和

dango with kinako

my son loves them and helped to make all the dango balls :D

sweet potato salad

wasabi x vineger x mayonnaise

i miss those days

just like i miss those days,

i will miss the time i struggle with the stubborn 3yr old boy in cold weather... :D

it is cold playing outside after i pick him up from preschool...

for winter

tabi socks from my friend

love the prints!!

and make me feel warm :)

- bacon, potato, onion miso soup -
i need soup for every meal...
especially
in winter time

one winter day

morning starts slowly

i love the light and shadows on the south side

of our apartment in the morning

weekend breakfast no.1

nam plaa (thai fish say sause) soup with tofu

&

japanese black soybeans pancakes

- nam plaa soup with tofu -

pour a tbs of sesame oil and heat

put some garlic & ginger

then fry bacon & sliced daikon radish, chinese cabbage

pour dashi stock

and slightly mash tofu ( soft tofu ) with hand

season with nam plaa and soysause and salt, pepper

sprinkle green onion when it's served

weekend breakfast no.2

turnip & corn soup ( chicken broth )

mini cupcakes

weekend breakfast no.3

french toast with cinnamon

while i am enjoying the quiet morning time ,reading magazines and

drinking coffee after breakfast,

he tries to get ready to go out :)

what we found

first visit to marugame catsle !

we went up to the top.

and

we found...

"sakura"

it made me smile

the slope again

he loves it !

2011

happy new year !!!

my handmade "shimenawa"

my "osechi "
usually each osechi dish has a special meaning celabrating the new year
but i just made many dishes so that i don't have to cook
for the first three days
of the new year.
(originally Osechi was made by the close of the previous year,
as women did not cook in the New Year. we have long new year holidays
normally from 29th-3rd)

his osechi?!
playdough bento :)

we went out for hatsumode (the first shrine visit of the new year)

to make wishes for the new year!

the very last part of 2010...

the last sunset in 2010
pillow as big as my son for christmas :)

no matter how cold outside,

he doesn't care, he wants to play...

you dont want to know how many times i had to lit the candles...

(at my parents')

he deosn't know granpa is the santa...

he is just an innocent boy

maybe next year again ! please...