Although Cathy likes to pretend she’s antisocial and awkward, she’s really one of the sweetest and most thoughtful people.  The girls got a care-package from Cathy yesterday, and inside were 2 sets of these:

She also sent two awesome sets of sticker/stampy things.  The girls have been asking me over and over again what the different symbols mean - of course, I have no idea!  They are from Tokyo and I don’t speak “Tokyo”, as they call it. 

The chopsticks are awesome (yes, Cathy, I practiced with them so as to avoid a repeat of my Nobu experience) and the girls have been eating everything they can with them. Tonight, they drove Mike crazy by trying to eat Jell-O with them.  I explained that even people in Tokyo eat Jell-O with a spoon (do people in Tokyo eat Jell-O?  I highly doubt it, but it sounded good at the time).  They made quite a mess, but had a good time of it. 

The main problem I’ve had is trying to figure out how to get the chopsticks into their cool carrying cases. I’ve tried everything known to man but I can’t read the instructions (they are written in “Tokyo”) and I’m not spatial and therefore cannot read the diagram. Oh well - one of these days Cathy will take pity on me and walk me through it over the phone.  Thanks Cathy - the care package was a big hit!