Curly hair day! Crazy hair girls!

Crazy hair girls? We should do this from crazy hair day!

Yeah and then paint our hair and do this on top!

What- how long do you have to leave this in?

All night. All night!

Alright, well we'll see tomorrow what it looks like!

[Life in Japan Theme Song]

Oh, the hair things are coming out?

Here we go...

When you live in a house full of girls, you never know what a new day might bring.

Part of the adventure of living is discovering what each day has in store,

and today we're trying some new hairstyles.

The big question is — will they like it or not?!

Oh it's so cool Anna!

Let's see.

Poor Becca had to do it herself!

If I go like that... oh my goodness!

You don't like it? Anna!

I love it! It's super cute!

I though tour hair was going to be longer... It's so cute!

Oh my goodness! Aren't you freakin' adorable!

Oh, that turned out so good, huh honey?!

Do you like it? Uh huh.

Good. Did you show Vovó?

Ahhh!

It takes you 10 seconds just to get out of there!

Daddy, do you know...

There's a river over there?

Yeah- just a little river.

As spring moves on in Japan, you can count on the blooming of the azaleas.

We're going to a place nearby famous for the pastel polka dots that fill the landscape.

I'm tired of walking.

Well some of them are just getting going and others are all done.

I'm going to just jump down right here. Ok, just jump down.

This is a good place to do a cannonball inside the water.

Let's walk up.

This pine tree's so interesting.

It is an interesting pine tree.

I love how they prune all their trees.

OK, let's go down the hill.

This was the earliest spring in 1500 years in Japan...

That's what I read in the news.

And it was amazing for sakura, but it is not good for the azaleas.

So we're getting ready for Mother's Day at church

So if you're in the Tokyo area and you would like to come to our church for Mother's Day, May 9

Please come. If you're a mother, we'll have a special gift and the children are going to do a special presentation.

A view of the city — and the highway!

These quiet moments before the family gets up are precious.

For me, a good start to the day involves a fresh pot of coffee, a comfortable seat and a beautiful sunrise.

Nothing feeds my soul like reading the Bible,

and going for a walk outside in nature rejuvenates the mind and body.

It's like starting the day off with a mini-vacation.

I'm a firm believer in a good morning routine that sets your day up for success.

Do you have a favorite morning routine?

Are we working on our puzzle over here?

Yeah, I'm finishing it. Finishing it, oh my goodness.

Just the dark pieces left here? Yeah, it's hard.

I have a lot to get done each week, but working from home allows a certain flexibility that I really appreciate.

Without it, there wouldn't even be a Life in Japan video each week!

What do you see over there?

Tons and tons of city as far as you can see!

No way. Yes way!

Leopard Luiza came to the zoo!

There's a tree tunnel?!

Really?!

Whoa!

There you are!

Are you climbing up the tree, dude?

Supe rad, huh?!

Spider monkey!

You're going to try to stick your head out?! I don't think so, Dude.

He went high.

I know, I couldn't find him at first.

How far are they?

It's a pretty little park here.

I gotta pee.

You do too? Well, a little bit. But I ain't peeing at these places.

Nope, I hold it.

Let's go Joshua!

Here he comes! Dude, nice!

Yes! Whoa, the benefits of being tall!

It is finally finished! Yea!

What a puzzle!

Very cool, huh?

This is a a cool part.

If it goes like this, it won't break.

This is how you—if you don't want to break it

Oh wow, look at that! If there's customers and stuff and you don't want to break your puzzle.

Customers!

Then you roll it up

And it won't break.

I like it. It sounds like it breaking.

It does sound like it's breaking, massively.

But it's not! Here, I can open it and show you.

Not bad.

It's main mostly for when you're still making it.

All the empty pieces and you still don't want to put it away

Very cool! But it's still not that bad!

No, it's amazingly well. OK, can we put this away now? The puzzle away?

That's so amazing! Wow, wow!

Anna-Cakes! Yes?

What are you caking over here?

I'm making fried chicken.

Fried chicken. Whoa!

Want to see when I'm going to put it in?

Viola! Viola!

Let me show you how you're supposed to do it.

You're supposed to put one side in carefully,

And then you can slowly drop it. OK.

Rebecca, what is 6th grade homework like?

Hard. Is it hard? Harder than 5th grade?

Yes. Way harder?!

It's not that it's harder, there's just a lot more, huh?

Mmmm hmmm.

A lot more homework! They're getting you ready for junior high school I think, huh?

Mmmm, maybe.

Are you helping Joshua? What are you doing?

Oh, I see. So you have to take it out of there, huh?

Yeah. OK.

Then where does it go? Oh I see.

And then this will go in the fridge?

Oh good job!

That's a good helper.

Mommy, isn't it done?

OK.

Sarah, there's something you can help me with... Huh?

Smile at the camera.

And tell me... what is 2nd grade like? Is it harder than 1st grade?

Well...

It's like, you do a lot of kanji... A lot of kanji?

There's a lot of things, stuff to do

Yeah?

The teacher puts timers on to do stuff.

Oh cool! It's kind of like when we're at home eating and then daddy puts on a timer for you to finish!

6th grade, two pages...

Reading aloud, math, English, social studies

Kanji and write something right, right here.

So for all of my foreigner friends... this little thing is amazing!

There's this tiny little space between my fridge and the wall that's absolutely wasted space...

And you can buy these little rolling shelves.

Oh my goodness!

And actually, I think you can buy an attachment to make it go even taller.

Which I'm looking for, and I haven't found it.

Not quite sure if I know how to search for it.

Then it just slides right next to my fridge.

Extra storage. Wasted space, problem solved.

Oh! You scared me so bad!

Don't! Just stop scaring me!

I think that was a little exaggerated.

Are you girls cleaning your room?

No, I'm going to get a bath.

Oh, you're going to get a bath. Well it looks like this room should be—cleaned, huh?

I'm getting ready for tomorrow.

Oh you are? You're getting ready for tomorrow? Well that's good at least.

At least?! I'm just getting ready for school! Isn't that good?!

Everyday, or at least every other day I try to get out, and get a jog in.

Get moving because that helps you feel so much better.

Especially exercizing on a regular basis.

What's going on here?

So did you finish your homework? Look how much English!

So this is what? English with Japanese?

Yeah- I write the Japanese and then dog... Neko, cat...

Cool! Good job.

What are you doing to your big sister?!

Ow! Big sister won, it looks like.

I won!

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