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Thanksgiving Party

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I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. We had a party at our place on Saturday, instead of Thursday. We don’t have a Thanksgiving holiday in Japan and everyone was working on Thursday. We got a turkey from Costco, and my mom and Taren (of Oslo and Alfred) helped me with cooking. Everything turned out great, and I ate too much as you can see from my moon face! I like to blame it on my hair style, but I might have gained a few because of the holiday season.

20+ people crammed into our tiny town house. I enjoyed decorating the house with the DIYed garlands, flower lights from etsy (Pamela Angus), handmade table runner and a crochet playmat. I don’t have many pictures of Andy or myself, since we were running around a lot acting as a hosts, but both of us (and Kiko) had a great time with great food and great company. How was your Thanksgiving?

Mommy’s Diary: Mountain Climbing with a Kid

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Right after our clementine picking trip, we went to climb mount Takao. Mount Takao is perhaps the closest mountain from Tokyo. It is about 40 minutes train ride from Shinjuku, downtown Tokyo. It is a good start for a mountain climbing beginner like myself, since it takes only about an hour to hour and a half to the mountain.

Taking a trip is never the same when you have a child with you as when you are single.. Unlike our clementine picking trip where we planned it around Kiko’s schedule, this trip did not go well at all. Although we look pretty happy in the pictures above, the reality was not as pleasant. We took a stroller, and ended up carrying all the way up to the top. We were misinformed that this is a mountain that kindergarden kids go as their school trip, and totally underestimated Ms. Kiko’s ability to climb the mountain.

On top of the fact that Andy had to carry Kiko and I had to carry the strawler, Kiko pooped while we were climbing and it started raining. We ran up to the mountain just so that we can get back down with the cable car.

Last Week

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Sorry for the radio silence last week! I had been sick the past 10 days… I used to never get sick, but now once I catch a cold I can’t seem to get over it easily. I’m not sure what happened! Maybe the pregnancy messed up my system.

Andy and I went to Hong Kong last weekend to celebrate his birthday. That was our first time in HK, and it was great! I wish I was less sick. We took a video at the fabric district. I will post it soon!

{Busy street of Hong Kong}

{Minnie Costume for my friend’s daughter in works}

{Naoshi exhibition I went over the weekend}

{Behind the scene photos of the photo shoot I participated last week}