Wedding..

Mia was the officiant and dancer at this event....Lili was the bride (looking suspiciously like an extremely immodest bar maid from the old west) and Nykolas was a worn out cowboy (in his pj's but never without his hat) and groom as well....

Last week I had to go to immigration (completely opposite side of Osaka) to pick up Noa's visa. So the girls and I made it an adventure.....watching the cargo ships come into port...spying the creepy jellyfish and hanging out in the sunshine.....

sister adoration has begun....

WHAT?

Hook em' practice....

you are my sunshine.....

Lost in translation....

Lately the kids have taken to pretending to be visitors at meal times. They go outside the living room door and knock at which point we are to let them in and welcome them to our meal and find out their story. Usually it includes some tragedy, like their house burning down and they've lost everything, including their parents (burned to a crisp I suppose) and now they need somewhere to live. (where do they get such drama?!)




Tonight, Nykolas and Mia came in together arm in arm. Yaya asked "Are you married", "yes" said they....then proceeded to speak to one another in "Spanish" (which sounded suspiciously like Chinese)...after a short exchange Mia says to Nykolas "Husband translate into English what we just said"....which he proceeded to do.... Ahh the life they lead.....

local wildlife.....

dressing up....

One of the places we stopped on our mountain retreat was an old building that had been turned into a tea shop. Lili spied the dress up dresses immediately and was begging to try one on.....the result below.....

My children instantly turned into hams!

Church Retreat in the mountains....

new ride....

The Birthday Continues.....ZOO!

overheard this morning....

Lili: Where is my princess book!

Daddy: I hope when you get married you won't speak to your husband that way.

Lili: He will just get me what I want.

poor man....