Snow!

Finally we had snow. Gen and I got excited to see snow falling down from the sky. Gen kept looking outside for a while. So I let him put on a warm coat, warm boots, and took him outside to touch snow. He got more excited and gave me a big smile. I wish we had a heavy covering of snow so that he could dive into it.

Weekends in February

On one weekend KJ took Gen to Mt. Fuji, while I was out in Sendagaya. They sometimes need their "boy's" time.
These days Gen's really into "Spot" series, especially the ones with "peek-a-boo" tricks.

On one weekend Gen's friend Tomoya came to our house. To our surprise, Tomoya called Gen's name for the first time! Gen looked so happy when his name was called amazingly by his buddy friend.

"BEE MINE"

Gen and I enjoyed making a Valentine's "BEE MINE" honeybee card. Making a craft seems a bit boring for him, but I enjoyed it. He is going to show it to his daddy, saying "be mine!" on the Valentine's Day. Isn't it sweet?

This is what we made for a winter fun, a bunny with snowflakes.

Valentine from Hawaii

A very beautiful Valentine's gift from Hawaii

Sveta is a beautiful and intelligent woman with a lot of talents, a mother of two sweet girls, and my very best friend in Hawaii.

Weekends in January

I love to spend a relaxed weekend together with KJ and Gen. There are several nice parks near our house and one of them is just by the lake Tsukui. Gen loves to walk around the park and he gets so excited when he sees people who take dogs. Gen must like animals. He wasn't afraid of cows, horses, donkeys and ducks when we took him to a farm.


We also love to spend our weekend together with our friends. I like to have a party with "potluck" style because my husband usually cooks something for our guests or for our potluck dish. The picture below shows nems, one of his favorites, goes so well with Thai-chili sauce.

It's always nice to see a man cooking in the kitchen, but cooking something together is more fun. I would like Gen to love cooking, too.

Favorite snack

Here is my favorite Kappa-Ebisen!

I DO want it! Yes, I've got it!

Gen's reach is getting longer day by day. I may be witnessing Darwinian theory of evolution!?

New Year Party

We had a big New Year "Potluck" Party with some of our best friends.

We had KFC's juicy chicken and potatoes, kid's favorites, hand-made chesnut cake, bamboo shoot rice, some appetizer, tomato pasta and Japanese miso stew in a big pot.

We enjoyed drinking, eating and chatting, while kids were playing nicely. One of our friends is from Kenya, so we enjoyed listening to a "real" Kenyan life in the countryside, surrounded by "real" wild animals. It was so exciting.

After we finished eating and enjoying our tea break with coffee and cake, Hanna, just as the same age as our son Gen, started to fall into a half-doze in my husband's arms. She was just so sweet. That told us it was time to say good-bye.

Anyways, It was a great kick-start of the year 2009.