Yes, tomorrow I'm turning 5.

And tomorrow you're turning 5? Oh my goodness!

[Life in Japan Theme Song]

Listen to the sound...

The sound of lots and lots of toothbrushes whirling away

I need help.

Becca's such a big helper.

Say "Thank you, Becca!" Thank you, Becca.

Are we getting enough of this talk about how he's 4, 4, 4?

I need a big kiss! My last night as a 4 year old!

Tomorrow, no, you have school.

Today I have school?

Today you didn't have school, tomorrow you do.

He didn't have school today?! No!

Light's off!

What? I want a kiss.

Oh yes, of course!

Aw, ok! Mommy, I want a kiss so much!

I already gave you a kiss! You got one, Dude!

So last night there was a huge construction project on our road

They scraped off a whole layer of asphalt,

And then re-asphalted it and now they're going to keep working.

It's actually incredibly difficult to sleep,

Because these machines make a lot of noise in the middle of the night

And it went all night long

So hopefully tonight it won't quite be so bad

Or else we'll be so tired we'll sleep through it anyway.

It's a beautiful day today. Good morning girls!

Good morning.

Oh! What are we working on here already?

Quiet time. Quiet time!

Homework. Homework?! I see — quiet time and homework.

With a cute little candle on it — mmm hmmm

Is there a five-year-old here somewhere?

Is there a five-year-old here somewhere?

Did somebody just turn 5?

Did somebody sleep, and they wake up and then turn 5 years old?

Is there a 5 year old here?!

Huh? Oh there is?!

(Singing Happy Birthday)

Yea! Blow out your candle!

Stronger, stronger, stronger! Again

Blow it out! You can blow it out!

Yea!

Look at that present!

I don't know what this is.

Open your present!

Birthday time!

Pull it! Rip it open!

Can I help you Joshua? Here I can hold it.

Oh my!

The girls will help you with the rest

Oh my goodness, Dude!

A scooter! A scooter for Joshua.

When I have a birthday I want to have a scooter.

Whoa, Dude!

So cool!

Ah, it's vovó, I'm sure.

So cool! Hi!

You going to eat your cupcake?

Now I'm 5. I'm 5. Happy Birthday!

You're so big! How did you get so old?

Oh my goodness, 5 years old already!

We love you big boy. God bless you!

Have a fun birthday!

Have fun eating your cupcake. Say OK.

First glances, I'm very pleased with it.

Wow, yea, that looks very cool. I think grandma bought this.

Mommy and Daddy bought that. What?!

Let's make sure — did I do it correctly?

Oh cool, it can slide.

Well yeah! You're going to ride it on the road, dude.

Huh? It goes outside on the road.

Yea, this is kind of like a bike.

You have to stand on it with one foot and push with the other one. Ok?

Hold on to it, and then you stand,

And then you push with the other... like you just push forward.

No, on the ground, Dude!

Like you're walking.

Like you're walk... yea, like that.

But don't fall.

If you want to turn you just lean one way or lean the other way.

Whoa, bonk!

Can I try now, Josh?

Wait, hold up — I think I can go all the way to the table.

You can? Well it's going to be bumpy because there's that little lip there.

Joshua, do you want me to cut your apples today?

Did it! Yeah, you did it!

This 5-year old can sure play the piano!

Did you know your little brother could do that?

OK, we're going to go try the scooter, huh?

Yea!

So come down here — oh! Good job!

There you go!

No problem, huh? Oh look, it's lighting up!

Huh? It's lighting up.

You got it! See?!

Here he comes.

I want to try out... Can I try?

Well it's Joshua's. He's going to try it out right now.

Hey Joshua, can I try it?

What do you think dude? Isn't it a cool birthday present? Do "Paper Rock Scissors"

(Playing Paper Rock Scissors in Japanese)

Aw! Anna gets to go first. Anna Cakes is going to try it out!

Alright Anna Cakes No, not all the way Anna!

To that white car. Oh, it lights up!

Look at the wheels! If you go fast enough on it, it lights up!

Isn't that cool?!

Yeah? Hey, give me that back!

That is pretty awesome, huh Beccster?

Here goes Beccster!

She's trying to find Joshua — where is he?

I don't know where he is... he hides so well!

He's so quite!

I can't find him.

Oh! I found him!

That was so good! Mommy looked and looked and looked for you!

Oh! Dude, you are amazing! What! That was a good spot, Dude!

Alright! I looked in all the rooms

But I looked in the cabinets, I looked under the beds, behind the curtains, I looked in that bedroom,

I looked everywhere for you, and you were so quite and you did not move.

And I could not find you.

Oh, such a tight, tight squeeze!

Ohhhh!

Oh my goodness!

You're going to get too heavy for me now because you're 5!

