Happy First Boy’s Day, Vincent!
Boys Day is a Japanese holiday, now celebrated as “Children’s Day” in Japan (for both boys and girls) but in Hawaii it’s still only Boys Day. Usually this means displaying a big carp kite above your house to represent the healthy males in your family. We got really lucky this year because my Great-Aunt Lillian sent us a Carp Kite that she had bought while on a trip to Japan some 30 or so years ago! She said she bought it for my Mom “in case she had boy” — which of course she never did. (3 girls!) It’s in excellent condition, all wrapped up in the original packaging and never opened.
We received it in the mail a few weeks prior to Boy’s Day and Jeff got started right away setting it up. Eager much? (For some reason, I can’t seem to get him that excited to do the dishes) He only put it partly together then saved the rest for later.
All the instructions were in Japanese and there seems to be some quirky things about it but we made it work. And it looks great! Vincent loved playing with the flags. His absolute favorite thing is watching things fly in the air, so we knew he would love it.
Vincent was flapping his hands trying to get the kite to move. It was so funny.
Love the way this photo turned out. A nice portrait with bold colors!
Everyday after work Dad and Vincent get the mail. On Friday, Vincent got his very own envelope addressed to him, all the way from Hawaii!
It was a Boy’s Day Card from Tehani.
My mom sent Vincent something for Boys Day too, just a couple of gifts and a card. I let Vinny open the gift wrapped in Sanrio paper (This is so old skoool, Ma! How long have you been saving this paper?!?! )
It was a Elmo Lift and Look book. He really loves this book, he can turn the little flaps all by himself. He does it over and over and then scratches at the artwork on the paper.
Grandma also sent this cute mini-carp with candy on the inside. All Vincent wants to do with it when you hand it to him is shove the long stick end down his throat.
Though he did start to grab at the fishes too and did his usual flappy hand dance. Can you see? He subsequently was hitting the pinwheel part of it over his forehead.. Over and over. It looked painful, but guess it just didn’t hurt that bad…?
Having a boy is awesome! Especially having this little boy… he lifts our spirits up everyday! Not only Jeff and I, but our whole family too — from Florida to Pennsylvania, to Hawaii!. :=)