Evan Bike Riding

Another beautiful and warm day in Shibinai today, the cicadas are in the trees making their sounds and the sun is out, although there is a prediction of rain in Asahikawa today, maybe this afternoon, or maybe next to the mountains, not at all.

Evan and myself went outside and practiced riding his bike, I was surprised to see him ride almost halfway across the school grounds before he fell. All of that scooter practice has helped him learn his balance, and it wont be long before he is riding his bike with all of the other kids.

We came back in the house because we didn't want Yasuko to see, so we could surprise her at lunch time. I made some coffee and toast for breakfast. When Yasuko came home we were unable to show her Evans new bike tiding abilities because the kids were on the school grounds practicing for undokai (sports festival), so we waited until they were done and then surprised her, she was amazed and Evan was happy and all smiles.

The rest of the day was spent riding bikes and playing with the neighborhood kids, all of them got to bring home their unicycles from school and practice, Koby is really good at riding the unicycle now.

I also managed to work in the garden some today, the potatoes are looking good and sprouting above ground now, I also got a row of green beans planted. I bought some carrot and Japanese radish seeds (Daikon) to plant but am going to wait until I can buy some worm castings to fertilize the soil first.

Yasuko had a meeting at the community center today, while me and the boys had baths and ate dinner, Yasuko is still feeling under the weather, but seems to be improving. It was a hot day today, a little to warm for my taste, but hey we could be in Texas still suffering in the mid 90's, whew!

Temp: High - 70
Low - 50