Who would’ve known that Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Mumbai, India would look like another part of India and nothing like the urban areas of Mumbai? It was quite a pleasant … Read more
Yilan Taiwan Part 3 ☆ Spring Onion Farm
On the same day we traveled to Yilan, Taiwan from Taipei on a fast train, our friends, Josh and Kara, took us to a spring onion farm because Yilan is famous for spring onions. (Please g… Read more
Yilan, Taiwan Part 1 ☆ National Center For Traditional Arts
National Center For Traditional Arts in Yilan was nothing short of an amazing and entertaining place for our kids. Thanks to Kara and Josh, we made a quick two-day trip to Yilan from … Read more
Monday Mode ☆ Le Petit Society Tribal Dresses
This Le Petit Society tribal dress is my very first matching dress with my kids. It was fun to wear something that matched with my girls. My husband would not wear anything to match wi… Read more
Jogger’s Park in Kalyani Nagar ☆ Pune India
The Damodar Ravji Galande Patil Park is better known as a Jogger’s Park Kalyani Nagar among the locals and expats who live in Pune. It has a really nice grassy area where many f… Read more
Weekend In Pune ☆ India
Sometimes we have so many social engagements for our kids over a weekend that I feel like I don’t really spend time with them. I chaperon my kids everywhere to their activitie… Read more
Klyde Warren Park ☆ Dallas Texas
I still have a number of photos taken over the summer, which I need to go over, edit and upload to different sites to save them. I’m a bit overwhelmed. That’s why I have no… Read more
My Gym ☆ Bandra Mumbai
Did you land in Mumbai with a toddler of yours?
You must have wondered how you can entertain your active child.
I did last summer.
There are not many places you can take your kids to pla… Read more
Monday Mode ☆ Le Petit Society & Safari Shirts
I have been absent from the blog world for a while. Normally it’s hard for me to blog when I am on vacation visiting our families in the U.S. and Japan not to mention dealing with … Read more
Mother’s Day Brunch ☆ Sofitel Mumbai
When do you celebrate Mother’s Day? There are many different days to celebrate Mother’s Day in the world. I feel that mothers in the world deserve to be appreciated ev… Read more
Friday Finds ☆ Palate Culinary Studio ☆ Santacruz, Mumbai
Parents are constantly on the lookout for birthday party ideas, aren’t they? This was a birthday party where the kids were invited to have a cooking experience at the Palate … Read more
Prince of Wales Museum in Mumbai ☆ Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya Museum
I wanted to get this post out before the weekend starts. Our house guests and my family went to Formerly Prince of Wales Museum, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya Mus… Read more
Bollywood Dance Birthday Party For Girls
Bollywood Dance Birthday Party for my girls was fun to organize in Mumbai, India where we currently call home. As an expat, it is always hard to plan a party in a city where one is new an… Read more
Halloween As Thor ☆ Expat Halloween Trick-Or-Treating in Mumbai
Halloween trick-or-treating doesn’t always happen on a Halloween Day when you live in a country where Halloween is not a widely celebrated holiday. Since many people have … Read more
Travel Recommendations ☆ Chennai India
Travel Recommendations In Chennai
My husband and I took our children to a quick 4-day trip to Chennai last week. Chennai is a capital city of Tamil Nadu State in the south of India. I f… Read more
Immersion in Japan ☆ My Daughter’s First Experience at Japanese Elementary School
日本語訳は英文の後
My three kids have dual nationalities. They are a Japanese national from me and an American national from my husband. What is their identity or identities? It’s h… Read more
Weekend Get-Away ☆ Sheraton, Bandung ☆ Indonesia
On the last weekend of April, 2013, I took a trip with my 3 kids and nanny to Bandung as my husband was away on his man-cation in Bali and Komodo island for a week. The weekend away in Band… Read more
Borobudur Sunrise ☆ Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Borobudur Sunrise in Yogyakarta, Indonesia was the main reason and attraction of our trip to Yogyakarta. This post is about our experience and how we did the tour. Seeing the sunri… Read more
Craft with Wikki Stix
Have you heard of Wikki Stix? I feel like I have seen it somewhere before, but I didn’t know much about it until recently. These strings my daughters are sticking on a piece of p… Read more
Finger Paint Christmas Lights Card & Baby’s First Christmas
This was a card my husband made with our two little girls. He does everything better than I do. He probably got an idea online, but to find this idea and execute it well with the kids is b… Read more
Puncak Indonesia ☆ In the Garden
We took a family trip to Puncak, Indonesia with our friends recently and stayed at a private guest house. I posted some photos from the same trip in “Playing in Mysterious Mis… Read more
How to Make Play Date More Fun
I took my daughter and her two friends to a play ground with my baby. It was a hot day. I was the only adult and thought “how am I going to entertain myself?” I wasn’t … Read more
Wednesday Wall2Wall ☆ Vampire Birthday Party
There are so many ideas and themes for birthday parties available online these days, aren’t they? A vampire theme birthday party is a party that you can manage at home and the … Read more
Baby & Suitcase
My chub is in the suitcase.
When you are traveling, you don’t have toys and tools that you own to entertain your baby as you do at home.
My baby was 4 months when we visited our fam… Read more
Wednesday Wall2Wall ☆ Hight Tea At The Dharmawangsa Hotel
A Great Place To Take Your Guest ☆ The Dharmawangsa Hotel
My sister came to visit us in Jakarta for a week. One of the places I took her was Majapahit Lounge in The Dharmawangsa Hotel fo… Read more