Tomorrow is a good day...for a few reasons...

Friday. kinyoubi. viernes. TGIF. Welcome to the weekend. aaaahhhhh....Friday...!!!

Though this hasn't really been too hectic of a week, I still see tomorrow as something really nice. It's the end of the week....and though I have classes on Saturday...it's still.... Friday!!! But....also.....It is the 4th of July!!! Independence Day!!! A day for family and friends....beer.....picnics....incredible fireworks...baseball...hot dogs...apple pie....A day to be...American.

But here....in Japan...it's just another day.

Wait....no...I'm sorry...that's wrong...it isn't just any other day.

July 4th......is Koji's birthday!!! Yes..I know...what a good American I was, huh?!

Koji will turn 6....and to celebrate we will go out for dinner at the restaurant of his choice...still not sure which one as his deadline for a decision is tomorrow morning before we leave for daycare....he and Issei were having quite the discussion tonight in the car as we were coming home (Issei is pushing for yakitori....where they cook meat and veggies on sticks over open flames...actually...I'm kind of hoping he chooses that one, too!!! Yummy!!)

Koji Harrison Kuroiwa....the "wild child". I love him to death....but....and when I say this, I'm only halfway joking....If he had been born first, he probably would have been an only child.

Ham bone...little stinker....cutie patootie....so nice....helpful....independent....goombah (yeah, I know, he's not Italian or a member of the Mafia, but I use it!!!)....funny....rascal..."all boy"....monkey...kakuii ("cool"...don't even think about calling him 'cute' to his face...he will correct you!!)...so many things that could be used to describe him...at any given point of a day.

He has a laugh that just makes you smile to hear it. His eyes are so bright and full of energy. He is also full of crap on most days....his stories are so funny....so 'not true' most of the time, but his imagination is one thing that we do not have to worry about.

So...to help celebrate the day....here are some of my favorite pictures of my littlest man....

Happy Birthday, Little Man....

you are such a little weirdo sometimes,

but...we love you!!!

**Oh...and Happy 4th of July....be safe...have fun...drink a beer and light a firecracker for me...but....put the beer down first, okay?!! ((hugs))