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October has been a weird month. Going home and taking care of family stuff was hard. I’ve been able to talk to people about my trip home but on a more superficial level. I try not to think too much about it because it’s hard on me especially since I’m so far away from my family when I’m in Tokyo. Plus, the most common question I get asked by everyone who knew that I left Tokyo abruptly is “Is everything okay?” and I don’t know how to answer that question because I don’t know if everything is or will be okay. It’s also been aRead More →

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September was suppose to be a good month with E going back to school and our usual family rhythm returns to normal after a very long summer. I had posts started about some of our summer activities and various other things. Then life happened. And not the good kind of stuff. I will be away for a little bit while I take care of a family emergency back in the US. And it’s not going to be a good trip. September has turned into quite the crappy month.Read More →

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“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014.” K imitates E all the time these days. She doesn’t even have to know or understand why E does the stuff she does, if she can imitate, she will imitate 🙂  My mind and my emotions are all over the place right now so I will refrain from writing too much today. So much going on and so much change that it’s hard to grasp it all at once.Read More →

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It’s that time of the year again when E goes back to school. This year is our last year at this school before she starts elementary school next April. Elementary school! NEXT APRIL!!! Seriously, how did that happen so fast? It was a lot easier taking a first day of school photo this year since we have better lighting at home and she’s much more cooperative than in the past. Here she is this year 🙂 I never got to share last year’s photo on the blog but she’s grown so much in the span of one year. This was her last year on theRead More →

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“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014.” One of the rare photos with me in it, though I guess it’s more of a selfie with the kids. This was taken right before bedtime when both girls were refusing to settle down. K is always amused when she sees herself on the iPhone camera and E just loves to be in pictures. E also has a bruise on the top of her upper lip from when K swing a toy lamp at her face. It happened so fast and so randomly too. After a night of crying and sleep, E seemsRead More →

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enjoying a much deserved coffee break (even at 10pm). watching a really weird tv show with Jason about a real live unsolved crime in Japan. listening to my kids fighting when they should be going to bed. making a blog post! feeling very tired after a very long summer with the kids home from school. planning on all the projects I can work on now that the school year starts from tomorrow on. loving the day we had today when we invited a few of our good friends over for a playdate/lunch. It’s always a lot of fun to be with people who are easyRead More →

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This summer, one of the things I really wanted to do was spend a bit more solo time with E since I know it’s been hard on her ever since K became more possessive of me. So I put K into daycare a few more days every month so that I can go out and do things with E without constantly getting distracted by her baby sister. One of the things E really wanted to do with our mommy-and-me time was to go to the Lego Discovery Center in Odaiba. Prior to this summer, we went at most twice since we didn’t like being inRead More →

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“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014.” We have been buying some 2nd hand furniture from a friend who is moving soon. The kids are really enjoying the new furniture in the house and making good use of them 🙂 Summer is coming to a close and E will be going back to school again in September. A good friend of ours and her family will also be leaving Japan in the next few weeks. It’s as if the change in season is bringing a whole bunch of other changes. On one hand, I can’t wait for summer to endRead More →