Happy Valentines Day from Noa … in the form of video excitement

Happy Valentines Day from david and kiko and Noa.

Did you know that in Japan, women have to give chocolate to the male members in their family, male friends, boyfriends, co-workers and colleagues. Men don’t have to give anything… until White Day (March 14th of course) when these gifts of chocolate are returned in the form of candy or sweets.

Weird. Did you know that? Now you do.

For Valentine’s Day, Noa has asked us to upload some new videos. Apparently he is upset by some of the things he reads here where people accuse him of not being able to dance or play the piano. He is very sensitive. (I told him the other day that his jumping wasn’t very good and he started to cry. true story.)

So, direct from Noa, here is some video excitement.

Noa Plays the Piano

For those of you who don’t believe that Noa can play the Piano… in a cafe.

DOWNLOAD NOA PLAYS THE PIANO #1!
希空くんのビデオ (ピアノ　＃１)

DOWNLOAD NOA PLAYS THE PIANO #2!
希空くんのビデオ (ピアノ　＃２)

Watch as Noa creates a new dance especially for Jim’s band lame…

DOWNLOAD NOA’S NEW DANCE!
希空くんのビデオ (ダンス)

希空くんのビデオ (クリスマス #4)Pictures tomorrow!

Lindsay and Takeshi’s Wedding… in Kagawa!

We are back from an exhausting (but fun!) trip to Kagawa where we got to see a number of good friends and colleagues. We miss Kagawa and everyone there very much! Thank you so much for making the time to hang out with us everyone!! (except those of you who dragged me into the freezing cold ocean in the middle of winter. you know who you are. actually… that was a lot of fun but sucky in the I thought I was going to die kind of way.)

A big part of our trip to Kagawa was to go see our friends Lindsay and Takeshi get married! Congratulations!!!

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It was there that Noa was reunited with Jim, and performed live on stage with Jim’s band LAME (which despite all that I was expecting… which was nothing… turned out to be pretty good!) [I will get a hair cut, calm down.]

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and here’s something to think about…
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Noa’s Diary #6: My invention

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IMG_2984今日はぼくの大発明を紹介しまちゅ。ママがティッシュの空き箱を２つくれたので、ティッシュ箱シューズを作ってはいてみまちた。とってもおもちろいでちゅ。でもすぐにこわれてしまったので、１日しか遊べませんでちた。残念。

Today I will tell you about my invention. Mommy gave me 2 empty tissue boxes, so I made tissue box shoes. I am so funny (ed: and clever). They broke too soon and I was only able to play with them for one day.

Noa’s Diary #4: I’m Stuck!

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最近よくバケツやバスケットに入って遊んでるんだけど、今日はバケツから出られなくなってしまって泣いちゃいまちた。ママは「自分が悪いんでしょ？」なんて言うけど、僕は悲しかったから大泣きしてやりまちた。

I like climbing in my buckets and baskets. But today I climbed in my bucket and couldn’t get out. I cried a lot. Mommy said it was my fault, but I cried a lot so she knew how sad I was!!

Noa’s Diary #3: My favourite thing

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今日は、最近のマイブームを教えちゃう。そ・れ・は・・・・・物を首にはさむこと！こ～んなふうに、いろんなものを首にはさむと楽しいんだ。一番の得意技はくつしたで、ほかには小さい絵本とかタオルとかおもちゃなんかもはさめるんだ。これ、楽しいよ。みんなもやってみてくだちゃい。

Today I will tell you my favourite thing. My favourite thing is….. to put stuff under my chin! I can hold many things with my chin. It is really fun. I put socks under my chin all the time, but I can also put other things like books, towels, and toys!! You should try.

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でも…あんぱんまｎをはさむのははずかしかった。

Putting anpanman under my chin isn’t so fun.