Today was Nico's first day of summer break. We were running errands around town and stopped at a local place to see the cats up for adoption. When we got inside we saw something very peculiar, there were several large plastic containers with heat lamps on them. As
This morning Nico and I woke up and went outside to feed the crows. Every morning we put out a bunch of unsalted peanuts with the shell on for the crows. Crows love peanuts. While we were outside we saw something moving in the corning of the yard. I new
Today Nico graduated from kindergarten then had a graduation party at school. It was such a fun time for him! There were two large inflatable bouncy houses, snacks, drinks, a snow cone truck, temporary tattoo station, and a bubble station. It was a great celebration to kick of summer vacation!
We spent our last hours in Japan packing then getting breakfast in one of our hotel's restaurants. It was bittersweet as we fell in love with Japan, but we missed home and wanted to see our dog Emmy. We got to the airport four hours early, and spent
This morning we got up bright and early for our last day in Japan, so sad! We took the bullet train to Kyoto for the day. The train is so fast, it goes 125 mph! We made it to Kyoto in about 2 hours. We all took a nice nap
This morning Lee let me and the boys sleep in (after my late night with Lee the night before). She and Nana went to the Imperial gardens, which is just across the moat from our hotel. There they had a guided tour with two guides. The gardens were the Shogun
This morning it was raining and looked like it was going to rain the entire day. We met up with our tour guide, a Japanese college student here in Tokyo. He showed us around a near by Buddhist temple. It was very interesting to see the inside and learn about
Today we headed to Asakusa, a borough of Tokyo. This area has the big temple we went to on another day. First thing we did was go to a sushi making class. Nico had so much fun and Matthew made so many nigiri! We learned about how to make the
Today we headed to Nikko. Nikko is a city in the mountains about a two hours car ride outside of Tokyo. Lee hired a private driver for the day to take us to Nikko and show us around. The mountains in Japan are absolutely stunning, so lush and green. If
Today Nico let us sleep in, and then Matthew had a moot court call so we didn't leave the hotel until about 11am. Then we took the train to Shibuya where we did some shopping. First we found a Pokémon store, then we went to the official Nintendo
Today we had to get up bright and early to meet our tour group for our day trip to Mount Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain. Once on the bus, it took us about two and a half hours to arrive at our first stop at Mount Fuji. Lee, Matthew
Today was another fully loaded day! We started off again, with breakfast at our hotel. Lee and Matthew split the traditional Japanese breakfast, Matthew said next time he would pass . . . Then we headed to the Sky Tree Tower, one of the tallest buildings in Tokyo. On our way to the