Nurekabe

Medama oyaji

Oh Japan

Keeping it real

Girl with ikuradon and daikon oden

Boy fell asleep on the train

I am sensing a pattern here...

Gegege no kitaro train!

One man train

Driver does it all himself; no conductor, no station agents. Also note that the schedule is written TO THE SECOND.

dinner

Tamazukuri Onsen

Honden

Omikuji

Be good to your wife, succeed in business, find what you lost. This year you will succeed, after much trial and effort. Stick with it

Izumo Taisha!

Girl gets 3dan udon

Boy fell asleep on the bus.

Travelling in style

On the Sunrise Izumo

Sunrise izumo

Sleeper train!

Practicing backwards skating

dinner between meetings

5 kids in a tent

Watching YouTube on iPad

Neighbors came over to play

Three boys (and a baby sister) , including Ton's classmate, live downstairs and came up to play

Boy's house is done

gingerbread houses

not as easy as it looks...

Stamp rally done!

Play date with Kaito

2014-nengajyo

Boy cleaning

He is in the zone.

Secret hiding place

Best 20 bucks ever spent.

Icecream!

Ikea lunch

This is a carrot.

In the kotatsu

boy and his faithful steed

the boys

the girls

Path to the future...

Hatsumode

summoning the power of the lord

or something

ikebana skillz

Boy vs. Sausage

Winner: boy

Cooking... Ham?

Ton slicing daikon

Big girl, big knife.

Drying daikon

Slicing daikon with jiji

Mo slicing daikon

Sharp knife, sharp boy.

Kotatsu chillax

cowboy eating curry

Pulling daikon

Big harvest from jiji batake!

cowboys?

daikon!

teamwork

pulling daikon

Mochi machine

Ton eating fresh mochi

Ton in the kotatsu eating fresh mochi with nori, kinako, and shoyu.

Mochi machine in action

momo doing hair for ton

momo all grown up!