Hele mandarine

I found a recepi of pancake with vegitables and Simon loves it.
野菜たっぷりパンケーキが最近志門のお気に入りです。



And mandarine as always.

Sleepy Lion

On of my friend gave me a knitting yarns to make a lion cap for baby.
My mother kindly made it and sent it to us.

磯からライオン帽子手作りキットを貰ったので、元編み物講師（お母さん）に作ってもらいました★





1 hour later...

Little cleaning man

Simon enjoyed using roller.
He was very happy when he used it on my legs even though I insisted my legs were not dirty!

コロコロで遊ぶ志門。
「そこは汚くない」と言っても私の足にローラーをかけて喜んでいました（笑）

Farmor

My grandma passed away on 4th of Jan 2012.

She was able to live until 89 years old even though she had cardiac infarction, lung cancer, and liver cancer etc.
She preferred taking care of someone to being taken cared by someone and she was a hard worker.

Since I was the only female grandchild, she could buy a piano and Kimono for me.
She always taught me the names of flowers and stars, walking together when I was small.
I fell sorry that I cannot play piano well now and cannot remember the names of flowers and stars.
But anyway, I remember that she did a lot for me and I appreciated it a lot.

We had Buddhism ceremonies on 5th and 6th only with families and relatives at grandma's will and prayed for the souls of her.

1月4日、父方の祖母が他界しました。
心筋梗塞や肺がん、肝臓がんなどを患いつつも、89歳まで頑張ってくれました。

そろばんの送り迎えをしてくれながら、花の名前や星の名前を教えてくれたこと、旅行に連れていってもらったこと、着物やピアノを買ってもらったことなどが走馬灯のように思い出されます。
今はピアノもうまく弾けないし、花の名前もあまり覚えていないことがなんだか申し訳ないですが、かわいがってもらったことに感謝し、世話好きで、勤勉だった祖母の冥福をお祈りしたいと思います。





My brother taking a photo of Simon


Left: Grandma's sisiter, looks like young grandma!

Friend's baby

We visited one of my old friends and her baby on 3rd of Jan.
Her baby, Yushi was almost same size as Simon when he was born.
I felt it was long time ago when Simon was small like him.

3日は澤の赤ちゃん、結至（ゆうし）君を見に、八尾の実家にお邪魔しました♪
久々にほやほやの赤ちゃんを抱いて、ちょっと緊張したけどかわいかった(^^)

New years day

We celebrated the new year at my grandma's place.

My grandma was in hospital and she was able to come home for 2 days.

We usually have breakfast and lunch at the room where the family Buddhist altar is placed.
This year, we stayed at 1st floor for my grandma.

Otoso:
It is a special beverage of sweetened sake flavored with herbs. After exchanging New Year's greetings, family members drink otoso as a solemn rite.

Chopstick covers made by Meiko's aunt

Dance lesson

We have a regular music program on TV in the evening on 31st of Dec.
(this song is not Japanese music but Korean music)
I'm not sure if the instructor is appropriate or not.. :p

紅白を見ながらダンス★
思わずお母さんを映してしまいました（笑）


＞水野さん（お母さんの友達）
お楽しみいただけましたでしょうか。
今年もよろしくお願いいたします。