Old games with new friends

Oliver's Japanese is coming along so well. He can now communicate with his Japanese friends in Japanese! They were playing very basic old games I used to play when I was a kid - so cool!!

Daruma san ga koronda:









Hanaichi monme:

Bon Odori 2012

We went to our local Bon Odori festival. I wanted to dress up my boys but Luca was already asleep and Oliver was too excited seeing his cousins walking out the front door.

I was happy Matthew could be here to take Oliver there and enjoy a nice Japanese summer night :)







Compared to famous big festivals the kids games were much cheaper - all 100yen!









I even tried catching some goldfish!



What a lovely night we had - Happy holidays!

Birthday Present

It was Matthew's birthday today. Lucky we were all together on his special day.
I got Matthew this present. I have been looking for a nice wallet for him for a long time. I found the perfect one the other day!

He was pretty happy with it! (He told me the last one I gave him which he used up to this day was 12 years old!!!)



Happy Birthday My Dearest ♡ ♡ ♡

Birthday BBQ

We had a family BBQ to celebrate Hinata's 11th birthday in conjunction with Matthew's birthday which will be in two days.

When we built our house in Japan, we decided to get an extra section next door to make a nice backyard when we live here one day. We have been in Brunei for the last 5 years so to make it easier for everyone to look after it we just put down some gravel. So not too pretty greenery garden but at least we have our own space for all the family members to get together! Our family is getting pretty BIG!

Dad and Rua:



Our friend from Singapore - Shem joined us too:





The birthday boy Hinata with Runa:



The yummy food:



Luckily we have a relatively quiet street so the kids can run around:





Luca:



Yosuke was very happy after few beers:



Mum and Mako:



After a big feast the kids had lots of fireworks! Made them even happier!!









We had a very nice ice cream birthday cake (which I couldn't get a photo of - it was melting away so fast!) to finish this great family party :) Happy birthday boys!!

Wheels

The other day when we went for a walk to a park all the kids had different ride ons - how funny!

Runa on her unicycle:



Oliver on his scooter:



Hinata on a ray-board:



And Yuzuki on her princess bike:



Luca was in his buggy:



Once we got to the park Luca decided he just wanted to walk and walk and walk!





He is so stable - growing so much everyday!

Summer vegetables

Shinobu came home with this goodie box the other day - full of beautiful summer veges! Yum!

Full course haircut

The boys had a haircut today. Now Oliver tells me he needs a haircut. He tried the three course haircut this time.

Cut:






















Shampoo - this was something new!









And blow dry:





Big smile with a new haircut :)



Luca was very good too. He didn't need to sit on my lap. He sat there by himself like a big boy!