Hanging out with my favorite peeps.
Magnolia gazing at Mosswood park.
We picked up some puzzles at the Reuse Center and Emma spends her days working on them.
Made a little mouse to play with Lowly Worm. Not yet stuffed but does have a cute little flower basket. Emma loves this Richard Scarry craft book!
Our house is full of books and we can always be found reading. maiki prefers the digital copies and Emma Clover likes the ones with pictures. I enjoy reading very much but every spare moment I am reading to Clover. Lately she has been asking me to read to her more and more often and her favorites have been the easy reader chapter books like Little Bear and Frog & Toad. In addition to lots of books we also have magnet letters and an alphabet puzzle that she plays with all the time, and now its all starting to click for her. Its such an exciting time because she is recognizing that these symbols stand for letters and numbers that one can read. We were given a Sandra Boynton board book and I read it to her a couple of times. Now she reads its aloud, and of course she memorized the words but she “reads” it in a left to right format. The other day we went to the Rose Garden and she discovered that there are plaques on the benches that are full of letters. She excitedly showed me our letters in every single one. E for Emma, M for maiki and S for Susan! On the walk home she could not help herself noticing that the world is covered with signs and letters and words to read.
It was so nice to have Justin visiting last week. We had some fun times. ^_^
I always chuckle when I see this picture because the girls behind me thought I was photographing some cute strangers since they didn’t know we were together.
We took BART and walked to Japantown in San Francisco.
We stayed at Hotel Tomo. Both the elevator and our room had this really cool mural.
The room was cozy and colorful. We did our best to share the big king sized bed.
The hotel cafe also had a cool mural.
We ate a lot of great places on our trip. Emma loves to eat udon noodles!
We looked around in lots of different shops. We got Sakura pastels, a furoshiki wrapping cloth and a bucket hat. A little something for each one of us!
We had tea service at Crown and Crumpet. Emma ended up getting apple cider that was served with whipped cream. I would love to make that at home. <3
Afterwards we were happy and full from tea, sweets and little sandwiches. It was all so good!
Rainy afternoon but it did not affect our plans at all.
Walking on Fillmore Street.
A book in Kinokuniya, about Truck Furniture in Osaka, Japan.
Shopping for clothes with maiki in Sou Sou.
Checking out and going home.
Picked up a Christmas cake for home. Every good trip is all about the food and this time we ate like kings. Would definitely go back to Dosa and Udon Mugizo!!!
We met an iguana named Spike.
Family picnic in the garden.
Emma and some fish at the museum.
Showing papa the birds’ eggs.
Making flat pennies to add to our collection.
We celebrated in the sun as it was finally not raining this weekend. We had great times going to the Farmers’ Market, picnic at the garden, visiting the Oakland Museum, listening to live jazz and bringing home treats from a bakery in Chinatown. At home we watched Sleepy Hollow as Clover slept and viewed the hilarious and heart breaking documentary of Trevor Noah, a South African comic and his first one man show. The film is called You Laugh But Its True and its so wonderful. It was a very cathartic experience as I cried and laughed and felt like the world was going to be a little bit brighter now that he is in it and sharing his unique point of view.