The Jet Program and Other Thoughts

So thanksgiving has come and gone. It was nice this year and felt a bit less stressful than previous years. I enjoyed the food and the much needed  4 days off from work. I made cheesy potato casserole and it was AMAZING! I was so excited that something I made actually turned out better than I had ever expected. After Thanksgiving we spent the weekend putting up our daughters first "big girl bed". She is doing better than I expected and slept the entire night in it last night. This is a big accomplishment for her considering she has been sleeping with mommy and daddy since birth. Our house is starting to shine with Christmas cheer. Our yard adorned with lighted candy canes and snowflakes hung on our porch. When our tree is finished I will post pictures.
During my time off I also started researching jobs in Japan teaching English.  Derrick and I aren't English experts by any means ( stick around here a while and I'm sure you will find many typos and grammatical errors) so I was happy to learn that most English teachers are ordinary people with a bachelors degree in anything. Unfortunately neither of us have a completed bachelors degree. I am currently trying to get Derrick to finish a Bachelors in General studies online so we at least have the opportunity to seriously consider teaching in Japan. One of the best programs I have found in the JET Program. They seem to get you settled in Japan and in some/most cases pay for you plane ticket.
Its exciting to think we could spend a year(or more) in japan in the next decade and we will still be way under the age cutoff of 40. I worry though about how Alayna would transition but I think it would be an amazing experience for her to have. By the time we would go I also plan on all of us being able to speak Japanese pretty well (hopefully) so I would hope it would make the whole experience much more enjoyable. The website also stated you could suggest where you want to be placed. I'm thinking I would prefer a rural area that is no farther than 45 minutes away from a large city..... does that exist in Japan. I'm pretty bad with the geography of Japan so if anyone knows of a region like I described please feel free to comment.
Speaking of the Japanese language I am trying to figure out how to go about teaching Japanese to Alayna. We recently got two children's Japanese/English picture dictionaries (pictured below) but I'm not sure how to introduce it to her since Derrick and I cant speak much of it to her. We are still learning as well and out knowledge is very small so its not as if she can be exposed to the sound of the language all day as in a home with a bilingual family. I was also thinking of buying the Little Pim Japanese set. The testimonials looked good and I thought maybe I could learn something from it as well. Does anyone have experience with this product? If we decide to buy it I will make sure to write a good review of it.
Well, miss Layna is waking from her slumber so I must go prepare somthing for dinner. Good Night!