One day at ABC playgroup

We had so much fun dancing, singing, playing, enjoying games and craft after reading "The Very Hungr Caterpillar."

After the program, Wakana asked me to read "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?."

Date!?

Gen's got really nice cute little girl friends :)

Perfect season to go out on a date!

Japanese Children's Day

May 5th is "Children's Day" in Japan, and it's usually a celebration for boys as a counterpart of Girl's Festival on March 3rd. My parents, Gen's grand parents in Okayama, gave a gorgeous Samurai Doll for Gen last year, and we have decided to display it from the end of April to the beginning of May every year.

On Children's Day this year, we were thinking about entertaining Gen with fancy dinner or big cake, but we ended up with playing with him all day long. What he really likes to do is to play with his parents. So we spent the day with Gen, letting him play with whatever he wants to play, and having so much fun together.

May 5th is literally "Children's Day" for our family. Gen's the boss!

Missing Aunty Keiko

In the end of April, Gen and I were back in my hometown in Okayama. There Gen really loved to play with my sister, Keiko. On the day when we were going back to Tokyo, Gen suddenly kissed her while she was reading.

"Love you, my aunty."

We will be back in Okayama again, soon. Or we should invite Keiko to stay in Tokyo for a while.

SAKURA

One morning in April, we went to a nearby park.

Stairway to cherry blossom trees.

It's amazing that the park is only 10 minutes walk from our house.

Beautiful cherry blossoms with Perfect Sakura-Pink!

Trip to Enoshima, Mt. Fuji and Asamizo Park

In early April, Gen and I made a flower crown with a paper-plate. It took a little bit of time to color paper-plate green and dry it, but it was worth doing it. Gen realy enjoyed picking his favorite-colored flowers, checking how he looked in the mirror, and gave a big smile to himself.

Gen and I enjoyed a small trip to Enoshima Island together with Aryn&Rhyan, and Tomomi&Tomoya. We enjoyed Enoshima Aquarium and a nice stroll to Enoshima Island.

Koji and Gen really like to drive away to Mt. Fuji. They really enjoy their "boy's" time.

I took Gen to Asamizo Park, where a small petting zoo is available. Gen didn't really like guinea pigs, but loved this goat.

Toys Kingdom at Tokyo Dome

Gen and I went to Tokyo Dome to see my ex-coworker, Amanda and her son Caden. We tried "Toys Kingdom" and it was like a paradise for our little ones. They got so excited to have so many toys to play with.


It was really tough to put two 1 year-olders into one picture, but here it is. They are driving together.

Gen loves a slide. He climbs up blue stairs, crawl on to red steps...

... and ready to slide!

Amanda is the greatest teacher I've ever met, and I've learned a lot from her. Even now when I have some troubles coordinating English playgroups, I goes back and think what Amanda would do if she were in my shoes. She still gives me confidence and guts! Super lady!