Category Archives: life
Lazy chocolate cake
Sidra asked for keeki (cake) for breakfast this morning. I didn’t have an oven nor any cake ingredients, so I whipped this one from things already in the kitchen. With a microwave, it only took five minutes from preparation to serving, perfect for a hungry, demanding kindergarten kid. Ingredients: 4 tbs pancake mix flour 2… Continue Reading
Featured!
I’m this week’s featured member in Burdastyle! Continue Reading
When you picked up your kids at the bus stop.
Sometimes you have to be prepared for things that happened at school (like a forehead being accidentally hit by a giant lego block). Continue Reading
Another weekend, another park
It’s a bit cloudy today, but we went to the park anyway and had some fun. Continue Reading
Sesame Surprise!
Last July, Sidra was invited to be a model for a fashion spread in Sesame magazine (a Japanese kid’s fashion and lifestyle magazine), autumn issue. The photoshoot took place in Tottori sand dunes and museum, Tottori prefecture, Japan. When the issue was published, of course they sent one copy to us, and I thought that… Continue Reading
A picnic and new craft supplies
The sun is shining and the weather is perfect, so yesterday we went picnic to Shinjuku park and spent the whole day playing balls and lying around. On the way home, we stopped by Sekaido because my husband wanted to buy some acrylic paints and brushes. It’s a four-storey building near the park, selling stationery… Continue Reading
Found in Jinbōchō: Prinz in Hölleland
Sidra went to school yesterday, so my husband and I used our time together to go to Jinbōchō, an area in Tokyo popular for of its used-book stores and antique and curio shopping area. Heaven for book lovers. I found these wallet-size photos in one bookstore, specialized in fashion, music, and movie related stuffs. Apparently they are from a… Continue Reading
