Our lucky cat

Some of Megan's enthusiasm for Japanese things has infected the rest of the family. When we were in chinatown recently, we picked up our very own maneki neko, "lucky cat" at a flea market and it is now proudly displayed in our dining room (even though it's supposed to go near the door... we couldn't figure out where to put it!)

To spare you from having to use a magnifying glass, here is what it says on the box, which is probably the best part of the whole purchase.

"One No. 5 battery for praviding the power, enabling to automatically beckon the hand for months, setting it at any position, never be offected by the lights.

"When it is in the initiative operation, please insert the fitted NO. 5#1.5Vbattery into the bottom of the treasure-beckoning cat according to the inscribed polaritities. Then it can work immediately. The hand beckoning will automatically enter the stable condition for several minutes.

"Inside attaching poly luck-beckoning lyrics, sticking them for immediate realizations.

"Inside attaching several self-filled out creative and catchy phrases lable paper.

"If finding that the hand-beckoning stops swinging, please change the same battery with type number.

Who writes this stuff? It's wonderful.

Once you've seen our beautiful neko, check out a few other recent photos I posted, especially Calum showing off his beautiful new Incredibles socks. It is so easy to make this kid happy! When Jeff got home from work last night, Calum was absolutely thrilled to show his dad these socks.