Tucson Summer Shots

Dada found some lost photos of me this summer in Tucson. I wanna go back in the pool. It's so cold here now.

Mama likes this store a lot.

Mama might like this store, but all I get to do is sit in this cart! I'm sunburned too!

This pool stuff is fun. Can we get one in Japan.

This bikini won't fit me anymore!

Mia's Second Christmas

Mia got a box full of lovely gifts from her family back in America!

Mama helping Mia open a present.

Mia only likes to rip important paper like Mama and Dada's books. Gift rapping not so much. 

Trying on her new shoes!

Ohh tape!

AHH! Paper!

That's a lovely shirt!

Her haul.

Time to read the book.

Home made cookies. Yes please!

Yummy!

Thank you all for making Mia's Christmas so special. We still haven't had time to get her a gift yet! Next year hopefully Dada won't be so busy at work and he'll be able to do more for Christmas.

More photos from Chomeji

On December 11th we headed up to Ohmihachiman, Shiga to visit Chome-ji temple there. We had a great day and Mia really enjoyed this temple. We rang a bell together and she was really impressed by the pagoda for some reason. The temple staff all really got a kick out of Mia and the backpack. She makes everyone smile. After getting back to the car we played around in the little park which had some grass to run around in. A great day.

On the stairs in her backpack. All the people we met along the way were jealous. Those were some tough stairs!

We got back to the parking lot just as the sun was setting. Mia got to run around in the grass for a while.

Mia "reading" the book Mama got at the temple.

Mia crying because Mama took away the book because Mia's idea of "reading" also includes ripping,

I'll put a link to the temple photos once I get them up on my other blog.

Mia and the Tsuyu Can.

Mia loves carrying around a can of tsuyu (noodle dipping sauce). She loves it so much she brought it to bed last night. It's one of her treasures.
Her other treasures are, but not limited to:

• Mama and Dada's iPhones.
• Dada's old, and now ripped up, Lonely Planet Japan guidebook.
• Dada's tape basket.

We did a little photo shoot with the can for posterity. Here's the photos.

12.11 Chome-ji Temple #1

12.11ChomejiWalkingStick-1, a photo by sleepytako on Flickr.

We hiked (well *Dada* hiked) up the 808 steps to Chome-ji (長命寺) in Ohmihachiman, Shiga today. Beautiful temple and more photos and stuff will be coming soon on this blog and over at Dada's blog. On the way down Mia wanted to hold the walking stick. She looks very proud of herself, don't you think?

Cowgirl Mia

12.03MiaCowgirl-1, a photo by sleepytako on Flickr.

We need to get this cowgirl to Arizona and on a pony ASAP!