Sunday's guest

One of my old friend from elementary school visited us in the afternoon.

Simon is always happy to have a guest. Today, he was looking forward to having a smaller friend at home. His name is Yoji and he is one year and 9 months old.

 

昨日は二人目を出産して実家に帰省中の小学校時代の友達にばったり会い、

今日家に遊びに来てもらいました★

 

志門はお客さんが来るのが大好きで、「ピンポーン」となると大興奮で玄関にダッシュ。

今日は１歳９か月の陽士君と仲良く遊べました♪

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



SMØRREBRØD

いつもはビョァンが作った白パンを食べていますが、今日は私がライ麦パンを作ってみました★　

ライ麦パン（黒パン）は定番のデンマーク料理で、慣れるとハマる一品。

 

I made rugbrød last week and enjoyed smørrebrød.

I satisfied a lot with them though it was unfortunate that laverpostej was missing!

 

ニシンの酢づけ　ディル入り

小エビとランプフィッシュのキャビア

サバのトマト煮

 

 

 

 

 

パンばかり撮っていたら、「僕も撮って！」とアピールする志門・・・

As I took some photo of food, Simon wanted to get his photo taken.

 

 

Cooking Bjørn and Simon

 

 

 

3 års fødselsdag

It was Simon's 3 years old birthday on 9th of Feb.

 

We went to a department store together in the morning to buy Simon's favorite toy which was Dr. Yellow, a kind of Shinkansen.

 

While Simon was taking a nap, I prepared dinner and Bjørn made two cakes.

We had dinner together with Meiko though Susumu was in Tokyo for business.

 

2月9日、志門の3歳の誕生日

 

朝は好きなおもちゃを買いにデパートに行き、ドクターイエローのプラレールを買いました。

志門の昼寝中に私が晩御飯を作り、ビョァンがケーキを仕上げ、晩御飯はお母さんと一緒に★

 

注）　お父さんは東京出張のためやむなく不参加。決して不仲というわけではありません（笑）

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

グーチョキパー　ヌードショー

Visitors on Sunday

On sunday morning, one of my oldfriends visited us and we had lunch together.

Simon likes having a guest at home and he often pretend to be shy at first, though it seems he just wants to get attention.

 

日曜日―高校時代の友達の里誉が遊びに来てくれました★

お客さんが来ると大喜びの志門・・・最初は恥ずかしいふりをして部屋の隅で壁の方を向いてフリーズ。

里誉に「かわいい」と言ってもらえると「計算通り♪」という感じで壁におでこを付けながらにんまり笑っていました（笑）

 

 

 

 

After taking a nap, Simon played with ｔrains with Meiko.

I was planning to visit her place but she visited us instead as Simon got a cold.

 

お昼寝の後はおばあちゃんと電車遊び。

実家に連れて行くつもりだったものの、志門が風邪をひいてしまったので代わりに来てもらいました。

 

 

 

 

Shinkansen says ' Thank  you for taking Shinansen train. This train is bount for Tokyo' etc.

but it sometimes says 'Thank you for using plarail (name of this toy)' and Simon likes it a lot.

Simon in Tokyo

Simon was missing Toshio and Asako a lot. So I took Simon to Tokyo this weekend.

 

 

Simon using toothpick like Toshio

俊夫おじさんの真似をして爪楊枝を使う志門

 

 

Metro musium

 

 

 

Simon  wanted to stay with Asako and Toshio longer and run around in Tokyo station.

So we stayed one night longer at Asako's place.

 

大阪へ帰ろうと東京駅へ来たものの、朝子おばあちゃんの家が楽しすぎて「新幹線乗らない！電車乗らない！」と逃げ回る志門。

結局もう1泊させてもらうことになりました。

 

 

 

 

 

 走り回って疲れ、寝ている間に新幹線に乗車・・・

起きた時にはかなりがっかりしたようで、何を話しても10分ほど無視され、退屈そうに再び寝入りました。その後は「また東京に行きたい」と言い続ける志門でした（＾＾；）

 

Simon got tired by running around in parks and felt asleep in the afternoon.

We left Tokyo while Simon was sleeping.

 

When he got awake again in Shinkansen, he got disapointted, didn't speak anything for 10 min, and felt asleep again.

After that, he requested me to go back to Tokyo again many timees.

 

住吉大社 Sumiyoshi Taisha

Today was the last day of winter holidays for us.

I really feels holiday time flies.

 

We went to Sumiyoshi Shrine as we thought we should do something cultural and traditional for New Years holiday.

 

休みはあっという間にすぎるもので、今日は冬休み最終日・・・(´Д`|||)

どよーんとした気持ちを振り払うためにも何かしら正月休みらしいことをしようと思い住吉大社にお参りしました。

 

 

 

 

 

 

Luch money

 

 

I bought an amlet for Simon and Bjoern.

 

 

 

Tram car

New years day

 

 

 

Otoso

 

a special liquer made by steeping herbs in sake to drive away evil and revive the soul

 

 

 

 

Salted herring roe

 

 

Simmered black soy beans

 

Candied dried sardines

 

 

Osechi-ryori

 

Osechi-ryori are pecially-prepared New Year's dishes to be eaten during the first three days of January. Most dishes are cooked in order to be preserved for at least three days so women don't have to cook during that period. Various kinds of dishes are set in four-tiered lacquer boxes.

 

Each of the dishes has some auspicious meaning which reflects people's wishes.

For example, Kazunoko, herring roe, represents fertility, Kuromame, cooked black beans, are for health (mame means healthy), and lobsters are for longevity because their bodies are bent like an old man's.

 

 

 

After eating and drinking a lot..