And it begins...SUMMER :)

Weston-kun's pre-school graduation

Weston and Nina--Nina will go to preschool with Weston again next year :)

Thursday, Weston graduated from his first year of preschool. With him having a summer birthday, we will send him to another year of preschool (that way he will be the oldest in his class).

The presentation was great and Weston's teachers all worked really hard to make the day special.

After the actual graduation, we made our way out to Perry field where there was lunch, drinks and a bouncy house. We visited and played with friends and enjoyed the warm weather. 

That afternoon Weston had soccer but he was so worn out from graduation that he just watched most of the class :)

Behind the scenes- a tv commercial

Practicing his lines

Getting ready to shoot a scene with his "mom" :)

one of the many tv screens set up so that we could see the shots

Ashton doing a scene

The camera was always changing vantage points

Ashton and his "dad" taking some pictures before the filming started

Ashton's photo shoot before the filming 

I have really enjoyed going with the kids on all of their modeling adventures. Ashton has exceeded our "modeling in Japan" expectations because he seems to be very popular here. We have been told many times that "he just has the look" and of course we think so too.

Most people who venture out to do the modeling only do print or catalogue. And it's maybe only a few jobs. Not only has Ashton done tons of print, web and catalogue, but he has done tv commercials, music videos and a dvd cover. He usually has 1 job per week, but sometimes it 2 or 3.  We feel so lucky that he has had so many of these rare experiences. 

The above pictures are from a Panasonic commercial that he did last month. This commercial will air world wide.  

It was awesome to see the production of making a commercial. There were 3 actors (Ashton, a mom and a dad) and a crew of about 50. Ashton and I had our own translator/assistant that stayed with us the whole day. She helped with food, drinks, language, treats, activities for Ashton and then called us a taxi at the end of the day.

We finished around 5pm and the crew presented Ashton with a remote controlled hummer at the end of the shoot. They all clapped and thanked him for his hard work. 

He of course was in heaven!

Tomorrow Ashton and I will hop on the shinkansen to Shizuoka ken (about 1.5 hours away) for a 2 day shoot. It is at a very nice hotel called Numazu Castle. They are letting us stay the night there and Ashton is really excited!!

Glad that Tommy and Nana can hold the fort down while we are gone :)

It's (almost) family vacation time !!

In exactly 3 weeks (2 days after school is out for the summer) we are hopping on a plane and headed to Guam! 7 days of fun in the sun at the Pacific Island Club resort. We are looking forward to our family vacation. They have a kids club at the resort so the boys can go play with other kids (and Tommy and I can go on some outings just us). They also have on sight babysitting for the twins ;)

Our swimsuits are ready and we can't wait!!

My Weston

My friend and I were talking the other day about our "middle children." Weston is definitely our middle child because he isn't the oldest and he isn't the twins. That being said, he is more to us than just that. He is our funny boy, our sweet boy. He loves to play with the twins and is their biggest cheerleader. He is a natural leader, and has many friends. Making friends is easy for him. Weston is very social and always has a "hi" for everyone. He is an athlete and an artist but his greatest skill is making paper airplanes-and they really can fly!

I can't believe that he will be 5 this summer. Where did those years go? 

Weston is my buddy, my friend and thankfully my middle child.

Nishimachi Sports day 体育の日

The weather was great for sports day at Ashton's school!

I got a little nervous because the day before (thursday) was a shoot for Sony and the forecast called for rain. If it did rain, we would have to finish the shoot on Friday and he would have had to miss sports day. Luckily, the weather was nice  and it didn't start to rain until they were driving us back to Tokyo after Ashton's job had finished. We were very thankful!

Tommy was able to go with him and take all of these great pictures. I had a lunch to go to and couldn't go with them so I told Tommy to take a lot! 

Ashton was on the white team and they won the tug of war game. They did races and relays and enjoyed the friendly competition. It was a really fun day for him!