swing!


swing!
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Me and the Ton took a little walkabout; went up to the Robot SlidePark at The Hills and goofed off for a bit before heading home through the backstreets of Moto Azabu. Stopped at this little local park and for the first time she was into the swing...for about 30 seconds. Much preferred the slide, though on her second ride down she launched off the end and landed flat on her butt. Minor crying ensued but she's tough as nails so I brushed her off and carried her home.

pasata


pasata
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The Tonchasaurus got herself a nice Miffy plate and proceeded to slaughter some pasta, several pieces of bread, and tons of icecream -- with sprinkles!

subway


subway
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After the AIS X-Mas party we got on the subway and headed over to the ANA Hotel for a big buffet lunch.

the shrine

Her Royal Tonchaliscious is quite particular about going to bed. In order to properly enter the blissful state of sleep, the appropriate sacrificial offerings must be made to the Sandman and the Night Gods. Arrayed upon the shrine (otherwise known as the window sill above the futon) there must be: several pieces of gum in their dedicated Small Bowl, a plastic bottle of Calpis®, and a glass of water. Optionally, depending on the mood of the deities and the alignment of the heavenly bodies in the night sky, there may also be required any or all of the following: some cookies, chocolate bread, juice carton, a small apple.
Only when the Sandman and his Darkly Servants are appeased with such offerings will Her Majesty The Tonchanator enter into peaceful slumber (assuming that mom arranges the appropriate blankets just so whilst delivering the appropriate belly and/or back patting. Dad need not bother; any attempts at getting within 30 centimeters of the Gateway to Slumber will be forcefully repulsed and accompanied by a now-standard "No Papa! Mo iyada! No Touching! Bye-bye!")

nice dinner

Had the lawyers take us out for dinner. Nice place in Omotesando; stylish interior, excellent menu (seafood, imported and domestic beef), English-speaking staff, apparently excellent wine selection...and the place was absolutely dead empty on a Thursday night.
Bodes not well for economy in general and the expat community in particular.

new clothes


new clothes
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Got some new clothes at Muji in Yurakucho. The Tonchalizer will ONLY wear clothes that have buttons on them, so she got a couple shirts and this fly-fly polka-dot hoody, which she refused to take off. She also got a sporty pair of pajamas and some socks (buttons on the pajamas, no buttons on the socks.)

Oh and the lego do NOT belong back in the lego box; they belong scattered all over the floor. This appears to be the same theory as applies to the colored pencils. And the DVDs.  And the stickers.