Happy Birthday, Jess!
It's March 3rd here in Japan, but in America it's March 2nd ... a very special day for the Pelikan family. Or now32 year-old son, Jesse, was born on this day, and the Phil Pelikan family began! He has a family of his own now(pictured here with his new baby girl, Misha), and we are so proud of him, but especially today! We honor him~

Today in Japan it's girls day, Hina Matsuri, or Girls' Day Festival, which is held every year on March 3rd as a celebration of spring, when the ornamental peach trees are in bloom. Traditionally, the dolls have been given to a girl on the occasion of her first "Hina Matsuri" by relatives and close friends. They are often passed from mother to daughter as family heirlooms.
Karis received her first doll when she was here in Japan for her first Hina Matsuri, by our very dear friend Satchiko Young. Now that we have this precious new addition to our family, she will need her own doll too!