Done

Unless you haven't noticed, this site is done. We're back in Australia. For more Alice please see the new blog:

http://bothalikeindignity.blogspot.com/

And Juliet will be in there too, as soon as she's cute, probably in about six more months.

Pirate

Sad in Shibuya.



Arrr! Thar be no toys left after all this packing.

Packing

Alice's box cubby house.



It's actually quite easy to pack because all our stuff is only in two rooms. We still have about 13 boxes though. A lot of it is heavy coats, books and toys. I've been laying away the Japanese learning materials for my bookshelves at home; books, dvds and nintendo games. Stuff is so cheap at the second hand book stores that I feel obliged to acquire some.

Bek's Birthday

We went to the Hard Rock Cafe in Roppongi to have Bek's birthday. Here she is opening some lovely presents. As you can see, Alice is missing everything by being asleep.



The candles were really hard to light. They were shaped into the letters in 'Happy Birthday'.



Alice and Ema are trying to escape the adults. Okay, so it's just Alice.



Here's everyone at the table except me, and Alice is sleeping next to Bek.



The cake. It was a chocolate mousse cake.

Alice Looks Like This Now

Drawing

This is the first thing that Alice has ever drawn that we can recognise as something. It's me apparently.

Just some pictures

A fish I made in boredom.



Alice tried to feed Elmo some biscuit.


We've taken the dummy away now, and she's been fine.



A huge stone in Tokyo Midtown.



She likes to be 'safe' with her toys and a blanket.

I keep putting off posting because I had some big ones to deal with, like Mt. Fuji, but it made me post nothing at all, so I'm trying to ease myself back in with some light posts.

Draw a Line

Alice is becoming a bit more ordered, at least with pencils and toys. Her game is to make a line.

Alice, Duplo, Speaking, etc.

Some Gifts

Thanks everyone for the presents.

Birthday Presents

Jannma sent Alice an extra room for our small apartment. She spends a great deal of time inside lately. I'm going to try to hang it off the side balcony like a window box.



Bek and I bought her a keyboard and a guitar to play around on. She looks so Indie in her Nepalese beanie.





We also had cake, so she tried hard to get it out and eat it all the way from the bakery to the restaurant.

Hokkaido

This is at the top of one of the many active volcanoes in Japan. I think Bek is tickling Kunugi-san to make him laugh.


We went to lake Toya in Hokkaido, which is a volcanic lake. In the middle is a reserve filled with deer. So we took a stroll, as we haven't been into the Japanese wilderness much yet.



There is a famous zoo in Asahikawa, where the animals are kept in quite interesting and stimulating environments. I thought these monkeys looked pretty cool trying to catch the eye of the zoo keepers inside.


Here is the second volcanic lake we visited. This was the best day for weather, as we were driving to the hotel. After this there was heavy mist and rain and we could barely see anything going over the hills.



Japanese hotels think of everything, even a handy place to store your children.

Alice's Second Birthday

Alice had her second birthday in Hokkaido, so we had a low-key celebration. We bought a cake and had some yakitori, which is chicken kebabs. She's not smiling because she's blowing out the candles.

Bubbles

Me using a noisy bubble gun on the balcony.

Wedding Dinner

Rebekah wanted me to put this photo of our wedding dinner on the blog.

Christmas Unwrapping

A little late. With Nao, Atsuko and Ema.

Songstress

Alice performs a solo. I have a huge backlog of videos.

Chopstick Master

Alice doesn't usually like ice cream.

Mum Post

Some more pictures for the mums. Awhh.

Pedestrian

This picture makes perfect sense in Japan.