Have fun at school today, OK?

Put it in the bike! Awesome!

And we are ready to go!

On this birthday-day! Where I'm 5 years old!

Are you going to school? Yea — 5 years old!

5 years old, going to school — he will let you know.

Let's get this. OK, have an awesome day at school today, Dude!

I love you! Have fun!

I have a riddle for you

Listen to this and tell me if you can figure out what it says...

This is a Japanese riddle, here we go

(Japanese phrase)

Did you get that? Listen again.

One more time!

This is a real sentence in Japanese so let's see if we can figure it out.

I think it means "Niwa," garden,

Ah! I got it wrong!

The correct answer

There are two chickens in the garden.

Me and the bicycle gang:

The girls got out early today, so they're going to come and pick up Big J from school with me.

Here we go — we're riding along!

OK, let's go get Big J!

So the birthday boy — of all the things he could ask for, what did he ask for for dinner?

McDonalds. McDonalds!

OK, we've got our food here Dude — is that so cool?

And the girls are back there, they've got their food.

It's time for your birthday meal.

You guys just absolutely demolished—

Demolished chicken nuggets, French fries, burgers... My goodness!

(Singing) "Higher than the sky, your love, your love is deeper than the sea"

"Your grace, your grace is washing over me"

"And calling me your own..."

Joshua, your coat gets hung up on the coat rack... (Singing) People of my heart!

So we have some MarioKart happening here, huh? And how's it going, Sarah?

Bad. Bad!?

I only have 3 points.

3 Points? How are you doing, Dude? Good.

What do we have here, Dude? A King-spot for you.

A King-spot for me?! You made this for me? Yeah.

Wow! Can I try it? Yeah!

I'm going to try the King spot, here we go.

Whoa!

Ohhhhhhh

That is so nice? It is so nice!

I'm in the King spot.

I heard a noise Anna! I heard it, I heard it.

What noise?

Did you? No.

We've got to turn off the lights so we can see it.

I don't see anything. Oh yes I did! Right there.

Over there!

Maybe it's going to be way down there tonight, huh?

Last... was it over there last night?

What did Momma-chan do? She did something brand... new A new recipe!

A brand new recipe? Look at that! It looks incredible!

Savory Dutch Oven. Savory Dutch Oven!

Can I get out?

Oh! That's cool, Sarah!

Oh my goodness, what a rainy day it is today.

What will this taste like? Oh my!

Like Yakisoba Sushi!

I don't think it's going to taste like Yakisoba or Sushi.

Mmmm!

Mmmmm.

(Singing)

Alright. It's a rainy day, so time to do some Catan, right Anna?

Don't tell anybody!

And over here it's dance party!

OK, what's our point situation right now, girls? Huh?

How many points to do you have, Becca? Only 4?!

4 Points?! You have way more than 4 points!

Oh- no you don't. I had the longest road and Anna took it from me.

Oh! How many points do you have?

Eight. Eight?! And Daddy, how many do I have?

1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Wow, Anna Cakes!

Becca and Daddy are just... we've just not been doing the best, but?

Daddy, ok you're going to roll. We really want Anna to win this thing so we can be done, right?

No. No?!

I want to win my first time ever.

No! Eleven, yes!

Yeah! Eleven is good for me.

Eleven is fantasctico.

So, we're going to do...

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

Good job! Winner!

And in the Reutter household, the winner's help put it away.

Here's little baby Luiza. We're going to try to hand her off to Momma chan,

Hi baby girl!

Hi!

Oh don't cry for Tia Ruth!

Don't do it!

No no no no no!

She needs Becca then!

She cries every time I hold her!

I'm turning 6. 5!

You're turning 6?! What?

Is this all ready for your birthday party today?

Yeah.

Mommy's in her element I am.

Don't touch it.

Don't touch them? Is that what Mommy said?

Yeah. Yeah, I can see why.

Girlfriend, it looks awesome upstairs! Should we go get Big J? Yeah.

And Aiden and Samu?

That's right, ok let's go.

I see some very very happy kids!

Hello guys! How's it going, Aiden? Aiden's coming!

Are you ready for a birthday party?

Yeah! Awesome!

I also brought Joshua's present.

We still have one more of your friends to pick up! We have to go get Samu now, right?

Yeah! OK!

OK, let's go get Samu.

Hey Samu! Are you ready for a birthday party? Oh cool!

Let's take this off and put on your Mario shirt real quick? Oh boy!

Did you see over here, guys?

Look! I saw that!

We're going to have that in just a little bit!

Did you see your cake, Dude?

Oh, hi Izzy!

Wow, look at this cool track! Wow!

There's some major Mario Karting going on here.

Shoot him! No way!

Look who's back from school! You just snuck right in, huh?