The other day I decided to make some rice krispies because we had all the stuff for it, which does not happen very often. I got our marshmellows and started the slow process of melting them. I kept waiting and waiting and they would not melt. After about 5 min I thought something must be wrong with the marshmellows. They were soft and we had used them before to make rice krispies so I could not figure it out. One thing I could think of why they would turn out the way they did was because the marshmellows were so old. They were only from April. They never went hard so I figured it would be ok. I also had a quick idea of it being due to the humidity but I have made rice krispies before and never had this problem. I also thought it could have been the name of the marshmellows. The name of them was "campfire marshmellows." I remember that Derrick and I did use those marshmellows to make rice krispies back in april and they melted fine then. that is why I thought it was how old they were. Needless to say the rice krispies never got made and we had to settle for something else.

EARTHQUAKE and TYPHOON

Tonight I was sitting on the couch just playing with Cole and all of a sudden I heard the sliding door rattle and the floor was kind of shaking. It did not last too long, but a few seconds later the shaking started again. This time it lasted longer and I could see things shaking and moving. It was scary for me and my heart was beating pretty fast. It made me think of what I need to do to be prepared if anything did happen. I remembered I had 2 cases of water but they are in the car. We do have some food but not enough. that is mostly my fault because I have not been to the store since we got back from Singapore a few days ago. We are also on a typhoon watch. It is actually a tropical depression but they are just giving us a warning just in case it is more than that. Oh the adventures with mother nature we have. Oh, I almost forgot to write but the earthquake was south of Tokyo on some island , it measured a 7.1, which I am so glad was there and not where we live.

This first picture is how Cole was before the fireworks started the other 2 are how he was almost the whole time the fireworks were going on. I managed to uncover his head for some of them but he would keep it covered. I would talk about the colors and he would peek out occasionally to look at them, but not very often at all.



















Cole hiding his head

Here are more pictures from Fuji Safari Park with the kangaroos (notice mom petting it). It was so much fun and we got lucky because it did not rain at all (even though it was very cloudy) until we were walking to the car and it started to pour.

I love the picture with the water and the reflection. Cole loved running through the water and was drenched when we left. This was the day after mom and dad got here, it had been raining and we made it out when it had stopped for a little bit.
Dad wanted to make a train cake with Cole, which he loved. Cole took the food coloring and put it right on the cake so when dad put the frosting on it changed the color of the frosting. Cole loved doing it along with mom and dad.
The other pictures with the kangaroos are at Fuji Safari park. You would not believe this, but mom actually touched a kangaroo.

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.