do not feed the animals!


do not feed the animals!
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Uncle Jorge's fine fish feast.

climbing on uncle jorge


climbing on uncle jorge
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Dinner with Uncle Jorge at Uokatsu in the Jyuban. Most excellent fishes.

subway


subway
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Off on a walkabout.

@ dry cleaners


@ dry cleaners
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Typical Saturday morning trip to the dry cleaners. This time put Mo's rental stroller to work.

maguro unagi don


maguro unagi don
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Quality lunch. Buried beneath the rice: ikura, tamago, ebi...and topped with a raw quail's egg in the shell.
So. Good.

peace!


peace!
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She is getting much better at holding up only two fingers.

formal mookun


Mookun
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Fat Little No-Neck. Formal photo taken at Suitengu Shrine after the traditional 1-month blessing.
Attempted to take a family photo but Tonchan was having nothing of it.
Barely managed to wake up Mookun for the photo.
The kimono was from grandma, the bib and hat provided by the photo studio.
And no, I do not know what he has to wear a dorky bib and hat.
But I DO know this photo will serve most excellently to some day embarrass him immensely.

"no photo!"


"no photo!"
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The hot, wet season is upon us. And so come the bugs. Recently Ton has discovered bugs. She has discovered that she does not like them. And she is amazingly good at spotting them; ants, flies, mosquitos...she can spot an insect meters away and is none-too-thrilled about their existence.
And with good reason: woke up this morning and she had several bites on her legs. Didn't want the anti-itch muhi treatment, which doesn't seem to work for her anyway. Didn't want any skin cream or lotion, which at least has a placebo effect. Did not mind P's ancient Japanese ninja treatment: soapy water.
But what she really, really wanted was band-aids. Lots of them. You can see a couple on her left leg and there are more on her right. I also had to re-apply one three times to get it just right. She likes stickers, but she LOVES band-aids.
Also can't find her pink sunglasses (they must be hiding with her watch, various hair bands and ribbons, an old wallet of mine, and who knows what else) so she sported her alternative shades today.
And was in no mood for photos from the papparazzi. I took this shot and she got all huffy: "No Papa! No photo!"

holding hands with big and little cheapie


holding hands with big and little cheapie
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Yesterday spent the day with Tai and the Cheapies. Met for awesome Dimsum and stuffed our selves silly, then got lost attempting to avoid the rain by navigating to the downstairs Starbucks. Tai and Ton ran and screamed and played, Mo napped heavily in the ergo carrier.

Finally took a taxi home as the rain wouldn't stop, then took a loooooong late nap and woke just in time for dinner.