Yuri's Birthday

Sooo excited to celebrate Yuri's birthday! Yuri wanted to stay home, eat Soymilk Hotpot(豆乳鍋), and watch her favorite movie ET together. And Aki and mama get to sleep over at her house!

Milo is giving Yuri a happy birthday kisses

Mama made a tofu chocolate pie for Yuri(and her baby inside). It turned out to be a bit too rich for a preggy lady and toddlers, but they were too nice to let it pass... it became the very first introduction of chocolate to Aki and Milo... They seemed to like alright.

Happy Birthday Yuri!

This is our version of Peace sign.

The cutest little beings changed in the cutest pajamas!

We are ready to watch ET! Nice'n cozy

We couldn't finish watching ET last night and went to bed. In the next morning, the first thing on Aki's mind was to play with Milo's awesome train set.

They shared pretty well compared to the past and had lots of fun!

these little people are non stop and ready to move onto the next activity, clay making!

Made with flour, water, salt, cream of tartar, food coloring, and oil.

So much fun!

It's been a while for Milo and Aki to play together alone like this because we don't do baby sit exchanges at each other's houses since their school started. We kind of missed that time...

Nice to be here

Our visit was over all relaxing and intimate.

We had a great time!

Thanks for letting us celebrate your special day, Yuri.

Old School DJ Aki

Papa brought our old record player and Aki loved playing with it. He spun his trains and little friends over and over. The funnies thing he put on for parents was the cassette tape. Such a great concept!

Puddle Rider

His rain boots are SOAKED WET inside and out!

Trains

Aki has been really into playing with his trains and train tracks.

A little clay people ride on the trains and papa made a massive tunnel.

Fun Clay Tool

Couch Time with Friends

Dinner at Yuri's

Yuri invited us to her tempura dinner! Yum!!!

We are like a family :)

Pheonix Class Room at New Day School

This is Aki's Pheonix Class Room at New Day School

This is the awesome co-op grocery shop "People's" near his school.

We often have snacks here before going home :)

Clay Making

First time making clay! Saori and Lucius came over to have fun with us.

Ended with a nice picnic in the yard!

Art Class with Milo

Silas' Skatepark

Our dream came true today! We got invited to visit Silas' skate park. We saw him skate like a champ right in front of our eyes in his awesome park that he and his friends built. He was so nice and skated with Aki. We all had a blast! Thank you so much Silas, Yuri, Milo and Kip for the kind invitation.

 

31 months old - A Phone Call

31 months old - Amusement Park

Here we are again at the Oaks Park. Aki had so much fun other day and he wanted to come back. This place is only open for the summer, so mama was nice enough to take him again for the very last time for this year. Aki found his favorite ride ever as you can see his excitement in the movie above!

Nice thing about Oaks Park is that it right next to Willamette River. At the end of the day we saw a nice sunset and wound down to go home.

Can I use it?

Aki insisted to ask a kid who had a big electric car in the park if he can let Aki to ride it.  Mama didn't think he would let him, but actually he did! Never hurt to ask, I guess. Aki is brave.

31 months old - Slide!

We went to Chapman Elementary school to see swifts gather inside the chimney at dusk. There is a perfect hill for sliding with cardboard. Aki tried it for the first time and absolutely loved it!

 

We met our friend Piper, who has the same birthday in the same year as Aki.

All the black dots are the swifts. There were hundreds of them!