Rhianna is a pumpkin / Rockies in World Series

NOTICE: COLORADO ROCKIES BRAGGING TO PRECEDE RHIANNA NEWS.
This past week the Colorado Rockies made the World Series. It's really an amazing, historic accomplishment. Very few teams have ever won 21/22 games, much less from the end of the regular season into and through the post-season. As all of my friends know, I am a big fan of all Colorado sports. The Rockies, however, have been a pretty bad team throughout most of their short history (which included my dad and me going to the Rockies first home game in team history, and my friend Eric and me attending the first ever game held at Coors Field--which in itself included us getting our pictures taken by the Reporter Herald and us sitting behind famous New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner and the Colorado Rockies owners). Anyway, my parents are always on the ball, so to speak, and immediately sent us some things to commemorate the World Series and cheer the Rockies on during this next week when the series finally begins. Thanks, parents!!!

Pictures

John celebrating "Rocktoberfest"

Shinako modeling her Rockies-wear


RHIANNA AND OTHER THINGS
Rhianna has become very, very active recently, and extremely tactile. She loves to reach up in her seat and yank off the little toys that dangle on the bar above her. We have to be even more careful than usual in watching her now, because she loves to grab any object within close distance (especially mom's hair). She also has a new trick (see the video) in which she swings her legs off her chair, trying to make a prison break. She sometimes ends up on the floor, but as she can't crawl yet she can't get too far from chair prison. It's pretty amusing to watch now. If we're away from the room we actually have to belt her into her chair so she doesnt hurt herself in falling, even though it's a short chair!
Rhianna talking (gnawing)on her cell phone from Eric's parents

Rhianna in flower-hat

Rhianna loves to stick her tongue out recently

Rhianna going out with her pumpkin hat from grandma and grandpa

Prison break!!!

Prison break caught on film

Also, make sure to check out the webcams on the right side of the blog page. In some of the Japanese ones, you will see some blue tabs on the left side of the screen. If you push those buttons, you can change the camera views, real time! They're pretty neat. The web-cam updates every second, so it almost looks like you're watching a real-time film.

Also, an amazing Italian restaurant (Purana Barca) opened up in our neighborhood a few weeks ago. We went there for lunch on Saturday, and it was fantastic! Even more reason for you to come visit us!!

Shinako's half-eaten delicious meat-sauce spaghetti

More news soon (hopefully any Rockies news will be good!