February 26, 2012

Visiting Jess

Home grown tangerines






Taking a walk to visit the neighbor's horses and donkey



Eating kumquats off the tree

February 25, 2012

February 24, 2012

Feb, 2012

Breakfast. Aya is getting really good at using chopsticks.

Girls' Day dolls display at a Japanese sweets shop

Local Park

Kengo enjoys chasing the butterflies

Aya on the monkey bars





Aya in her new preschool T-shirt and cap. She will start attending a Christian Japanese preschool in March.



We love trains!

February 22, 2012

Hello from Los Angeles!

At a nearby playground





At home working on crafts


January 17, 2012

1/17/2012

Got a hair cut!

We miss you daddy!


January 1, 2012

"Hatsuhinode"-First sunrise of the year

"Ozo-ni" a traditional new years soup with veggies, chicken and mochi. It is a Japanese custom to eat mochi for new years.



Oven-broiled mochi.

"Isobe-yaki"-mochi with soy sauce and nori. The kids seemed to like this a lot.

Happy 2012!




Helping with dinner.