Harvest

Basils are growing so well. This is our second time to cook Genovase basil paste and enjoy pesto. The fragrance is richer than the ones we usually buy at a grocery.

Here comes a tomato! Very sweet and tastes so good. I hope Gen will like eating fresh vegetables right from our herb&vegetable garden, though he is such a picky eater now...

Gen's First ABC Chants

Although he doesn't say ABCs very clearly, he perfectly imitates the rhythm.

Star Festival

July 7th falls on "Tanabata" or "Star Festival" in Japan. There is a fairy tale for this Festival. It goes like this; Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful wife Orihime, who was really good at sewing, and a hard-working husband Hikoboshi, who was good at growing crops. They loved with each other so much, so they didn't do their work properly. The God got angry and gave them a punishment. They were torn apart by The Milkey Way, and were allowed to meet with each other only one time in a year. That is July 7th, Tanabata night.

On Tanabata night, we write our wish on a piece of paper, and place it on a bamboo tree together with some beautiful ornaments.

Here's what we wished for on Tanabata night. On a yellow strip, I wished for our family's healthy growth. On a blue strip, Gen wrote something he wanted to wish for.

May our wishes come true!

Happy Tanabata Night! (Star Festival!)