Bike ride at Yoyogi park

Her dream hello kitty pink bike!

New hair style!

Wow, shiny Ida.

Hair salon

Her first hair cut at a salon.
She was very quiet but excited in having a same hair style as her big sis Rin- chan's.

Camp 2

Her good wild buddy "rake-chan"

Camp

Big jump! She doesn't stop jumping and swimming at a lake by Mt fuji.

Re: Reunited with her NY friend

ahhhhhhhh you are making me cry......
so fun to be with you guys, as always. can I be your daughter, Ida's older sister? so that I can go beck to NY...! :-))
On 2011/08/25, at 19:30, Kei wrote:

> One of our best friends, used to be living in NY friend. It is special to meet up with someone who spent so much time before. We need her in NY again.
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Reunited with her NY friend

One of our best friends, used to be living in NY friend. It is special to meet up with someone who spent so much time before. We need her in NY again.

Ramen!!

Yummy!

Small path in shima onsen

I love those small path. Very nostalgic.

Papa on the phone

Talking to papa. So much to tell him. Miss papa!!

Ida in yukata

Just fit! Looks so cute. Easy enough to wear by herself. I want to get one for her.

Sen to Chihiro

This is where we stay. Ida loved hot outside swimming pool??? I am glad she can enjoy hot bath now. She used to say it was too hot to get in.
It is so nice to get away from Tokyo. I love country side of Japan, hate Tokyo though.....mmmh.

Nakajyou biennale

Hot spring meets art festival ! How lucky we are!

Big sis!

Her beloved big sister "Rin-chan".
visiting Japan during summer vacation is good for kids. They can spend lots of time together!! Ida's Japanese improved amazingly.

Jet-lag

So exciting, but too jet-lag.

Reunited

Kids don't need time and same language to be friend.

Read for Japan

I am so ready to go to Japan and have a trip with Ida. It is all going to be fun. I don't know what to expect. Is Ida going to be able to speak Japanese? or feel strange? or miss papa? Anyhow, now we are very excited! 

Sent from my iPhone

Ready for a trip to Japan!

Governors Island

Welcome back Ida & papa!

イダとパパがヨーロッパから帰ってきたよ！

久しぶりの再会はいいね。

３週間近かったから１人の時間がたくさんあって、考えることもたくさんあって

寂しかったけど、楽しかったし、充実した時間が過ごせました。

そして２人が帰ってきた時は最高〜に嬉しかった。

泣きそうなくらい。

２人が帰ってきて嬉しいように部屋をこれでもかというくらいピカピカに掃除して

イダの大好きな冷やし中華を作って待っていたよ。

２人ともまず〜い機内食の後のせいか、疲れているはずなのにペロッと食べてしまった。

 ２人ともお帰り。

やっぱり２人といる時が一番幸せ。。。

 お花とピンクが大好きなイダ。

男の子のようにおてんばで、友達も男の子が多良いけれどやっぱり女の子。

さっそく大好きなガバナーズアイランド。

今年は私も折りたたみ自転車も買ったし、たくさん残りの夏を楽しむぞ！