Starting fire

Boy enjoying steamed sticky rice

Mochi!

We don't pound mochi, we use machine. More productive and effective.

蝋梅 Wintersweet or Japanese allspice

A few trees of this flower in the garden. You can smell its sweet fragrance here and there.

Cleaning garden

Dinner with Lisa & Roland at Luigi

A few miracles happened, we met them for dinner at our favorite Italian restaurant. Photos here.

Lunch with husband at The Chef's Table

 As kids went to Jiji&Baba's, we had lunch together at The Chef's Table, Azabu Juban.

 My fish dish

 Caramelized banana

Apple pie

New boots

950yen! Bargain!

This is what I got in Christmas morning

Presents from Chris Santa

He built this lego by himself

And a video of him playing with remote controlled skate board. 

Usual breakfast at City Bakery

 NY Meat Pie. Don’t know why it’s NY though…

As it was a short day today, I asked a few moms to go to breakfast at City Bakery after drop off, and until pick up. Lucky it was not so crowded we could hang out, had relaxed brunch.

Hohoho!

From Chris Santa

I Love You Gingerman

Ton's birthday trip to KidZania with friends

As per her request, we invited a couple of her friends, Niko and Yumomo to go to KidZania together for Ton's birthday.

Photos here.

Video of them fighting fire.

Baby!

Pretending it's a bed in bath tub

Volunteering for open school ground

Fat vegetables sandwich from Maruichi Bagel

It's fatter than usual!

Snack with kids

Gets very cold as soon as the sun goes down

Videos from Hula Christmas Party, Dec 5, 2015

Uploaded some videos from the party:

"Me and My Teddy Bear"
"Pupu"
"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
"Here Comes Santa In A Red  Canoe"
"Beautiful Sunday"

Classic cars marching out on Nov 28, 2015

Finally uploaded some videos of classic cars leaving the festival, as per Mo's request:
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Baby Issa!

French toast at City Bakery

Late lunch... or snack before dinner.

"Coffee geek frendly"

Next time when I have more time...

Hot dog at Gorilla Coffee

Pistachio shaved ice at Ice Monster

Look! New room shoes!

Father and Son

A village of sweets at Muji

Kids would love it!

Mario carts in Shibuya

Tokyo Coffee Festival at Farmer's Market

Purchased coffee sampling ticket so that I can get a bit of coffee out of too many choices. Had to buy coffee beans from Four Barrels.

Photos here.

Lunch with husband at Maison Landemaine Tokyo

Catching up over lunch.

Happy birthday Ton cakes from MAISON D'AHNI

 Beret basque

 White chocolate pudding

 Lemon pie

Gateau Basque for dairy sensitive

Warm in Dec in Tokyo

Temp rising quickly. Glasses are foggy in the OUTSIDE because the air in the house is much lower than the outside. It's expected to go up to 21C in Tokyo today, recorded 26C highest some part of Tokyo.

Making fake chopped liver

Preparing for pot luck. Yum!

I made these!