all things d@vidb
I promised less pictures of kids and more me goodness, didn’t I?
It’s coming. But for now shut up and enjoy the pictures!
Noa and Hana’s Halloween collection.
Noa is cool. Hana (despite how she looks above) is happy. See below how she chills with her friends.
Hana had a great time with her little baby friends. Now was Batman in dress but a power ranger in spirit.
See you soon…
Had our first real family vacation (other than Guam) to a foreign country.
Here are the highlights… working on a new site which should have more than just pictures of kids… be excited.
So I think I mentioned that Kiko is into sewing. While she has made us family pyjamas, the majority-benefactors of Kiko’s sewing are the kids.
Here they are showing off their new bags…
So some people have been asking what Noa is up to.
He is in kindergarten. Hana chills at home, but Noa goes, kicking and screaming, most days to kindergarten.
Here is him on his first day in April.
Nice.
The next picture was taken a few weeks ago during his swimming class.
I love this picture!!!
Someone though it was a good idea to cut Hana’s hair… guess who?
At least someone didn’t think it was a good idea to stab her in the neck.
.. appearing every night in the living room around 8pm…
Off to Singapore!
Just got back from Tanegashima with the kids. Noa was very sad to see me go and makes me count the nights before he can see me again.
here is a picture of them eating watermelon and for some reason holding hands in the car…(unprompted)
Apparently I am the only one that thinks this is a cute picture…
In other news:
Noa and I have been going to the ocean daily. He likes to prance around and jog. Today he went pretty far in with me only to be swept to shore by a wave and never again to want to go into the ocean.
Hana managed to stop saying “mama” and for the first time called Noa by his name… “ng-a”
that is all.
Off to Singapore on Sunday and all the family is back together in Tokyo on the 23rd.
It’s summer vacation! So we can either have the kids hang around all summer and drive us (mostly Kiko!) crazy, or we can ship the family off to Tanegashima.
This year, it happens to align with the total eclipse (I’ll give you a hint… rain) where the Southern tip of Tanegashima was in the 100% zone.
We also took a side trip to Yakushima, the island that inspired Hayao Miayazaki’s Princess Mononoke (Look it up) and Noa got to play with nature (touch bugs), and both Hana and Noa got to play with their cousins.
I took one week (the first one) with them and am heading back to Tokyo shortly. I have a feeling he is going to forget all his English by the time he gets back, so I have loaded him up with some Super Why! (Look it up!) and Transformers.
In the meantime, here is our week in pictures…
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RumiRumi (Noa’s personal hair assistant) Dad is on the right.
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Noa getting some Super Why in the mix with Hina.
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Our dissapointing but still cool 100% total eclipse. (It did get really dark outside for 2 minutes!)
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Hana throwing a tantrum over the fact that we couldn’t actually see the eclipse.
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Noa’s friend George. I am too lazy to turn it the right way round.
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Noa being cool.
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Both Noa and Hana really enjoyed the ocean this time around.
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Noa enjoys relaxing…
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… and Hana enjoys posing.
All of these were taken with the iPhone camera so apologies in advance. (Actually they came out pretty good.)
Since I am making this post in the ghetto, you will have to squint and turn your head appropriately to enjoy the pictures.
I am going to miss everyone while they are here, but with trips to Dalian, China and Singapore coming up… will be busy.
So … umm.. apparently there is one thing more frightening than Tickle me Elmo… fireworks.
Noa has been scared of fireworks since he was born, and now at 3 1/2, no exceptions.
He freaks out. Screams, cries, runs away (almost gets hit by a bus) and hangs out in McDonalds.
Here is a family picture taken before the happening.
Have a camera that needs to be tested.
I hate to say it, but Kiko might be better at taking pictures than I am…. take a look.
Now that that is out of the way…
and now the girl
and then I make her clean
the end.