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“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014.” These two kids are just so sweet. Jason had just gotten home and we were talking about something when we realized the kids were being really quiet. We looked over and saw them together like that and I just had to get a photo. 🙂 This month has been crazy so far. It’s the last month before the older kids leave for elementary school in April so the school tries to cram a whole bunch of activity before they leave. E’s school is an international school and follows the standard September to JuneRead More →

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“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014.” Despite the 4 year age gap, there are times when both E and K play well together. Especially now that K is older, more mobile, and less fragile, you’ll often find these two monkeys wrestling with one another playfully. Today is Hina Matsuri, or Girls’ Day, in Japan. Traditionally, people put out these beautiful doll sets for display and prepare pretty looking food to celebrate this day. We don’t own any of the dolls since they are expensive and I find them a little creepy (well all dolls tend to creep me out).Read More →

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“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014.” K really loves it when E plays with her and showers her with attention. Sometimes, they would be off on our bed playing and talking with each other, which I find really adorable. I just hope they continue having a close relationship while growing up.  These past two weeks have been busy. I’m not sure why I’m always so busy but time slips by so fast that I never really know where it all goes. I’m pretty sure having the girls’ birthdays being only 2 weeks apart help complicate things a tad bitRead More →

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“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014.” We are not morning people and our kids have followed in our footsteps. E and K woke up a little early on Saturday and were still in a zombie state while watching morning cartoons and having a morning snack as Jason and I got ready for the day.   I realized that I am behind by a week on this project. There really isn’t any schedule or anything but being off a week throws me off when I have to go through my photos. Hopefully this will get me back on track. AnotherRead More →

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“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014.” Last weekend, we had a fantastic snowstorm in Tokyo. We played outside for a while but ultimately, it was too cold for us so we went back home. The kids still wanted to play with snow, so Jason scooped up buckets of snow from outside and dumped it into our bathroom for them to enjoy. They were having too much fun throwing snow at the walls and ceiling. Ah, the fun of snow in the comforts of home.  This week has been a busy week. Mostly because E had no school half theRead More →

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“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014.” K is quite the climber these days but she isn’t completely fearless and would start crying the minute she realized she’s stuck. E was feeling a bit under the weather but didn’t want to rest in her room so she slept out on the couch. Last week, both K and E had tummy problems. E threw up at school and had to come home early. We had her stay home the next day to rest and she was ready to go back on Wednesday. We’re not sure what caused her to throw upRead More →

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“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014.”   K really loves to eat baby puffs and has learned to eat them from a bowl. E enjoys helping her out by putting more puffs in her bowl for her. This was before K decided she wanted to turn her bowl upside down and pour the snacks out. I just wanted to wish everyone a happy Lunar New Year! We’ve had a busy day today, one that I will share in a later post since it deserves a post of its own. But it was a day of celebration with wonderful friendsRead More →

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“A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2014.” This week I have separate portraits of the girls, both of them on the only couch that we own in our little living room. K’s portrait is taken during the weekday when we are home together. She’s always crawling around without pants even though it’s cold in the apartment. E’s portrait was taken on the weekend after we got home from brunch. She’s wearing a Cinderella-like dress around the apartment a lot on the weekends. These days, K is super active and interactive with us. She’s also got a lot of opinions forRead More →