孫達を訪問 Visit our grand-children

She prefers walking to crawling.

6月12日
多摩に用事が出来たことに便乗して千葉と市川の孫達を訪問。ほんの1,2ヶ月ぶりなのに、彼等の成長は速い。私が小学校に入った当時とは全然異なってピカピカの一年生になった昊粋君も星太君も大忙しのスケジュールに圧倒される。スイミングやら、ドラムやら、ピアノやら、空手やら、サッカーやら、何もない時は学童保育とかで学校に残って何かやっている。宿題もある。でも、二人とも、規則正しい生活の軌道に乗って、楽しく学校に通っている様子が伺えてホッとしている。それぞれ下のおチビさんは、間もなく１歳になる女の子と１０カ月の男の子だが、これまた知恵がついて、最初は人見知りをするもののすぐ慣れてくれるようになった。自己主張も泣き声を変えて知らせる。もちもちの大きなぬいぐるみみたいな感触がたまらない時である。

He loves reading. He borrows books
from school library. A dinosaur book
is the one we are reading together. 

He is a stable baby while his elder
brother is a sensitive and thoughtful boy.

Taking the opportunity to deal with a work for the appartment in Tama, I hopped along two places to see our grand-children.  It's really amazing to see them growing so fast not only physically but mentally. The bigger boys who got to be the first graders this April, are already accustomed to their well-regulated new life style having busy schedules. They are taking lessons of Swimming, Drum, Piano, Karate, Football as their favorite activities after school. They are already given homeworks too. Good thing is that they seem to enjoy all those activities. Their sister or brother, one is going to be one year old at the end of this month while the other is 10 months old. they used to be afraid of strangers including me, but they are getting easier and more friendly. They are just like lovely stuffed animals with their soft, rice-cake like skin, which I enjoy very much.