Labor Day Weekend

Labor Day weekend in Novato. Aya takes her bear for a stroll in the backyard.

Working up an appetite for that BBQ daddy is preparing...

How's the water?

Perfect!

Let's eat!

At the park

9/4/09
At the local park. With her baby bear in her jacket.

Nap time with her "big" cat and puppy...zzz...

Aya in Japan

At the inn in Takayama.Feeding the carp.

7/25/2009.

Busy morning part 1 (Beach)

Aya and Terri go to Ocean Beach.

It's going to be a warm day.

Look at that!

Busy morning part 2 (at the Academy)

After the beach, we go to the Academy of Sciences to visit all of Aya's favorite animals.

Riding a bronze tortoise.

Cooking up a storm at their children's play room.

Aya goes to "school"

Every Tuesday and Thursday mornings, Aya attends class at the local recreation center. Here, Aya is exploring some magnetic tubes.

Everyone is lining up against the wall to get ready to run to the other side at the count of three. (She really loves this one)
Aya is enjoying snack time in between activities.

Photos from Japan

These are some photos from our 4 day trip to Takayama. Takayama is a historic castle town located in the northern part of Gifu prefecture--about a 4 hour train ride from Tokyo.

Aya tries her first strawberry flavored shaved ice and loved it. So refreshing on this hot and humid day!

We took a day trip to Shirakawa-go, about an hour bus ride from Takayama, to visit the village known for it's traditional Gassho-style houses (seen in the back ground).
We found a creek for Aya to play in.
A traditional Japanese breakfast we were served every morning at our inn.Aya loved it all! (and so did Alex).