All the live long day....

'Roki would like to favour you with a particular favourite he has been practising of late.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the vocal talents and choreographical prowess of HIROKI with "I've Been Working On the Railroad"
Take it away, 'Roki....

Reading Festival

English, French, Japanese...he flits between them without a thought.
Enjoy him reading the Hotcake Book....

Better late...

Roki must have picked this up on his travels because we don't remember teaching him...

Roki and his Great Grandparents

Harvest

Roki and Uncle Non Non

Oji-chan

(Thank you Kazunori for this picture)

Nagano

The Tokyo area is unpleasantly hot and humid at this time of year so we took a short break up in the mountains of Nagano Prefecture visiting Roki's Great-Grandparents.

"VERY COLD!!"

Hanabi - Summer Fireworks Festival

Travelling is nice, but it's always great to get home and take the Pooh Car out for a spin..

Roki was happy to enjoy the fireworks with Grandma and Grandpa. I think they missed him too.

Cousins

Elliot and Hiroki managed to grab some time to play together. Both are quite strong willed so exactly who should hold the pencil was a bit of an issue.

Intercultural Exchange

The Next Day

The Wedding Day - Asnieres sur Oise

Congratulations, Adam and Issy. You make a fantastic couple. We had a great day. Thankyou.

Paris

Paris

We spent a day in Paris. The weather was fantastic. We got a chance to practice French and English

The nearest these two get to Seine...

Roki recreating the enigmatic smile

Making short work of Mummy's hi-jacked ice cream

Roki's conversation starter is to proffer the bear and frankly intone "Pooh-san". No more needs to be said. It is the international language of friendship.

Going to France

On a 12 hour flight to Paris for Adam and Issy's Wedding, we were happy that Finding Nemo was something Roki could enjoy. We were doubly lucky as the flight wasn't full so he got a seat all to himself.

Silly Roki. Silly Daddy.