Another late night for us today.  The Tashiros are visiting from San Diego, and they have been staying with the Hashiguchi family since Thursday.  We spent last evening (after picking up the kids from daycare) and part of today with them.  It was very nice seeing all of them again.  The big girls, Emily, Ashley and Hailey definitely had a great time playing with each other.  Especially Hailey and Ashley, the big girls were very good in taking care of the little ones, Kasey, Logan and Connor.  While we were eating carryout on Friday night, basically I sat away from Connor as Hailey would help Connor if he needed help.  Connor was eating very well by himself too.  The big girls often included me in their games; we played tag and volleyball in their backyard.  Logan surprised me by joining in our play too.  He teamed up with me to tag the girls as they were too fast for me; we would try to get them from both sides.  Later on when I was exhausted, he continued to run with them and eventually tagged one of the girls.  I was a bit nervous watching him running so fast but proud that he was participating. 

    Today we all played at their community pool for a few hours.  The pool was very nice and it was surprisingly not crowded even on a hot day like today.  Logan enjoyed playing with the water as long as he was hanging on to one of us.  He still did not care to use any floaties on his own.  Connor was more reserved with water today; he did not want to touch the water at all for a long time, but eventually Stuart got him warmed up and came into the pool.  We took a break for a snack, then played with water again.  This time, Connor enjoyed walking along on the steps in the kiddie pool and wetting his hands with water.  Later on, Ashley got hurt somehow and was sad sitting at the table by herself.  Connor was in a playful mood and played peekaboo with Ashley for awhile which finally cheered her up.  The big girls were all very good in swimming; they even swam laps together.  I was impressed while watching them swim.

   At dinner, Connor loved sitting with the big girls and enjoyed playing with Hailey.  Hailey liked asking Connor many questions as Connor loved to answer “Me” to all.  After dinner, Logan played sword fighting with Scott for a long time, and he even talked about how they played, how he lost, fell onto the ground and got tickled during our drive home.  Everyone had a good time the past two days.  We wish the Tashiros a smooth drive home tomorrow.