Nieces and Nephews

Somehow over the past 3 and a half years I have accumulated quite a collection of nieces and nephews in addition to my own cherub, Joshie. However, I have been rather remiss in my duties as an Uncle by not introducing them to y'all. Most of you will have met the wonderful Miss Juliet Elizabeth, daughter of my little/big brother Kevin but I actually have three others.

Hideyo, the oldest, is in a few of Joshie's photos over at flickr.com if you look hard enough. He is Kanako's older sister's son and he goes to the same Kindy as Joshie. Joshie also stays with him two afternoons a week after kindy while Dad jets off to work. Naturally, the two of them are firm comrades although arguments over which dinosaur is cooler, Tyrannosaurus or Anklyosaurus, occasionally come to blows. "Full of beans" would probably be the best way to describe young Hideyo, scion of the Koishi clan.


My second niece, is Saki, who is Kanako's younger sister's daughter. She lives down in Kyoto but she comes up to Toyohashi about once a week with her Mum so we get to see her quite often. She is about 16 months now and is doing her best to catch up to her older male cousins. She is also just starting to talk properly, although she hasn't mastered the phrase "Uncle Mike rocks" just yet.

The newest addition is Natsuki, Hideyo's youger brother who is only 3 months old. In contrast to his boisterous brother he is pretty quiet, hardly making a sound. That might be because he is always asleep when I go round to see him.

All 3 cuzzies are real cuties although all pale in comparison to the radiant being that is Joshua Patrick Koishi-Pryor.

Check the out here.