食！Food Food Food!!!

Since my profession was changed in to "say at home mom",

I've been learning how to cook.(not just how to cook, how to cook things to taste/look better!)

I wasn't enjoying it at first but I had to do it in order to live within our budget.

Now, I realized that I actually enjoy cooking more than before.

I even noticed that I'm becoming more and more critical to restaurant dishes etc that aren't tasty or healthy enough for us to pay for it! haha

This year, we are trying to eat less meat. (except fish)

I set a goal that I plan at least two days in a week that I don't cook any meat.

We've been feeling a lot better with our new diet so far.

If any of you have some good recipes for vegetarian, let me know!

ニット Knitting Project

I was taking a break from my knitting project for a while.

Since we were moving to Hawaii, I wasn't thinking that I would be knitting in Hawaii.

Well, we moved to a part of an island that gets pretty cold and that makes me want to knit!

This is my first project here.

She is adorable!

感謝祭 Thanksgiving

Thanks to my creative husband who came up with this idea

In order to prep ourselves for Thanksgiving, we started to write something that we are thankful for 

everyday after dinner.

"Count Your Blessings!"

It is true. It helped us to realize how blessed we are and how we should ALWAYS have something to be thankful for.

ショーン４歳に Sean 4th B-day

This year, we decided to hold his party at home.

We only invited his classmates and close friends so that he could handle the noise etc.

He enjoyed it. 

I baked tons of cupcakes and made a dinosaur:) 

Happy Birthday, Sean!

追加写真 Additional Pics

広島で七五三の前撮りをしたときの写真追加

Some additional pictures of the boys from this summer in Hiroshima

 Well, someone was such a bum that day so this is his only portrait:P

 A photo studio with mickey mouse.. well business oriented.

go go disney!

This is the picture that drove the photographers nuts since they were not cooperating with anything.

You can tell from their faces. haha

秋休み Fall Break

今週はイアンとショーンの学校が秋休みとかいう理由で一週間休み

さすがハワイ、なにかにつけて勉強しない！

まあせっかくの休みだから

と、まずはイアン、私たちのベッドフレームを手作りしてみた。

初めての作品にしては上出来。しかも半日で仕上げたのには感心！

All the public schools here have a week off due to "fall break"

They really don't study! haha

We decided to have fun and do something that we don't get to do too often.

First, Ian made our bed frame! It was his first DIY project but for the first time, he did a great job and it amazed me!! He even did it in half a day.

そして次はキャンプ！

ここハワイ島の南にあるキラウエア火山へ

真っ暗闇のなかに真っ赤な光が

地球は生きている

Next was camping.

We went down south to see volcano.

We were lucky to be able to see an active one this time.

The earth is living!

 

 Black sand beach

ブラックサンドビーチ

 

田舎町ナアレフの風景　想像していた古さびた乾燥地帯とは違い、緑がいっぱいの美しい町でした。

A small town called "Naalehu" 

Despite of our image of an old town in dry desert, this town has full of greens everywhere and is actually a beautiful little town. We loved it!

うちの教会まで発見　ちなみにこの教会、夜はライトアップされて、とても奇麗でした

 We found our church there, too. This church was light up during the night and it looked really pretty.

南端への道　風が強すぎて木も変形

島の南端で

こんな所に飛び込んでいるお兄さん発見

 この穴に飛び込んでおられました

写真だとイマイチ分からないけど

かなり深いです

南端の海、とても深い青が奇麗でした

 秋っぽくないけど。。私たちの秋休みでした

Nothing really looks like "fall" but it was indeed our fall break!

 

 

創造力 Creativity

発達の遅れが気になる我が子・・でも彼なりのペースで成長しています

心配もさせられるけど、驚かされることも多いです

Our son makes us worry with things he can't do BUT he surprises us many times with something he CAN do!

