Thursday, January 31, 2013

The day after Aki's birthday

Watched the movie "Red Balloon" while holding onto his red balloon!

As always we let the balloons go into the sky.



Opened more presents. This one is from Aunt Mio. Aki ate all the pieces of hungry caterpillar puzzle pieces.

This one is from Jijibaba. Learning toy with sounds and pictures!

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Aki's 2nd Birthday!!


We invited Aki'd best friends, Milo and Lulu's family to the party!



Mama had so much fun making this banana train cake for Aki.

Oden party!

Fried gobo, sansai rice balls, steamed clams, hakusai pickles as side dishes. Kids seemed to like the dinner!
Aki was so excited to have his friends over!

Everyone helped opening presents.

Papa gave Aki the biggest animal book I've ever seen.

Many moments of fighting over new toys!!! Crying, hitting, pulling hair... Aki is definitely going through the terrible two! So hard to share his toys right now.

Aki seemed mesmerized by the cake with candles.

So tempting... and watch the video below for what happened?! Notice Aki started singing the song.



Saori & Lulu sharing the cake.

They are our family in Portland for sure.

Papa became the DJ and Aki danced his ass off!

We marked everyone's height at the end. Lulu the tallest, Milo next, and Aki the shortest.

Yuri and Saori are awesome moms and my best friends :-) Thank you papa, ocho & P-nut, grandparents, friends, neighbors, food, the sun, the earth... for the love shared with Aki.






24 months old - Night before 2nd Birthday


23 months old - Counting in Japanese


23 months old - Twinkle Stars Song


Aki loves to dance!








Sunday, January 27, 2013

Sunday Family Nature Walk

Papa pointed out the footmarks of a beaver by the river.

Natural toddler bouncer!

Aki walked Ocho & P-nut (until he got frustrated by the leash...)

We had a fun day!

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Friday, January 18, 2013

Mt. Hood

Papa took Aki to the Mt. Hood! It was Aki's very first real experience with lots of snow!


Aki told me this is mama...


Saturday, January 12, 2013

Big happy party day!

First we went to Milo's 2nd birthday party.

Then we went to Tripper & Chelsea's wedding!

Congrats Tripper!



Aki was there to make sure Greg made his speech right :-)

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Lulu & Milo

Lulu came to visit! They watched a short animation about air planes together.



Friday, January 4, 2013

Kids Dance Party



Aki just wanted to hang out with Milo!

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Painting

Learning to use water and paint alternately.

Very nice...

Ok... Stop!!!