Feint and dodge / フェイントかけてかわす Oct. 11

Kaiya! What are you doing standing there in the middle?

Kaiya　そんなとこにつっ立って何してんの？

Very serious.

真剣。

Sat down...and Ah huh! The usual.

座った。と思ったら・・・あぁいつものやつね。

Chaaaaarrrrrrge!!!

ターゲットに突撃〜！！！

Mato is good at making a feint and dodging Kaiya ;)

Matoも毎回フェイントをかけて逃げるのが上手いのだw

Mato

こんな感じの朝でした。

Autumn colors of woods / 秋色の森 Oct. 10

Today's afternoon? or I should say early evening walk.

To the woods!  It's been a long time.

本日の午後？夕方？散歩は森〜！

お久しぶりです。森さん。

Mato

Kaiya

It seems like no one's around.  Go run and have fun!!

誰もいないから　走ってこ〜い！！！

Autumn colors!  Red and yellow everywhere.

秋だね〜！赤や黄色がいっぱい〜。

Mato

Are you eating the tree, Mato??

Mato 木食ってんのか？？

Mato

Kaiya

After running, getting hydrated at the lake.

走った後は湖で水分補給したよぉ〜。

Kaiya

Mato

Power-walk / パワーウォーク Oct. 9

Finally the Swedish class mommy was taking was over!!!

Yesterday was the last day and mommy's sooooo happy!

Very intensive and very interesting but I got soooo tired!!!!

I haven't received the grades yet but I'm pretty much sure that I passed this course.

Freeeeedom!!!!!  Now I get to go to the gym and WORK OUT!!!

But I had to work 11 hours today and didn't have time to work out.

So I walked to work with Kaiya and Mato this morning!

Power-walked and we had a good exercise!

昨日でついについにマミーの10週間のスウェーデン語のコースが終わった〜！！！！

インテンシブでなかなか面白かったけど　疲れた〜。まだ成績は出てないけどこのクラスはパスできるはず。

イエス！フリーダム！これからはやっとジムにも通える〜！だいぶ体なまっちゃったよ。

だけれども　本日は11時間労働でジムに行く暇なし！！

だから朝はKaiyaとMatoと家から歩いて出勤！！！

パワーウォークでいい運動になった〜！

Kaiya

Mato

Mato (left)          Kaiya (right)

Mato

Mato (left)         Kaiya (right)

Kaiya

Mato

Kaiya

Adorable two / 可愛すぎる２人 Oct. 7

Mommy's friends went home yesterday.  It was only four days they were here in Stockholm but we could spend a lot of time together and had fun!

I really hope I'll see them again soon :)

マミーの友達は昨日アメリカに帰ってしまったぁ(；ω；)　４日間っていう短い滞在だったけど一緒に観光したりご飯食べたりして楽しい時を過ごせたよ！

また近いうちに会えるといいなぁ〜(^ ^)

This morning!

Cold and little cloudy.  Not a lot of people were out to take a walk.

Kaiya got to walk by herself.

今朝！

寒いし　ちょいと曇り。そんなに散歩をしてる人もいないから　Kaiyaさんは１人で歩いてもらったよ。

Kaiya

Mato

Kaiya

Kaiya

The sun came out later on and it felt good even if it was cold out.

途中から太陽が出て来て 寒かったけど気持ちいい散歩になった〜。

Mato

Just before I left home to work.

These two are too cute...it's so hard to leave home for work when they were this adorable!!!!

仕事に出かける前。

この２人・・・可愛すぎる。２人の横でゴロゴロしたかったけど　なんとか仕事に出かけたマミーでした。

Kaiya (left)                    Mato (right)

Taking over the bed / ベッド占領 Oct. 4

In the morning when I came back to the bedroom after taking a shower......someone's sleeping where I slept!

Kaiya used to do this before but now it's Mato who does this often.

He waits here feeling mommy's warmth until the walkie time. lol

朝起きてシャワー浴びてベッドルームに戻ると・・・マミーが寝てたとこに誰か寝てる！！

前はよくKaiyaがこれやったけど　最近はMato。

マミーの温もりを感んじながら　朝の散歩を待つヒトw

Mato

At night, brushed teeth, washed my face then went to the bedroom to sleep....!!!

I found this.

The two are taking over the bed.

Where is mommy supposed to sleep!?!?

