On Friday, Chris had a day off, so we daytripped to Yokohama. Yokohama is the second largest city in Japan, although it is so close to Tokyo; you could liken it to Dallas-Fort Worth or Minneapolis-St. Paul. Here's Yokohama's Landmark Tower, the tallest building in Japan, and part of boardwalk area. 
When we went to the 100 yen store yesterday, we steathily picked up two 100 yen ($1) sets of plastic train tracks to see if they would work with Adam's trains. They kind of work, but Adam thinks they are the best things in the world. We just stuck them in his toy bins last night for him to find. When he woke up this morning, he was convinced that Grandma had visited in the night and brought him the train tracks. She's magic, just like Santa! Ha!
Lottie is getting to the point that Adam has been waiting for - she's becoming interactive! Here they are, playing with his new cowbell. 
This was Zama's Homecoming Week, so they had a Homecoming Parade on Thurday. We went last year too, but the floats had been banned, so it was very small. This year was much bigger and better, although not well attended. They didn't publicize it, so there were more parade marchers than parade watchers. Adam was excited to see the firetruck and to get some candy (the high school kids throw candy). 
