A New Pair of Sneakers

I bought Rina a new pair of sneakers a couple weeks ago. She was very delighted to have them. I’ve always bought her new shoes for jogging when her old ones had worn out. I thought jogging shoes were the best choice for her. Because she is a member of an athletic club in her high school and likes running very much.

But, recently, the idea seemed not always true to her. She said that she sometimes wanted to wear cute casual shoes like her classmates were wearing at school.

I realized she has become matured a bit.
The shoes she is holding are the ones she really wanted to wear.

The Size of the Shoes Tells a Lot.

I think nobody can’t deny that children become bigger and bigger without parents’ notice.

Recently, when I was cleaning my drawers, I found a pair of shoes which my daughter Emi wore when she was in her nursery school.

Her nursery school made it rules that all kids there should wear the same type of white shoes and that one of parents should draw a picture on both shoes together.

Do you know why?

Because most small kids could neither find their own shoes nor distinguish their right shoe from left one.
So, for drawing a picture on both shoe’s face together could help kids to find which one was left and which one was right easily. Of course, they could find their own shoes out from others easily, too.

I drew the picture almost fifteen years ago. Though the color of the shoes turned yellowish a little, rest of them were still in perfect condition.

Needless to say, Emi doesn’t remember the shoes at all. haha.
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Party For Patent Rewards

We had a party to celebrate that I received patent rewards from my company last week. Every employee can get a reward when their patent is applied, registered and is used in the products.

It’s quite controversial whether or not those rewards are enough paid to inventors in Japan.
Of course, the more I get, the happier I’ll become. But, the important thing to me is that I had a chance to celebrate this rewards with my family or my colleagues.
In addition to buying a new bicycle for Emi and two new pairs of shoes for Rina, we could have a party.

I went to a restaurant called SAMURAI near my condominium with my family, drunk beer and ate Japanese food.
We had a wonderful dinner together. Though, my wife complained me that I had ordered too many dishes to eat all. lol

Emi is standing near her new bicycle.
Rina shows off two new pairs of shoes. The picture on the PC monitor was taken last time I bought her new pair of shoes.