dinner finally
Originally uploaded by renfield
hanging on slide
hanging on slide
Originally uploaded by renfield
Finally got video uploads working again on Flickr so I've uploaded a number of videos from the past month. Check out the indestructible Tonchan dangling inches from sudden death at the top of The Green Slide! Watch her eat icecream! Drink a soy chai latte talk at the same time (unsucessfully!) Abuse a stuffed animal! Sing to a toy bus!
pre-fighting donuts
pre-fighting donuts
Originally uploaded by renfield
The ladies enjoy some healthy snackage before an hour of dojo torture
Ukulele - She don't use jelly - The Flaming Lips
A classic song...done on ukulele. This is what the internet is for.
one for daboo
one for daboo
Originally uploaded by renfield
Across from the dojo is a store that sells nothing but foldy bikes
her latest goofy face
her latest goofy face
Originally uploaded by renfield
no idea how she came up with this one, but she does it all the time now
new year's
Spent a couple days back at the homestead in Ibaraki for New Year's.
It was of course freezing cold; colder inside the house than outside (outside there is sunlight.)
Spent most of the time buried under the kotatsu, eating and watching bad television.
And eating. And eating.
Went over to the Big House (honke) and the Third House (sanshitsu) and played with Hanachan, who is a year older than Tonchan.
Also played with Jiji a bunch, said hello to dead Jiisan a number of times (she liked putting out the incense candle and ringing the bell), and ate a bunch of cookies, sweets, crackers, and snacks.
It was of course freezing cold; colder inside the house than outside (outside there is sunlight.)
Spent most of the time buried under the kotatsu, eating and watching bad television.
And eating. And eating.
Went over to the Big House (honke) and the Third House (sanshitsu) and played with Hanachan, who is a year older than Tonchan.
Also played with Jiji a bunch, said hello to dead Jiisan a number of times (she liked putting out the incense candle and ringing the bell), and ate a bunch of cookies, sweets, crackers, and snacks.
player piano
player piano
Originally uploaded by renfield
Accompanied by some Russian (?) kid. Was playing jazz so nobody noticed their random key banging.
sleepy
After a full day of walking around and shopping in Shibuya, Harajiku, and Omotesando, Tonchan skipped her nap.
As soon as she finished dinner she started to fall asleep in her chair.
harajuku swing
harajuku swing
Originally uploaded by renfield
she doesnt really like swinging but if another kid is having fun she wants to do it too.
vacation day 1: failure
First day off of work and Tonchan off of school; the start of a great adventure in father-daughter bonding...failed utterly. Tonchan and P had a bit of a stomach thing last week and now it was my turn. Went out a bit in the morning and then by the time we met P for lunch I was feeling miserable. Took a taxi home and Tonchan passed out. Got home and we both napped for an hour. Tonchan woke up screaming for mama and I could barely crawl into the bedroom and die on the futon, so I had to call P and have her come home early.
Slept all day, all night, and all day again. Feels like the flu -- achy joints, cold and shivery but hot, not hungry at all. Also feels like exactly what I had last year around New Year's. Would prefer this to not be an annual event.
Hopefully will be ok tomorrow and Tonchan and I can go check out the Kids Castle or something fun...assuming she can tolerate being with me all day without mom!
Slept all day, all night, and all day again. Feels like the flu -- achy joints, cold and shivery but hot, not hungry at all. Also feels like exactly what I had last year around New Year's. Would prefer this to not be an annual event.
Hopefully will be ok tomorrow and Tonchan and I can go check out the Kids Castle or something fun...assuming she can tolerate being with me all day without mom!
yoshida x-mas party 2008
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Originally uploaded by renfield
The yearly event that is the Yoshida X-Mas Party was a fine event as always. Plenty of good food and lots of other kids for the Tonchabeast to make mayhem with!
who pooped on the carpet?
who pooped on the carpet?
Originally uploaded by renfield
There comes a time in every parent's life when your kid goes running around the apartment post-bath naked, has diarrhea, and tears down the hall into the bedroom leaving a stinky messy trail. At least she grabbed some tissues to help clean up afterwards.
choco from the choco scone
choco from the choco scone
Originally uploaded by renfield
She only eats the chocolate chips out of the scone.
bonenkai
bonenkai girls
Originally uploaded by renfield
Had the first of several Bonenkai (end of year) parties.
This one was with Hoho, one of our new graddies joining next year, and her college buddy.
Bonenkai literally means "forget the year" and there is plenty about 2008 I'd like to forget!
happy 2nd birthday tonchan!
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Originally uploaded by renfield
Miri catered and Yuika and friends came over to celebrate Tonchan's 2nd birthday.
swing!
swing!
Originally uploaded by renfield
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.
subway
subway
Originally uploaded by renfield
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.
Slide!...Where you going?
Slide!...Where you going?
Originally uploaded by renfield
On the slide at Arisugawa Park...and then, off she goes!
new clothes
new clothes
Originally uploaded by renfield
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.
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