Hot dog lunch

Hot dog lunch
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After wondering around for about 20 min, looking for hot dogs as this boy insisted for lunch, we ended up at Tully's. He told me it was the best lunch ever...

Sun glasses from Uncle Chris

Sun glasses from Uncle Chris
Originally uploaded by piroko_kuroda
Waiting for a bus.

20131226 Turkey Dinner with Kaito

20131226 Turkey Dinner with Kaito, a set on Flickr.

Since Miri is back, we asked her to cook us turkey dinner. It was a big portion, we invited Kaito family over for dinner. She made a belated birthday cake for Chikage, which had a decoration of "Ichigo chan (Miss strawberry)" from a cartoon "Ai Katsu". Ton was very happy though she ate only the frosting. The cake itself was a chocolate cake, which we adults really appreciated. Thank you very much, Miri!

20131221 Play date with Tai

20131221 Play date with Tai, a set on Flickr.

Play date with Tai and Cheapy family at American Club. After lunch, Ton and Mo insisted on playing bowling, so we did. Cheapy scored 170, though papa was not warmed up enough he didn't get much scores. Then hit play gym, library, then we said good night looking up illuminated Tokyo Tower. Thank you, Cheapy family!

201310 Mo's art from AIS

201310 Mo's art from AIS, a set on Flickr.

Arts and projects from school made by Mo in the last 3 months. The school will be open from Jan 9, 2014.

Fixing a sock

Fixing a sock
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Experiment

Experiment
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We watched a TV show this morning, and it made us to have an experiment on konnyaku this afternoon with Mo. It's made from yam, called elephant foot or devil's tongue in English (really?), which academic name is  Amorphophallus konjac. Grated yam mixed with calcium hydroxide (Ca(OH)₂₎ causes glucomannan, which is a kind of polysaccharide, to gelatinize. So, boil konnyaku with brown skin of onion, it supposedly turn into red. Boiling with gobo (burdock root) makes konnyaku turn into green. We used regular gray ball ones, though we're supposed to use white ones,  because we couldn't find them. Anyhow, do you see the color? It's dark green and dark red/orange. If you boil it with grape juice it will be purple and hibiscus tea will make it red. Well, it was an interesting experiment. 

Big boy lunch

Big boy lunch
Originally uploaded by piroko_kuroda

Waiting for bus

Waiting for bus
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Chinese dinner

Chinese dinner
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20131213 Huladay Show at New Sanno Hotel

20131213 Huladay Show at New Sanno Hotel, a set on Flickr.

Christmas party at New Sanno Hotel with Hula friends. Ton danced a couple of songs, and Mo enjoyed roast beef at buffet dinner. It was great watching those kids dance Hula! And Santa Clause showed up and gave presents to each kid.