夜。歯磨きして顔洗って　さぁ寝るかとベッドルームに来ると・・・！！！

２人でベッド占領してる！！！

マミーどこに寝るんじゃい！

Kaiya (left)                Mato (right)

Mommy's not so nice like daddy who would gives up his place for them so I squeezed myself in the middle and secured my place ;)))

Kaiys who's like to be left alone moved down to the right foot corner. lol

・・・って言いつつ　ダディと違って遠慮しないマミーは２人の真ん中に入り込んでゴロン。

あまり近付いて欲しくないKaiyaさんは　足元の方に移動w

Kaiya

Mommy's boy Mato felt asleep using my arm as a pillow :))))

Well, you know mommy's moves a lot while sleeping.  I found none of them on the bed in the morning. lol

甘えん坊男子Matoくんは　私の腕枕で寝始めた〜♡

でも寝相悪いマミーだから　朝には２人ともベッドにはいなかったけどねw

Mato

Yesterday, I went to the central for the frist time in the long time.

Tadaaa!

昨日は久しぶりに街の中心まで行ってきた〜。

ジャジャン。

Uniqlo!!!

The first Uniqlo store in Sweden opened the end of August and I finally got a chance to look inside.

ユニクロ。

8月の終わりについにオープンしたんだよ。

今日初めて入ってみた。

The price was little higher than in Japan, but it wasn't that bad as I though.

日本よりは少し高いけど　思ったほどでもなくていい感じだったよぉ。

Mommy's reunion / マミーの再会 Oct. 02

I had a day off and we were able to take a long walk in the morning!

We went to the dog park, not the usual one, but...

今日は仕事が休みだったから朝は長い散歩ができたよぉ〜！

いつもとは違うドッグランで始まるかと思ったけど・・・

I thought they would run and have fun but they didn't.

すぐ終わっても〜た。

I guess they only wanted to get out here already.

どうやらもう先に進みたいご様子。

Mato

The weather wasn't so great but Kaiya's looking refreshed ;)

天気はそんなによろしくなかったけど　爽やかKaiya〜(о´∀`о)

Kaiya

Today mommy had a great evening.  My friend from USA came here to Sweden with her daughter who I'd never met before and her friend. 
It's been more than 15 years since the last time we saw each other... I've never become that happy and overwhelmed before. 
My eyes filled up with tears with joy of our reunion..it seemed like her eyes doing the same as mine. 
She was like my big sis when I used to live in California. 
We had a nice dinner together talking constantly remembering the good old days in Cal. 
And her daughter was so sweet and cute even though she was much taller than me and she's only 13 years old. lol 
Kaiya and Mato got to meet them, too :)))
They'll be staying in Stockholm until Saturday so mommy's gonna have fun this week ;)

今夜はマミーにとってとっても楽しい夜になったよ。
なぜならアメリカから友達がストックホルムまで遊びにきたの。
彼女と今まで会ったことなかった彼女の娘と彼女の友達の３人で来てくれたよ！
最後に彼女に会ったのは１５年以上前。
こんなに感激して嬉しさで目に涙が浮かんだのは初めてだ。
十代の頃カリフォルニアに住んでた時にお姉ちゃん的な存在だった彼女。
今夜は一緒にディナー食べに行ってみんなでおしゃべりして　昔の思い出話をたくさんしてほんと楽しかった〜。
んでもって彼女の娘がいい子で可愛い。13歳なのに全然私より背が高くてめっちゃびっくり〜w
KaiyaとMatoも彼女たちに会えたんだよぉ〜。
ってなことで土曜にはみんなもう帰っちゃうけど今週はマミーにとって楽しい週になりそうだよ（＾Ｏ＾）

Serious / 真剣 Oct. 1

Oh my...October already.

It's gotten really cold and I need a thicker jacket in the morning when we take a walk.

This morning the two were into something that was beyond the fence.

もう１０月だ〜。

こっちはだいぶ寒くなって　朝の散歩の時は厚いジャケットが必要になって来たよ。

今朝はお２人さん　フェンスの向こうの何かに真剣。

Kaiya (left)            Mato (right)

Tonight when we went to the station waiting for daddy, they were being very serious and paying attention to everything in the surroundings.

んでもって今夜　駅までダディを迎えに行って待ってた時　めっちゃ真剣に周りを警戒中な２人。

ご苦労さ〜ん。

Mato (left)            Kaiya (right)

Mato (left)            Kaiya (right)