Hiroko's Hitokoto

 Break at Blue Bottle  Mama's latte and pecan blondie  Masaki fell asleep  Naoya kept my company  Masaki looking down Naoya at Midtown  Naoya loves green I don't think you can eat that green, Naoya Video of Masaki wondering around at Midtown , and Masaki walking around Midtown.

It was an orange in the night sky.

春の香り

 Lunch with Tate at Chukosei Plaza  Break at Starbucks Mame Daifuku (beans mochi) from Sachiko A short video of babies like going under the same chair here . Went to Kids to Teen Hall, and Tate was there, so we played a little together. They became grumpy, we fed them an early lunch, and took a walk on stroller to Azabu Juban. As Tate was going to see his grandpa, we said good bye to them and mama had a short break at Starbucks while babies were sleeping.

 Masaki doesn't seem minding hails  Masaki can reach to the cup holder Action shot of babies under the chair Videos of hailing over Masaki , Masaki spinning a toy , and Naoya trying to get watter bottle Naoya slept through last night!! We went to Sawamura for BF, babies could eat with folk by themselves. I took babies for walk from lunch time, and we had hails.

 Naoya and Ryuei having burger  Masaki Bye bye Ryuei! A video of Masaki walking with Ton kind of helping . Matt & Kana came for breakfast at home. It was very cold again we went out for a couple of hours. Ryuei came to play with Mo before his flight to NZ that evening. He'll be there for one year, and maybe we'll be able to talk to him in English when he comes back...? Good luck Ryuei!

 Mo's calligraphy Ton's calligraphy Kazuko came to stay so left babies with her and went to check out kids' calligraphy on display at school.  Received a call from school in the morning, said Ton had fever they wanted me to come pick her up. I asked them to send her home as I couldn't go out with babies due to logistics, they sent school staff with her. They warned me that they had many kids skipped school due to flue, and she had to go check up if her fever goes up... I'm a bit sick of this flue craze going around, but I just shut my mouth... Anyhow, her fever didn't go up, she felt better, and was fine the next day. Hooray!  

 Masaki Naoya Videos of baddies under a chair , and Masaki playing with a toy, standing, and walking around . It was -3C this morning, so we stayed home. Babies could have good 2 and half nap around 10am. Masaki walks a lot, Naoya not so much these days.

 Bros watching TV on a couch  Ramen lunch while babies are sleeping Naoya climbing on baby chair A video of Naoya chewing on Mo's sunglasses . It was cold this morning, the streets were frozen kids had hard time going to school on this hilly area of Tokyo. I chose better streets to take walk babies, and could have hot ramen as both babies fell about the same time. It's been a long time I don't remember when I had hot ramen without distractions...

 Naoya  Masaki Lunch with papa A video of Masaki playing with snow here . Took a walk where its flat as there are still lots of snow on the street. Met Newman, had a small coffee break while babies were sleeping, and went to TAC for lunch with papa.

 Happy Mo Graveyard coverd by snow at night Video of serious snow started , Masaki watching snow fall , and h appy mo playing with snow . It snowed a lot from around 3pm. At night it reached 23cm in Tokyo, which is super unusual! Kids were so happy, they played with snow with friends after school. As usual, traffic and transportation in Tokyo were practically malfunctioning because of weather...

 Lasagna at Rose Bakery  Early lunch  Fell asleep while eating... Mom's tea time Went to walk in Marunouchi, as its streets were closed for pedestrian and almost no tourists...! It was not so cold yet I decided to have an early lunch while restaurant was not so crowded. Babies a bit grumpy but they fell asleep while eating lunch, and I could sit and rest for good an hour at the restaurant. Thank you babies!

Baked these for potluck and it's been cancelled now...

 Naoya with headband  He doesn't mind headband, unlike knit cap... Best toy ever, cardboard box A video of Masaki playing with wheels on a stroller here . We got a new laundry machine today. Masaki is walking a lot, Naoya not so much.

Played at empty baby room at Roppongi Hills! Hilton and Atsuko were in town, so I left Ton in charge of the house with Mo and babies, and went to see them after babies went to sleep. Thanks Ton! Video of playing at baby room in Roppongi Hills , and Masaki eating banana with folk .

Babies watching TV  Baby's couch They woke up 5 am today! A video of babies playing with Ton's iPhone here .

 Naoya and Kumamon cake My old gym instructor and her son came to see babies and brought this Kumamon (bear) cake. Babies liked it. Thank you!

Mo attacked by babies  A video of Masaki walking here .

 Maple toast at Gorilla Coffee  Naoya Masaki Walked to Roppongi Hills, had my breakfast at Gorilla Coffee, and played at baby room. 5 moms with hot drinks from Starbucks came in to the play area and started a party. My babies started attacking their drinks, I had to end playing and walked back home. Mommies these days don't really worry about babies getting burnt by hot drinks or making a mess...?