Ready to Crawl!

お腹を上げて、一生懸命はいはいの練習をしています。もう少しだ！

Art Exhibition-国展

今 日は上野の美術館にＨｉｒｏの曾おじいちゃんの絵を見に行ってきました。Ｈｉｒｏにとっては初めての東京。電車の中では機嫌がよくてもしゃべってうるさい し、泣いたらもっとひどいのでなかなか大変。ＨｉｒｏにはＡＲＴはまだ早かったようで、美術館ではずっと寝てました。体重が１０ｋｇになりました！
Ｗｅ went to see Hiro's great-grandfather 's painting in a museum in Ueno, Tokyo. It was Hiro's first trip to Tokyo. It was too early for Hiro to enjoy art, so he was sleeping all the time! He weighs 10 kgs now!

Messy Hiro

離乳食は一日二回になり、最近たんぱく質もはじめました。Ｈｉｒｏは相変わらず何でもよく食べます。今日のメニューはかぼちゃとサツマイモのおかゆ、キャベツと鶏ひき肉のスープ、ヨーグルト、麦茶です。大体いつもこんな感じかな。いいメニューがあったら教えてほしいです。
最近食べ物が口の中に入るとすぐに自分の手を入れるように、、、興味が あるってことかしら。でも、周りがすごくなっちゃうんだよな～。今日はＨｉｒｏの好きにさせちゃったのでかなり凄いことに、、、一度だめよって無理やり手 を出させたら、すごい怒って離乳食を拒否されました(T.T)今はさりげなく手を出させて食べさせてます。

Nursery Hunting

Auntie Sachie Visited!

Hiroki is 7 Months Old

Hiro is now almost crawling. He is developing a reach that a boxer would be proud of and his parents should be wary of.
It is almost time to start child-proofing everything. Either that or we are going shopping for a sturdy ball and chain.

Blibbleibbleibble!

I think this should set the seal on who is Boke and who is Tsukomi.
Take it away Hiro...

...and it's Goodnight from Him

In Japan a popular form of comedy is called Manzai. This is a double act very similar to those in the West in that there is a Straight Man (Boke) and a Funny Man (Tsukomi).

Just as in the West, a poor joke is condemned as "Corny", the Japanese say "Samui" (Cold) when the joke is old, predictable and not so funny.

Watch the video and decide who is Boke and who is Tsukomi. Shouldn't be too hard.
Can you come up with a suitable name for this double act? Be gentle please.

SAMUI DAAA!!

Hiro meets his Great Grandparents

Meet the Great Grandparents

We drove to the Nagano Mountains to visit Hiroki's Great Grandparents for the first time and to give my Mum a look at a different part of Japan. It was alot of fun for all. I even managed to make myself understood in my own odd brand of Japanese.

(Left to Right: Chiyo's Mum and Dad, HIROKI, Chiyo and Alex's Mum)

Ojichan with his Great Grandson.

No Cherry Blossom in Nagano yet. The snow is still on the ground and the ski runs are open.

Four Generations from Left to Right.