Day 27

I realized recently that the last time I wrote was after my really trying day.... Sorry to leave you all hanging there with no seeming resolution... I have had no more days like last Friday. :)

Yesterday I made more garbanzo bean, tapioca, and rice flour bread. I cooked it for a full hour and twenty minutes, and it was none over done. Alex and the boys liked the

way it tasted though... It's already almost gone. :)

I have posted some pictures of Coen's birthday party... The first one includes Eastin, Hinako-Chan and her mother, and Abi. You can also see the gluten-free cupcakes I made. In the second picture you can see Coen and his first cupcake. :) For the longest time he didn't know what to do with it... Finally he just stuck his whole face into the icing... He was on a sugar high for the next hour and a half! After he finished eating it, he sat in his chair happily singing for about 15 min. The third picture shows the sunflowers that Hinako's family brought... I love sunflowers. They make me happy. I just took this picture because I think they are pretty. The last picture is of Coen. He looks like the Gerber Baby in it. :) I thought it was cute.

Yesterday Eastin was telling me why he loves his family...

He loves "Daddy and Aidan because they are cool... They do pillow fights and build awesome space ships out of legos."

"And what about Mommy... Is she cool?"

"No, Mommy's not cool."

"Why do you love Mommy?"

"I love Mommy because she's just........cute. And that's all. No body else is cute like Mommy."

I thought that was the most adorable thing he has ever said... And he has said some adorable stuff... Like calling a book named Hiccups for Elephant, "Elephant for Hiccups".

Well, the concert on Saturday went really well. There were around 50 people there. Alex even made a third bow, because people would not stop clapping... which is not typical of Japanese. He performed the two pieces very well.

Last night I made baked potatoes for dinner, (using Golden Coral's recipe ;) ) and made marinated Chicken on a stick. I'll have to give you the recipe for that... It was truly delicious. I also washed and snapped string beans. It was nice to do that again... I have not snapped beans in so long... It brings back fun memories!

Well, I think that's the highlight of what has happened over the past three days...

My love to you all!

Hannah