Floating Lantern @ Chidorigafuchi

We participated in the lantern floating at Chidorigafuchi yesterday. We wrote messages on the lantern with wishes for peace. I healed by the messages drawn by daughters. A lot of people worked hard to make the world peaceful, and sometimes…

new life again ♡

Many days have passed since my last post and my princesses have grown more beautiful. In 2023, LU becoms 13 years old and LI becomes 5years old. In these 2 years there ware many various events for us, however, the most remarakable was the …

the last summer day

Today is the last day of LU's summer vacation! We went to Marunouchi Street Park for lunch. There were table tennis tables, "street Piano", and so on..STREET PARK is held regularly, but every time makes me excited. After taking a walk, we …

new life ♡

We have moved at the end of May, and our new life has started. This moving was to make a wonderful childhood memory for LU&LI and to spent days a rich life while enjoying the growth of them. The new house has a large balcony and I could pr…

Christmas 2020

Christmas trees in my town. The best is. .. the tree appreciates health workers contributing to care patients suffering from COVID 19. I‘ve never seen such a considerate tree. May the miracle of Christmas fill your heart with warmth and lo…

the new lunch box

Today, LU is going to go social study tour with her classmates.This is the first time for her to have such classes outside the classroom in this year, because all studies tour were canceled due to covid19. So, LU has so excited from last w…

calm afternoon

How beautiful it is! The park is in autumn color. LU has been into photography since she got the camera as her 10th birthday present.The subject is of course her adorable sister! I plan to go to camera schools with LU.May her new hobby en…

Higashi Gyoen

We continue to enjoy visiting various parks every weekend. we went to the Higashi Gyoen for the first time in a long time today.We arrived to spacious Honmaru square after we went through the Oote gate.The weather was nice and the lawn was…

Indian summer

It's autumn. There are many sunny days on weekends, We try to go to the park as much as possible to enjoy this beautiful season. "Ojima Komatsugawa Park" Giant athletic! I can’t believe there is such a wonderful park in central Tokyo. We a…

little autumn

Harvest has come in our little garden, too. Okra. Cant’t Okra be picked up a single per stem?I surprised for its unreasonability. I always eat many okuras at once.. Perilla. We couldn’t eat enough, as the leaves got thicker because of the …

harvest season

LU had a harvest experience at a farmhouse in Chiba. When I was a kid, my dad rented a field nearby my parents’ house to glow vegetables. I used to go the field with my father for plowing the field, planting seeds, picking away worms, in e…

for balancing

Telework is going as well. I can do housework smoothly among telework, and meet LU when she comes home after school...I tihink sometimes it's perfect work-life balance!but, sometimes, I feel a little pessimistic, and wonder if my life will…

the sea in Odaiba

This summer, we have difficult to feel like summer than usual.Still now, I want to go to the sea in this summer,like usual, since I was born in summer and raised in Yokohama where near by the sea. There are few beach in ​​Tokyo, in additio…

Marunouchi Nakadori

I love cycling around Marunouchi Nakadori so much. Marunouchi Nakadori street is surrounded with trees along both sides of the street, and provides us a relaxing time as if we stay in forests. The display on the street are changed every se…

summer

It's August. It's bocome hotter and hotter, and the sun sets slowly,,,it's just summer! I feel excited, but it's very difficult to do summer events this summer.I think it depends on parents' skills if their children can enjoy summer. By th…

Four consecutive holidays

I went to Wadakurafunsui Park.How beautiful it is.. Quoted from: https://fng.or.jp/koukyo/place/historical/ruins-gaien/wadakurafountainpark The structure of the park, combined with the OHORI and the greenery of the Imperial Palace, is just…

kitty pools

Hot days continue. I wanted daughters feel summer more, set pools in balcony. I prepared one for LU and one for LI, but LU &LI played together.LU and LI had a splash in kitty pools and enjoyed so much. The outside of the balcony is "concre…

Sunday

The balcony seat, my work space in weekdays, is used for Lu's study space in weekends. Coexistence of a nursery student and an elementary student is difficult. LI wants to watch Anpanman TV all the time, the other hand, LU, needs to study …

Cherry

Early summer fruit, cherries. My family has been a fruit lover for generations, so, I order seasonal fruits to orchards around Japan for each season. Warm red color, heart-shaped. I will be healed just by looking! Sato Nishiki Benisyuho Be…

harvest

We harvested baby leaves on Sunday.About only 3 weeks after planting?They grew a lot and have become a full-fledged baby. I heard that it is better to thin seedlings in order to grow them more, however, they was so cute that I couldn't.Sti…

sprouting ♡

This morning, I went to the balcony to water the plants... There were Okura sprouts. The sprouts has grown at early evening. It's been only 3 days since I planted, I felt their amazing power! 今朝、植物に水をやろうとベランダに行くと、、、 …

gardening

Telework has made me spend all day at home.Now, it's all on the balcony.Therefore, I'm trying to enrich my life! My father used to grow vegetables when I was a child.He worked at a company in the central of Tokyo, but he rented a field of …

STAY HOME③

Mytelework continues. A chairs and a table have arrived! I researched them at IKEA store the other day. I spend most of the time on the balcony after Lu & Li go to their school.I haven't been able to go out for my work, but I feel like I …

IKEA

We went to IKEA! !! blue & yellow!!Just looking at the building makes me excited. Is it after 12 years. This is the first IKEA for LU. I like Scandinavian furniture and goods and have bought them several times at IKEA.Scandinavian furnitur…

stay home ②

Work from home continues. When I gave birth to LU and LI, I returned to work in a few months,This is the first time I have been at home for such long time with my children. So,we are working on improving our house On this occasion! The fir…

return to Tokyo

We returned to Tokyo at the begining of June. LI goes to the nursery every day.LU goes to the elementary school 2 days a week, but she comes home at noon. So, when there is no school, LU takes LI to the nursery with me! LI's nursery is the…

goods for STAY HOME ①

I think that everyone is making various efforts in order to have a fun and comfortable STAY HOME. I bought a waffle maker ! LU and I love waffles.I've always wanted to enjoy waffles at home, so I finally bought it! In addition to waffles, …

park paradise

On Sunday, we went to a new park far from home.I used to visit there with my little brother only once when I was a child. I remember that we played sliding down the slope of a gentle hill using cardboard, but I found a large playground equ…

work life balance

I was busy with work today and stayed in my room all day long. Since telework started due to Coronavirus, I've not able to keep good time balance between for work and family at all. For my baby daughter, LI, who had to stay at home all day…

beautiful day

It has been a nice day since morning. I took my girls to the park at lunch time. There were only my girls in the park today,too. The girls played with playground equipments in the park! I have loved this park since I was a kid and have man…