Tanaka Farms Pumpkin Patch

We went back to Tanaka Farms as a courtesy from Mr Tanaka himself! He is part of the Optimist Club that C's Basketball teams is also a part of. We got a free ride on the Tractor, free Petting Zoo, free Veggie Picking, a run in the Corn Maze, then finally a free Pumpkin (one that C can carry) C LOVED it, except for the stinky goats and pigs..hehe

Here's C's "grin and bear it" smile...phew! Stink!

Here's the pumpkin that he can finally carry all by himself!

Day in the Life of C

C started Basketball Practice. Tim and I have had some debates about whether this is good for his self-esteem or not. To be honest, he's not the most talented dribbler, let's say, he just can't dribble. He ends up sitting down in the middle of practice while everyone else is doing all the drills. I say let him be himself, he will excell in what he is good at, and if he's not interested in playing basketball, so what! Tim says he will learn perseverance and teamwork.

Here's he's just having fun drawing a clothes line full of drying laundry, and he's explaining his drawing about fractions in the next pic

Learning about how beans grow

C saw an Elmo episode where a boy grows a bean plant from seed, so C wanted to grow one too. Luckily, one of my greenbean plants had just produced a pod of beans, so I took one and had him start one. These are pictures each day's growth. The bean is a very fast grower! We transplanted it once it sprouted to the garden outside. I'll post a picture of it later.

Earth day?

C is improving on his dexterity lately, he drew this picture without anyone prompting him to. The larger green area is where we live in America, and the small green island is Japan. He does have a talking globe and knows where California is.

Addition and Helping with Harvesting

C thinks these math problems are games. He'll sit for an hour doing math problems with us if we let him. One of the mornings he wanted to help out with picking the garden veggies. Afterwards, he had fun running in circles in the house, silly boy.