- New jeans
- Cherry Blossoms starting to bloom.
- Good weather forecast for the weekend.
- Shun`s project been over and him mailing to say he will be home by 10pm tonight. WOOT!
- Seeing my brother and Gemma- looking forward to having them back with us next week too.
- Meeting Heather from Shinshu life- oh an her girls too. And seeing Cassie and Nana as always.
- Meeting a new friend today (Hi Stephanie!) and making plans to do an English playgroup for kiddies on this side of Chiba!
- Yummy spinach and mince lasange for lunch.
- Jolly Jumper.
- Cleaning out closet and hanging everything up PROPERLY.
- Making lists of things I need to do (although should stop writing lists and actually DO the things on the list)
- Celebrating Noah`s 100 days old event- I like that we are giving him a lot of Japanese traditions in his life too.
- Elmo legwarmers (for Noah, not me!)
- Knowing that my friend Nay will have her baby in her arms VERY soon! So excited to meet baby N!
- Co-op delivery service- received our first shipment Monday and it was great!
- Finally catching up on all the blogs in my reader (well overdue!)
- Lots of presents for me and Noah from my brother and my mum (which my brother brought over)- a charm for my pandora, make-up, three summer tops/dresses, toys for Noah, dvds for Noah, jolly jumper and more!
- Cuddles with my little koala munchkin.
- ALmost daily skype chats with my mum.
- Easter eggs! Cadbury Creme Eggs especially!
- Eyeshadow!
- Day trip to Hakone- exhausting but a lot of fun! Loved the Open Air Museum!
Oh and so much more but it is 9:40pm and I am still awake and still have things to do!!!
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I am just a twenty something Aussie girl living in Chiba, Japan with my Japanese husband trying to make sense of the crazy Japanese world we live in! We welcomed our first son in December 2009 (Noah) and a second son in January 2011, 2 months premature (Shion). I am working hard at raising them to be confident, bilingual, happy kids!
Where did you get Elmo legwarmers?? My two are crazy about Elmo.
I wanna know where you hung the jolly jumper so you’d fit in it….. ;P
It was great to meet you two, too.
A great loooong list this week- happy times!
Oh yay for all you presents! Especially the pandora charm! My sister is supposed to give me one as a belated birthday present! I’m excited! I haven’t bought any new ones since June last year!
Gina: I got them at a shop in Isetan in Kichijoji. But I have seen other seasame street stuff around at Lalaport out this way and in other department store kiddie shops so will keep an eye out and buy some for your kids If I see some more! They say they fit til age 3 but I am not sure they would fit James?!? Let me know if you find some yourself too!
Heather- HAHA! I had a hard enough finding a doorway in our place for NOAH to use it! My brother is 6ft2 and hits his head everytime he goes into his room, the kitchen or the bathroom. Our place was built 39 years ago but was reformed inside- except the doorways it seems. HAHA!
Very long list this week- lots making me thankful and happy!
Katie M: Just counted and I have 9 charms! Shun bought it for me originally with 2 charms but then we moved back to Japan and he didn`t realize he wouldnt be able to get them here SOOOOO my family sends them for special occasions. The most recent was a chick popping out of an egg to signify easter and new life (Noah!). I love mine and wear it pretty much constantly but need to start taking it off when I give Noah a bath because when I flipped him over the other day one of the charms had left a little indent in his skin the poor mite!
The elmo leg warmers sound really really cute!! Next time I am at lalaport I am going to have to check and see if I can find some as well. It’s funny when I first decided to do a sesame street themed nursery there was NO stuff available here in Japan but now it’s in abundance!!
I have an easter egg in the fridge mum sent me – we are trying to keep it until Sunday… it’s been difficult though!!
Sounds like you have had a really great week
Lots of things to make you smile about!! YAY!
Yeah, I have seen a few Elmo things here, but I doubt whether leg warmers for 3yr olds would actually fit Alexa either. Both my kids have sumo thighs. Unbelieveably, they still have those cute baby rolls. Thanks for the offer though.