favorite spot

May 4th, 2010 | By Kyoko

Here’s immi sitting at the favorite spot at the cafe  nearby. She always wants to sit here for few minutes even if we were on our way out.

puzzle

October 31st, 2009 | By Kyoko

Immi is working on her puzzle at the table. This spot has become her favorite spot: she always sits on this chair on this side of the table. We have a new house rule which is “no food/drink anywhere except at the table” (we make exception for coffee/tea in our office/studio and popcorn with movie), and immi follows this rule very well. The table and chairs were basically a housewarming gift from immi’s Obaachan. It took Todd and I an entire day to find one that we both liked (and it also had to be child-friendly), but the time spent was worth it seeing how much immi fell in love with it at first sight! She spends most of the day doing activities sitting here.

Immi and I have been having tea every evening (milk tea! immi’s is made with rooibos instead of black tea). I’m very grateful for a relaxing activity that immi and I enjoy together. Having tea with immi ineviably reminds me of days when my sister (aka Auntie Junko!) and I lived together in NH and had tea together every evening (We miss you!!).

bread

March 20th, 2009 | By Kyoko

Immi’s Granddad got back from business trip to San Francisco and brought us back a yummy loaf of sourdough bread. Immi looooooves sourdough bread. Here she is munching on her 2nd slice.

phở

February 7th, 2009 | By Kyoko

We are celebrating immi’s last days as a one-year-old with phở! Auntie Junko is here with us this weekend. Immi LOVES the complimentary shrimps chips (definitely NOT healthy, but crumchy and yummy) and she is crancky that she still haven’t gotten any after 5 minutes!

Here’s the shrimp chips. Immi thinks they are all her’s.

Noodles!

book

January 20th, 2009 | By Kyoko

I happened by a book that features immi’s favorite doggie about Valentine’s day. Immi was sooooo excited when she saw the book, I think that she recognized her familiar puppy dog!

immi says…

January 18th, 2009 | By Kyoko

“I like!!!”

…while pointing at Hello Kitty on my PJ. I’m glad she likes Hello Kitty since she has accumulated some HK things. And Todd and I joked a long time ago that the first thing she’d say would be “I hate Hello Kitty!”.

She has also been saying “up! up!!” every time she takes a step up on the stairs.

She absolutely LOVES the multi-color light in the living room (when we moved the living room to my former studio room, we simply didn’t need very bright overhead lights so Todd put in those fun ones).

When it gets dark, immi wants these lights on and points at them, and then at the switch for them on the wall. When we turn them on, she points and says “light!!” and giggles happily.

chair

January 7th, 2009 | By Kyoko

Immi thinks that this  big chair is her’s. She’ll shoo off a cat to sit here. She is having some sunflower seeds at the moment.