A fun day with Mika

Mika wanted to pretend that she was the Mommy today. We did finger painting and made cupcakes. Max helped us frost them when he came home from school.
She wore her apron for most of the day and also helped me clean a little. We had fun! These photos were taken in January, sorry it took me so long to post them!

She made a shopping list for the supermarket. (cupcake ingredients!)

She used a big rubberband to attach her Mickey Mouse to the scooter and said she was drivng him to school!

Max showed her how to frost the cupcakes.

TA-DA!!!!!!

Max and Mika photos

Max couldn't eat an ice cream on this day because he can only have sweets when he eats a meal before it. He went with us though and showed Mika how to play an IPod game-Sushi Ninja. It's fun!

Mika got treated to an ice cream because she took her step stool to the laundry room and tried to put the wet laundry into the dryer by herself!! She was too short to reach into the washing machine and came and asked me to help her. That's when I found out what she had tried to do. I was SO PROUD of her!!!

Having fun in the bubble bath.

Mika's video....

Mika has memorized part of "The Night Before Christmas." We read the story to her every night during the holidays and I guess she was paying attention!! She amazes me.

Video...

Celebrating David's Birthday

David celebrated his 43rd birthday with a sushi lunch (his favorite!) and then going home for cake and presents.
Max was at school and then had piano students after school, so he's not in the photos this time. We saved him a piece of cake though!

Happy 2012!

Happy new year! We visited Futenma Shrine on new years day and then went shopping for "lucky bags." It was a great day and a great way to begin the new year.

Prayer cards at the shrine.

The fortune wall at the shrine.

Mika wanted to take our picture.

Mika got cotton candy after our visit to the shrine!

The Hello Kitty lucky bag had a giant pillow in it! Yea!

What's inside??!

We got Mr. Donuts in a lucky bag. Yummy!

A chanchanko.......(it's the Japanese version of a dressing jacket or bathrobe)

New years eve 2011

Celebrating new years eve with friends and family. It was a great way to end the year and we had so much fun. We made japanese food (tako yaki, kon yaku, and fish cakes) and American food (salad and pizza) and everyone had a great time. It was delicious!

We ended the day by going to Awase Grace (a home furnishings store) and they were decorating for the big celebration the next day.

Photos for December....

Sorry that these photos are being posted so late! We've had a very busy month since coming home from Hawaii. (Christmas, new year, anniversary etc) Anyway, we had a wonderful Christmas and Santa was very nice this year!







Out of all the "fancy" toys she received, she loves her new slinky!! Go figure. The classic toys are still great!

A happy Christmas morning!



I bought this funny tshirt for Max when we were in Tokyo and kept it hidden until Christmas. He loved it.

Another funny tshirt I found in Tokyo.

Max got lots of new clothes, video games and some history books that he wanted. Mika got a violin, some new toys and clothing also. (And a scooter!)