Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Yoji's bath?



Yoji found a spot perfect for him. The water was warmer and he was calling this "bath". How cute!
羊司が岩場にちょうど良い大きさのくぼみを見つけました。海水が浅いので、お風呂のように暖かく、ようじは大喜びでした。

Our favorite beach



We went to our favorite beach with Yuta's friend's family. It's always beautiful and make me realized how lucky I am to have this life.
週末に、祐太の日本語補習校のお友達家族と、我が家のお気に入りビーチに行きました。ここへ来る度に、あまりにも美しいビーチで気持ちがいいので、住んでいる所や毎日の生活に、もっと感謝しなきゃいけないなあと気づかされます。

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Cool train ride



We took a cool "non-rail train" and sat in front of the train. So kids got to see great view of Tokyo bay and high sky scrapers. It amazed me how fast the city is growing. Even I go back to Japan once every year, there are something new.

ゆりかもめに乗って、お台場へ行きました。一番前の席に座れたので、眺めがとても良くって子供達も大喜びでした。

Fireworks



One of the high light of the trip was, the Fireworks event in my hometown. I grew up watching this event every summer and I wanted to show it to Yuta and Yoji. Luckily my sister lives in an apartment very close to the fireworks. So she reserved the seats on the rooftop for us. We enjoyed watching 1 hour and half long fireworks. We want to show it to Michael next year.
隅田川の花火大会を妹のマンションの屋上から見ました。お仕事で忙しいのに、祐太と羊司の為に良い場所を取ってくれて、最高の花火鑑賞になりました。祐太と羊司にとっては、初めての隅田川の花火大会でした。私が毎夏見て育った花火大会。子供達と一緒に12年ぶりくらいに見ました。嬉しかった〜。千恵ちゃんありがとう!

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Playing at park



Yuta is very fortunate to have good friends in Tokyo too. His friends from kindergarten last year, got together for us. It was very nice seeing them all and Yuta had so much fun, even though it was a super hot day!
去年の体験入学の幼稚園のお友達が、祐太の為に公園に集合してくれました。一年ぶりに会うお友達、皆が祐太に会うのを楽しみにしていてくれて、とても嬉しかったです。私も、ママ友の皆さんと一杯おしゃべり出来て嬉しかったです。

Sleepover



We went to my friend's house for one night and had a sleepover. Kids had so much fun toghether. Thanks to Chi-chan & Mit-chan.
学生時代からのお友達の新居にお泊まりに行きました。子供達もとっても楽しかったみたいで良かったです。ちいちゃん、みっちゃん、ありがとう!

Icy cold but FUN!



While we were in Nikko, Yuta and Yoji played in a creek. This is one of the places my parents took me when I was a kid. It's very nice to share the same memories with my boys.
日光のこの小川は私も子供の頃、連れて来てもらった所で、懐かしかったです。子供達と同じ思い出を共有出来るのはとっても嬉しかったです。

Lift with Oji-chan



We went to Nikko, which is about 3 hours north of Tokyo, for a long weekend. We took a chairlift to the top of the mountain. It was very misty and cool. It was awesome because Tokyo was very hot.
霧降高原へ行って、日光キスゲを見てきました。とっても気持ちいい霧が立ちこめていて、最高でした!まさにマイナスイオンのシャワー!

1st grade




Japanese school ends the semester in mid-July for summer vacation. Yuta went to a local school for 8 days. He is carrying "Ran-d-se-ru" which is the traditional elementary school backpack. All elementary kids use this. Boys choose usually black and girls choose pink or red. Guess who's it is? It used to be Kenichi's (my younger brother). Thank you for keeping it!
8日間だけ、地元の小学校へ体験入学をしました。受け持って頂いた先生がとても素晴らしい先生で、ラッキーでした。幼稚園に体験入学したときのお友達とも同じクラスになれて、楽しい日々になったようです。良い経験をさせてあげられたなあ〜と思いました。ランドセルはなんと、賢一の!取っておいてくれて良かったわ。

Go Yomiuri Giants!



Oji-chan (Grandpa) took us to the Yomiuri Giants game at Tokyo Dome. It was an exciting game to watch. Thank you, Oji-chan.
今年も、おじいちゃんが巨人戦を見に東京ドームに連れて行ってくれました。打撃戦だったので、見ていてとても面白かったです。おじいちゃん、連れて行ってくれてありがとう!

Thursday, August 07, 2008

What a smile



When we were in Asakusa, there was a special market around the temple. This plant is called Ho-Zu-Ki.
ほおずき市に行きました。浅草の夏って感じでしょ?

Tuesday, July 01, 2008





Yuta's All-Star team is over now. The team still has one more big tournament but since we are going to Japan soon, this was his last. Good job, Yuta.
祐太のオールスターチームの野球が終わりました。トーナメントに3つ出て、1位、2位、2位の成績。沢山練習して、ずいぶん上手くなりました。チームはもう一つ大きなトーナメントがありますが、私達は日本へ行くので、これで終わり。お疲れさま〜

U.S. Open




My dad was visiting us during the U.S. Open week. I gave my dad and Michael the tickets as Father's Day gift. They enjoyed so much.
父の日のプレゼントとして、US Openの観戦券をマイクとお父さんにプレゼントしました。私と子供達も1日だけ練習日を見に行きました。コースの美しさとプロゴルファーの「ファンに支えられている」という姿勢に感激しました。

Yuta's class



Yuta graduated his kindergarten. It was so much fun! Thanks to great friends and teacher.

Prize



Yuta got 1st place and 4th place in Dolphin Games at his school. There are about 120 kids in his kindergarten and 1st and 4th are pretty good, isn't it?

SUMO in LA



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We went to watch REAL Sumo tournament in LA. Kids loved it!

Wednesday, June 11, 2008