その一つがコレ

最近恐竜が気になって仕方がない様子

そしたら今日、こんな物作っていました

（なぜか回転できなかった・・機械音痴な私、許してください）

Lately, all he talks about is "dinosaurs"

One of the things that he surprised us today was this

He made it all by himself!

(Somehow I couldn't rotate it.. Sorry!)

親ばかかもしれないけど

すごい！と思った私たち両親でした

料理人 The Cook

最近私と一緒に台所に立ちたがる人がいます
今日はたまたま変装した姿の彼
それでも 台所に立ちます　笑

Lately, someone wants to stand in the kitchen with me a lot.
Today, he had a dinosaur suit on was playing with his brother.
But as soon as I was in the kitchen, he was ready to cook, even in his dinosaur suit! haha

Horse Therapy

I heard about a lady who is doing a physical therapy for children with autism.  So, I took Sean there for the first time. Though, it was for Sean, Kyle insisted on riding the horse.lol Here they are on a horse:) They both loved it!

I think a reason why they look cute in this picture is that the huge helmets that they put on. haha

コナ神殿 Kona Temple

自然 Nature

公園に連れて行くのも飽きたので　海へ I got tired of taking the boys to the park so I decided to take them to the ocean in stead

こんなに広いのにこの狭いところに居座る　Open wide space and no one there! I thought they would run around.. but in stead, they stayed in this little tiny tide pool:)

また亀にあった　甲羅干し中　We met a turtle again. He was resting on the beach.

盆踊り Obon dance

海外で盆踊りに参加したのは初めて　さすが日本人の血を受け継ぐ人たちが多いだけあってここワイメアの田舎町でもこんなに本格的な盆踊り大会が開かれていました　It was my first time seeing "Obon dance" in the out side of Japan. They held it here in Waimea! I was impressed.

 

ハワイ風浴衣！ Yukata with Hawaiian design on it.

昔日本からここハワイ島へ移民してきた人たちは本当に過酷な労働を強いられて、苦労を重ねてきたらしい。　でもそんな苦労をしながらも遠く古里を思う気持ちはずーっと心の中にあったんだなと思うと、たかが盆踊りでもなぜかしんみりするものがあった。日本では伝統が伝統でなくなってきている気がしていたし、ワタシも伝統をあまり知らない世代の一人。でもここハワイで伝統を大切にしたい人たちの灯火が明るく見えた。

Long time ago, many people from Japan immigrated to Hawaii to work in the plantations.
They were treated like animals and had a difficult time adjusting to a whole new world. When I saw what their postarity has inherited, I felt that those people missed their home land which is too far to go back. We are losing a lot of our traditions in Japan, and I'm sad to admit that I am one of them who don't know those traditions much. However, when I saw this event in Hawaii and saw younger generations enjoying it, I felt like those first Japanese's spirits were there.

-obon dance: wikipedia

新生活 New Life

荷物が届いた！計６箱　Our stuff arrived! Total of six boxes. Thank you for all of you who helped us with all the shipping process. We appreciate each of you.

海への道 A road to the beach

ここに来て教会に行ったのはまだ２回目。でももう誕生日の手作りキルトの贈り物に王冠まで☆教会の託児すごい。We were here for only two Sundays and Kyle already got his birthday quilt and a crown from his nursery class. Such a welcoming ward.

ビーチに行く予定ではなかったけど彼が行きたいとせがむので。。スッポンポンでビーチ。喜んでおられます。On a way back from shopping, he wanted to stop by at a beach. Since we didn't plan for it, he didn't have anything to wear.. a naked boy at a beach. lol

し、あ、わ、せ！ He is HAPPY!

で午後はこの始末。くっつき虫だらけ。そして兄まで同じことに。母泣いた。In the afternoon, he ran into a bush and was covered with seeds and so was his brother.. I cried..

イアンが素潜りで採った獲物Ian went spear fishing with his friend and got these for out dinner!

親子教室 At a play group

男らしくしてみたり Someone posing as a little man

前方に見える山はマウイ島 The mountain is the island of Maui