When Dad's in charge

Is this just my husband or is it a Dad thing?

The house was clean when I left this morning.

When the Tooth Fairy Forgets...

This morning Coop got up at 5:30 for PT and found Maren in her room sobbing.  As it turns out, the Tooth Fairy forgot to visit her last night.  Maren had to have a molar extracted yesterday.  To say the least, it wasn't a very good dental experience (is there such a thing?).  The only thing that managed to cheer her up was the thought of the Tooth Fairy.

Whoops!

So Maren was crying and Coop sent her in with me after explaining to her that the Tooth Fairy has a schedule.  She knows when to come because teeth are normally loose for a while before they come out.  Hers was unexpected and also because we're in Japan, like mail, it sometimes takes longer.  

About 7:00 it was time to get ready for school.  She decided to look under her pillow one more time.  Wouldn't you know it, she found $5.00 (I think the TF had a guilty conscience).  

Maren concluded it was because she had gotten up too early.  The Tooth Fairy only works at night and when it's morning here, it's night in America.  

We've determined the Tooth Fairy definitely lives in the Western Hemisphere.     

So messy....

....but it's so good.

Rant

Yeah, I know I've already put up 2 blogs today, but I have to rant for a minute. Stupid drives me crazy. There is a difference between unlearned and lack of knowledge and just plain stupid. Read on, you'll understand.

So someone came to me and said there was a problem with the copy machine. She was trying to copy a document and it kept printing on the wrong size paper. I went with her to see exactly what was going on. She pointed to the copier and told me she needing something printed on 11x81/2" paper. Again she said it was printing wrong and she showed me the copy. I showed her how to turn her original and try again. She argued that it wasn't working and it would print on the wrong size paper. Here's the funny part, it was printing on 81/2 x 11" paper. She again argued with me when I said it was the same thing and she just needed to turn her original. One more time I tried to show her and again she argued they weren't the same. At this point I just made the copy for her.... She was like, "That's what I needed". She held up the two copies, one horizon and one vertical, "See, they aren't the same size." Yeah, whatever.....

My last event in Japan.

Cherry Blossom

This is my favorite time of year in Japan. The trees are all in bloom and Saturday (5 Apr) was our Cherry Blossom Festival. I thought I would be excited to get it over with, but I have to admit, I'm a little sad now. This was my last major event here at Camp Zama.

Early in the morning Maren and her dad participated in the run.... Maren was excited at first, but she wasn't all that thrilled by the time she got to the finish line.

Later that day she got to dance as part of the entertainment. I think this made up for the run :)

And there was plenty of playing the rest of the day.