A little bit of this, a little bit of that...

Today I was inspired to download the pictures from my iPhone.  Some of these may be repeats and there's a little bit of everything.

We recently hosted a baby shower at our house for some friends.  Brandon wanted to make my dad's famous Gin bucket, but we had left our cooler in storage.   We found this gem at the Sea and Sun store and Brandon was in love.   Girls like purses and shoes, well, Brandon likes coolers, luggage and coats. So, this is his first (of many) Japanese coolers and he's thrilled with it.  

 Brock's front tooth was coming in behind his bottom tooth, so being thee dentist's kid we had to fix it.  They put a cap on the tooth to make it fall in front of the bottom one and he had to wear the cap for about a week.  We called him hillbilly baby.

This was taken in Iowa this summer.  My nephew Colton can always come up with a fun way to entertain Reagan and Brock.  

This was at Okuma overlooking the private couple's beach.  

There is a restaurant here called Arashi's that has a ticket ordering system.  You put your money in the machine and order your dinner.  It spits out tickets for you to give to the chef.  

Here's a picture of the machine.

Reagan was at a friend's house, so we just had Brock to entertain.  They don't have high chairs, but did have small kids seats. 

 Check out my glass Pepsi bottle.  It was a tiny bottle.

Here's Brandon stealing a sip.

 luckily no one was behind us at the next table, because Brock was all over that place.  He kept lifting the screen and peeking under it. 

We ordered the Soy fried rice.  It comes out screaming hot in the cast iron skillet and has a raw egg around the edge of the pan.  Then, you are supposed to mix everything up.  It was delicious!

 After dinner we took a walk on the Sunabe sea wall. 

This is a spider that is in our backyard.  It doesn't look big in the picture, but it was easily the size of a baseball.  Bugs here are on steroids, I swear!

Shopping at Nitori a few weeks ago, we stumbled upon this.  I love that you can wash your hands on the top of the toilet and we thought the sign inside the bowl was funny too.  

A random store  - we didn't stop :)

Reagan spotted this sign at an indoor kids play place we went to.  Read carefully!

Nepal Spice Kitchen and Hansen Fest

I'll admit that I really want to like eating off base here, but honestly don't love it that much.  I want to be an adventurous eater, but just struggle finding things I really like.  However, since we've been in Okinawa we've discovered that Reagan likes curry, and more importantly LOVES Naan bread.  A few weeks ago Brandon had eaten at Nepal Spice kitchen with some friends and wanted to take us back for the bread since they make it from scratch.   A side note, we eat early, so the place was empty when we got there, but was filling up when we left.

Reagan took over the camera for some scenery shots.

Here's Reagan's meal, Samosas.

 Brandon had a combo with lamb and then chicken curry.

Brock and I planned to share the vegetable curry, but it was a bit spicy for him.  

Later in the weekend we went to a festival on Camp Hansen.   Below are a few pictures, it was HOT, so we didn't stay too long.

Illusion Art

This weekend I read about an Illusion Art exhibit in American Village.  A few months ago I saw this exhibit in another town here in Okinawa, but Brandon was off-island and I didn't think I could find it myself, so we didn't go.    I was excited to see that it was back, and even closer to home.  Off we went on Sunday night to check it out.  

Ahh, a sunset cruise to start our adventure.

Oh no, we are under attack...someone tell Brock so he can be scared too!

Hold on for your life Reagan, the ship is going down!

She surfs Whale Sharks, she's cool like that.

Even Brock can surf them.

You can't tell much from this one, but Brock is getting attacked by the giant octopus and Reagan is attempting to push it back in the crate.  I'm just trying to keep Brock in one spot long enough for Brandon to snap the picture!

Don't look behind you Reagan!

They had a few illusions outside too.  

Don't get too close to the edge Reagan! 

While we were there, a Japanese Dance company was doing performances in the courtyard.  

Just a couple of shots of American Village. 

Brandon, what long legs you have...

If Reagan ever wins a pot of gold, this will be her reaction.

Of course, there is an arcade next to the exhibit.  

Some of the dance troop performers.