You know you have been in Japan too long when....

You make lunch for your son to take to daycare and it looks like this:

I always swore I would never bother with making obentos "the japanese way" but then I saw these rice ball moulds in the 100 yen shop and I couldn`t resist! I made some the day before this as well but the animal faces looked like something out of "the omen" so I decided not to take pictures! LOL! This whole obento thing can be quite addictive.. but that could be a sign that there is something seriously lacking in my life! I am not very artistic so as you can see, my presentation is not so good but apparently Joey was really chuffed and that is the purpose of these things after all!!

I have had a really busy work week this week so Joey has been in daycare every day but he seems to be enjoying it alot. If we end up staying in Kagoshima, I think I will look for more work and seriously think about putting him in daycare full-time. He is a very sociable little boy and he doesn`t get enough interaction with other kids outside of daycare. (Although for an only child, he probably gets quite alot!) I think part of it would be a selfish thing as I am really not able to be with my little man all day every day without getting really cranky. I guess I am just not cut out to be a SAHM, I don`t have the temperament/patience and am quite envious of those of you who do. I do think that is the point of feminism though, that women get to choose which road they take, without being judged by those around them.

We have another quiet weekend ahead of us. D is going out drinking on Friday night so Joey and I are going to take things easy here and I am hoping the weather is nice so we can go for a picnic or something over the weekend. I am slowly starting to think about Joey`s birthday. It falls on a saturday this year so I am thinking of having a party on the actual day. I would like to have a proper kids party so am starting to think of a theme. I suspect it will be anpanman or Thomas the Tank Engine though as those are his current obsessions. He is totally into trains at the moment, which is cute! It has been interesting to see how much gender stuff is defined from a very early age. I have always bought Joey cuddly toys etc.. and have never specifically encouraged him to play with boys toys but he is totally into trains, cars and all that kind of stuff. Maybe I should get him a barbie for his birthday to re-address the balance!!!