Domino toppling

I gave a set of domino bars to my younger son as a gift for his 10th birthday. While I hung around ToysRUs in my city, I came across this set. I hoped he would like it , and actually he did. I know that he loves creating something new.

This simple straight line, which was composed of 160 something colorful, wooden bars, was the first work - domino toppling - that my little made in minutes, along with my support.

Although it was not a masterpiece, I was pretty much happy to see my younger son excited after the toppling went well. Another good thing is that his big brother, 16 years of age, joined us and shared this fun moment, as you can see and hear on the movie.

After this success, my little kid tried creating a domino toppling with multiple steps, followed by a whirl pattern of wooden bars. His creativity never ceases to amaze us.

Bold fishing

Last weekend, my little son, 8 years old, and I enjoyed fishing.

A few days before our fishing, he suddenly told me that he wanted to go fishing. This was probably because my kid, who is always curious about everything, saw a guy fishing sweetfish standing in a shallow river on TV.

His request reminded me of a small lake called Sone Lake, where I had gone fishing many times as a kid. Furthermore, I took my older son and daughter to the lake and fished a lots several years ago.

This time, however, we could not get any fish. This condition is called BOUZE, which is equivalent to being bold in English. I have next to nothing about why it is called BOUZE in our native language, though.

In spite of the disappointing results, I was so happy because I spent hours with my son outdoors; it was fine, warm, and breezy, typical weather in Spring in Japan. It should be also noted that my son seemed excited in dealing earthworms for fishing as well as running in the filed around the lake.

Final Match

Now the final game of The National High School Baseball Championship of Japan has started.

Surprisingly, one of the two teams is a high school that my elder son attends; he is a first grader at Risei high school. The other is a high school called Toin, which has won the tournament several times.

It goes without saying that I am on the side of Risei, but it would be OK if Risei would fail to defeat the opponent as long as the game is fair and exciting.

Although the odds might be Toin, I still believe that Risei could live up to our expectations. The result will be shown a few hours later. Until the moment, I am going to enjoy the ups and downs of my feelings.