Night out

The other day I had the rare opportunity of taking care of the girls, all three of them, by myself.  With only two hands at my disposal watching and cleaning up after them kept me busy. 

But to my surprise it has gotten easier (not easy) these days.

We went shopping at the store in the morning, then to McDonalds and to the park for a few hours in the afternoon and came home and the girls took a nap, after they awoke we went to a family restaurant for dinner.  In Japan family restaurants are a type of restaurant that is usually a franchise.  They are open 24 hours a day and many of them have all you can drink (drink bars in Japanese). We went to Saizeriya. (Italian cuisine, mostly pasta)  The kids ate a lot and I did too.  I posted a video to give you a little idea of what my life is like...enjoy :)

Always learning

One thing I can say about children, or at least about my children is that they want answers.  They ask a question and expect an answer, sometimes they are satisfied with mine other times they are surprised or disappointed.  Little children don`t need to use a textbook to learn about the world around them, they need interaction.  They need answers to their questions.

As a parent I have a role in supplying answers to my kids, but even I have a limit.  It is humbling to watch them on their quest to understand life and who they are.  So like them, I also need to be diligent in my attempts to learn, to ask questions, and to listen to those with authentic experience, those I trust.

Finding the right words is the big challenge I think for most parents, when it comes to answering their children`s questions, and for me I have to work on it in two languages. Yikes!!