Taisei Buffet

Happy belated birthday to Taisei!

Just the same as any other parent out there, we can't believe how fast our boy is growing up. We constantly have to remind ourselves that Taisei's not a baby anymore. Maybe to us, he'll always be our baby. But everyone else sees a rambunctious, high-energy, but very shy boy.

Three years down the road, we can easily step back and see what we have emphasized as parents, and what we could probably work on more. What we really have learned is that your kids grow so fast that you really do have to constantly adapt as parents. There is always something new to teach and something new to learn.

For our own memories I thought I'd record the things we feel we have emphasized and things we need to do better.

Physical development:

Do better:

Personality things. It seems that there are things we can't do anything about. Taisei is still shy, until he warms up to someone. After several years in a Japanese playgroup with the same group of children, he still has his favorites. This was apparent at his birthday party where he was willing to give hugs and kisses only to the ones that he felt more comfortable with. For certain kids, he wouldn't budge.

Overall, he seems more comfortable in Japan. He appears to actually enjoy going to primary and pre-school over there. I'm not sure if it's a language or culture thing or because there's so much family around there, but he eats better there and just seems to act a lot more loose when he's over there.