to do next.
• That I get to watch one more season of the Office before I am officially caught up!
• Leonardo DiCaprio really is a great actor, and I have seen and loved most of his movies. I didn't realize it until I saw Inception. He is only getting better with age!