Yesterday Cole fell and got a cut on his back so I put a band-aid on it. It was the funniest thing I have seen. It was like watching a dog catch his tail. Cole would turn his head to try to see it, but as he turned his head, his whole body would turn. He just kept going around in a circle and never saw the band-aid. He eventually gave up and went and played with his toys. Who knew a band-aid on a childs back could be so entertaining to watch.

Anyone want to live in a pink house? This house is right by the base and I have always wanted to take a picture of it because it is so pink. It always catches my attention when I am leaving base. I must say it is pretty classic.

Cole was pretty thirsty after all the picture taking we did, which I don't blame him because it was pretty hot that day. I was actually sweating.
He found this faucet which actually has a drinking fountain that did not work. I must say this is a huge improvement from a year ago when we were at Karen and Jaymon's house. A year ago Anna would get a drink just fine but Cole tried to get one and he would move his whole body down to get a drink and never got any water, but this time he was successful and was able to hold his body still and get a drink. He still came out soaking wet, but it is ok because it cooled him off.

Cole loves hanging from things and Derrick let him hang from this tree branch. How fun is that. We got another picture where Cole is lifting his legs up like he wanted to go higher. All he needs now is a little bit more muscle in his arms and he will have it

I thought this one was really cute.

Cole is having so much fun being out here. We had to hurry and get this picture before he wanted to get down, so here he is at 2 1/2 years

We are standing on a bridge that is not more than a foot wide and we did not want Cole to fall in so that is why I am holding onto his shirt. There are actually fish in the water and Cole was trying to find them. The water was actually very dirty and I was surprised the fish were even alive. Look at Derrick's pants. Can you say, dress in style. Actually it is the reflection of the water that made them do that.

Our Family June 7, 2009

Just a picture of Derrick and I a few days ago.

The sunday before Derrick left we went and took some pictures in our sunday clothes and as Derrick was taking a picture of another couple that was with us, Cole got down and started taking a picture with our broken tripod. He would count to 10 and pretend like he was taking a picture. He wanted to carry that tripod as we walked around this rose garden so he could take pictures too.

Yesterday I went to the store and as I was walking down the cereal aisle there was a very old couple there. I would say they were at least in their 80's. The old man talked to Cole for a little bit which Cole got kind of shy, but did give him a smile, which is a big thing for him.
When I first started walking down the aisle I noticed him looking at the fruit loops like he had never seen it before. I went and looked at the cereal and noticed his wife pick up the no name brand of fruit loops and she showed it to him. Oh, first before she started looking at the cereal she brought a bag of sun chips over and showed it to him. He said, " What are those?" She responded with, " I don't know." and they stuck them in the shopping cart. Now back to the cereal. They saw the price on the cereal was 95 cents and she asked her husband how many they should get. He responded with, "one." I had to laugh because as he was putting the cereal in the shopping cart she reached down and got another box. I wanted to follow them around the store just to watch them. I did meet up with them on another aisle and he started to talk to me about how he is a great grandfather and his grandson is in the Navy. It was interesting to listen to him and I am sure he had many stories to tell.
It is not very often we see people that old here on the base and I wonder if they were living off base somewhere because his wife did speak japanese. They must be living here because I asked if he has visited his grandson and he said it was too hard for him at the airport and flying. That brought up more questions in my head that I did not ask because you know how old people are and they will talk your ear off, so now my questions will be left a mystery.

Kamogawa Sea World

Last Saturday we went to Sea World to do something fun while Derrick was gone. Cole loved the dolphins and the killer whales. The picture with us by the dolphin we are maybe 2 feet away from it at the most. Cole was so happy to be close to it. He wanted to touch it so bad. you probably can't see the rain in the picture with the dolphin but it was pouring rain.



There was a place where Cole could ride a train and he did not care if it was pouring rain he was going to ride the train. The japanese lady was so nice to walk around with him and hold an umbrella over him to keep him dry. The green umbrella is his and I was surprised he was able to hold it up as good as he did on the train because walking with an umbrella was a different story. These killer whales were so cool to watch. It is amazing how big they are. The water in the background is the pacific ocean. We had to drive in a tunnel for about 6 or so miles under water to get there. It would have been cool if there was glass to see in the water, but it was all cement.