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Old and Broken

Published on January 22, 2012 in Family, Gallery Update, Japan, Parenting and weekend. 0 Comments

Happy New Year! 2012 is really starting off with a bang. Not only did the NAS kill the newest hard drive in the RAID array, but my camera gave up the ghost too. Meh, guess we’re going shopping next weekend.

This weekend was cold and rainy so we stayed mostly indoors. We took the kids to the fantasy world that is on the 3rd floor of a nearby shopping center and Layla enjoyed. Julia also seemed to have a good time but she was a bit small for most of it. Soon enough, though, those two are going to be running around together having fun and making trouble.

Check out the pics in the gallery.


Layla and Julia playing

Layla and Julia starbucksing

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2011

Published on December 22, 2011 in Family. 0 Comments

Before we head back to Canada I thought I should do a final post for 2011. This was sent from Nonni and Chinni and we got a kick out of it, so enjoy.

Personalize funny videos and birthday eCards at JibJab!

Merry Christmas from Japan, and soon to be Canada.

Videos Now. Pictures Later

Published on December 12, 2011 in Family, Gallery Update, Japan and weekend. 0 Comments

Uploaded a few videos to youtube.

From last weekend, while eating lunch:

After setting up the Christmas tree:

This Saturday, Layla had her Happyokai (daycare event). This was the intro song:

Layla’s dance in the Happyokai:

Gallery to be updated. I got the NAS working again and will get things online soon.

It’s Beginning To Look A Little Like Christmas

Published on November 27, 2011 in Family, Japan and weekend. 0 Comments Tags: .

This weekend we ended up going to Shinjuku where the Christmas lights are out in full force. We did a bit of shopping and had a nice tempura dinner at Tsunahachi before checking out the lights which didn’t disappoint.

Sunday we picked up some international driver’s licenses before having a nice sushi dinner with Tamie’s folks and sister in Ebina.

Pictures from Shinjuku can be found in the gallery below.

layla and penguin

Cake Day Weekend

Published on November 21, 2011 in Family, Gallery Update, Japan and Parenting. 0 Comments

First off, Happy anniversary parents. Hope you had a good one!

Secondly, thanks for the great weekend Japan family. Despite the rain, it was a good one.

I came home Friday night and we had a nice sit-down dinner with the girls before Tamie unveiled a cake she and Layla put together.

Cake Day

Saturday we headed to Yokohama with hopes of checking out the amusement park but the weather didn’t co-operate. Instead, we found that Christmas has invaded Yokohama and wandered the malls checking things out. The singing Christmas tree is back in fine form again this year.

Christmas Tree

Sunday, the sun came out and it felt like a Summer day – it worked out well because there was an agriculture festival taking place that we checked out. The highlight of the festival for Layla (and Julia too, I think) was the tractors that were set up that the kids could climb and play on. Many pictures were taken.

Tractor

We eventually went to Isehara where we went to dinner with Tamie’s family. One good yakiniku dinner later and we were back at their house eating cake and having fun.

As I said, overall it was a great weekend. Looking forward to doing it again next year! =)