Happy Boys’ Day!

Last weekend we celebrated Japanese Boys’ Day, or Children’s Day, for the first time! Families with boys hang colorful carp windsocks outside their homes to encourage boys to persevere through adversity and be strong, like the carp swimming upstream. Other ways to celebrate Boys’ Day include putting out a mini suit of samurai armor (like the little guy’s hat atop the koi, or the mini suit of armor in our office, below), and probably eating special food. My sweet friend Ikuyo-san gave Isaac the figure of the boy on the koi just after he was born. 

We went to Isaac’s friend Alex’s birthday party that day, and neglected to celebrate Cinco de Mayo at all (how could we!?). That night, the brightest full moon of the year rose over our back porch, illuminating the tinkling chimes of our pagoda wind bells. 

This mini suit of samurai armor is how we got out of Chris bringing home a REAL suit of samurai armor. You can actually buy those for anywhere from a few hundred to tens of thousands of dollars, some with crusty blood and human hair and everything. GROSS! As previously mentioned, our mini suit fits Pounce.