LEGO store

We went to the LEGO store and they had a few clearance items.

Luka wanted to build the Thanksgiving Turkey set so I went ahead and got if for him.

($4 is a steal!)

Milo was having fun building some Panda people.

Ta-da!

It's pretty cute!

Family Christmas Tree 2017 ♥♥♥

Prepping for our Christmas Tree!!

A fun time -lapse of our tree!

This is our storage box we keep in the garage.

It has our tree and ornaments.

As soon as James brought it up, Milo jumped onto it and claimed it!

Last year, Milo was still a wee baby.  But this year, he helped us with decorating the tree!

I couldn't stop laughing when I noticed he was adding ornaments to the same branch over and over!

Had to take a picture ♥

I later went solo shopping and found some awesome ornaments for myself.

My recent love for narwhals (and unicorns) has grown into an obsession...and I was over the moon when I found 2 narwhal ornaments! They were the last ones too! 

♥♥♥

Falling asleep at the table....

I offered to get him down so he can take a nap on the sofa but he INSISTED he stay on his chair.

So I decided to video him....

He's so silly... Determined to finish his food no matter what.

And what a workout for his neck!

Christmas 2016 ♥♥♥ クリスマス♥

Opening gifts--Time lapse ♥

みんなでプレゼント交換。

タイムラプスになってます。

Merry Christmas everyone!!

Interesting fact:  The Smith Family has always been outnumbered by girls.

Well...every since James and I started a family, we are now outnumbered by BOYS!

What is happening?!?!

My dad is happy, I'm sure.

メリークリスマ～ス！

スミス一家はいつも女の子ばかりだったけど、子供が生まれてからは男の子ばかりです。

おもしろいね～

Hope everyone had a great Christmas!

みなさん素敵なクリスマスだったでしょうか？

今度はお正月！

2016年ももうすぐ終わりですね。

Our Christmas Tree ♥

A time lapse of our tree decorating.

For some reason the camera is blurry for most of it... Ooops!

Still watchable though.

Luka is so fascinated by the Tree and ornaments this year.

It's his first year really understanding what the tree is all about.

All day he has been talking about the different ornaments.

He especially likes the cupcake!

A couple Christmas tsum tsums and my favorite peas-in-a-pod holiday plush!

We picked a new spot for our tree this year!

Ta-da♫

Kai turns 5 !

Wow...I had Kai 5 years ago..that's crazy.

Time sure flies...

Our Kai turned 5 on Friday!

We celebrated on Saturday ♥

Kai loves the TV show 'BattleBots'. 

(It's about people building their own robots and they fight in a cage)

They recently came out with a toy version and Kai was always talking about it.

We decided to get it for him this year and as you can see, he was suuuper excited.

LEGOs are also a current favorite right now and he LOVED the LEGO sets he got.

Thank you Pa-Paw!

Presents galore!

Every year I either bake the cake myself or order from my favorite Japanese cake shop.

Last year I baked..so this year I decided to have a custom-made cake.

It turned out perfect!

Kai requested chocolate...so we got the Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake with Baymax!

No, baby Milo didnt' have cake.  That's some pure'ed fruit.

O, and have you heard? Milo's first teeth are finally coming in!

The bottom two ♥

Nom nom nom!

Prezzies!!!

We decided to wrap a small gift for Luka too so he wouldn't feel left out.

This heat...!

I'm enjoying wearing Luka on my back lately.  It's like a giant backpack.

He gets tired when we walk too far so I put him on my back.

It's fun for him and a workout for me!

He's so silly...he talks non-stop, constantly asking me questions right by my ear.

I love it!

Bringing out the water table!

Too much play made Luka tired and sleepy.

Getting ready for nap time with his favorite blanket + Toy Story 3♥

90°! ...what?!

It was unbelievable...we hit 90 degrees on Monday..and it's only April!

Very freaky weather lately..but I'm not complaining ♥

We visited my parent's home to play in their yard.

Bought some water toys and filled up the pool.

月曜日はものすごく暑かった。なんと32℃！

まだ4月なのに....

Happy baby but drooling...could he be teething already?

よだれだっら～

もしかして歯が生えてきてるのかな？まさか～

ばぁばとバトミントン。

♥

Watching his bro play badminton with Grandma♥

Those red cheeks!

お兄ちゃんをずっと見てたよ。

Christmas 2015 (part 2) VIDEOS ♥

Opening presents♥

Christmas Tree !!

We always put up our Christmas Tree the day after Thanksgiving♥

Yay!  It's starting to feel a lot like the holidays!

Thanksgivingの次の日は決まってクリスマスツリーを出します。

After mommy did some solo Black Friday shopping, I came home to help decorate the tree.

I let Kai decorate it first.

ママは一人でブラック・フライデーショッピングに行きました。

帰ってきてから皆で飾り付け！

Here's what happens when you put a 4 year old in charge of decorating.

A clump of ornaments in the middle of the tree!

I like it!  Great job Kai! and Luka helped too!

最初はカイに全部やらせた。

ツリーの真ん中だけに飾りが....

まぁ個性的でいいんじゃない？

Playing around

Just testing out my future Vespa ♥

Just messing with my brother ♥

Pulling out some 'toys'...!

Just pulling out some 'toys' to play with in the kitchen ♥

台所で冒険。

bubbles...♫

yay bubbles!

bubbles are so fun!  Even I have fun playing with bubbles.

I think I need to stock up on some more.  

Pancakes...!

Mmmmm pancakes♥

ホットケーキ。

This was the morning James was to return from Ohio.

We missed daddy!!

この日はパパが帰ってくる日！

一週間もいなくて寂しかったね～。

Luka's first cake..! ルカ、ケーキ食べる。

here's a time-lapse of Luka enjoying his first slice of cake ♥

ケーキを美味しそうに食べてたよ！

and here's a longer version--apologies for the background conversation. 

hahahaha

（こっちの動画は）長いバージョン。

皆の会話も入っちゃってる！（笑）

some videos

I set up my time lapse while I was cleaning the kitchen. 

Kinda fun to watch.

台所でお掃除中にカメラを設置しました。

こうして見るのも結構面白い。

and here's Luka doing his neck workout.

そしてルカは首の運動！

mamaRoo in action..!

カイが気になってる様子。

Kai is curious about the new swing.  Can't help but try pushing some buttons!

キッチンでお料理中に設置しました。

I set this up while I was in the kitchen cleaning/cooking.

time lapse...

playing around with my new camera/video.

time lapse of Kai...

short but cute♥