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
Pink Dessert Table For Bollywood Dance Party
Pink Dessert Table For Bollywood Dance Party
This is the pink dessert table for Bollywood Dance Party. If you would like to know what Bollywood Dance Birthday Party was like, pleas… Read more
Adrian’s Adventures in Indonesia
I’m dedicating this post to my friends, Jaime (Jaime Teahen Sanders), the creator of the book “Adrian’s Adventures in Indonesia” and Liz (Elizabeth L… Read more
Bad Mommy Moments ☆ A Story of Motherhood That Will Brighten Your Dark Days
Every parent has his/her own parenting stories. It feels as though there are more glorious stories available out there than stories of low moments or what the author of Bad Mommy Mo… 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
Chicco Little Driver Walker ☆ Favorite Baby Toy My Son Had
My son played in Chicco Little Driver Walker for almost 6 months. My friend passed it to me after her daughter had outgrown the Chicco Little Driver Walker. I gladly inherited it. He … Read more
6 Months
My son turned 6 months old. After taking these photos, he had a huge blow up in his diaper and had to be changed. Life with a baby… Poop and spilling.
Then at 3:00 pm he had a 6-mont… 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
Monday Mode ☆ JCrew Giraffe T-Shirt ☆ First Day Of School
J.Crew giraffe T-shirt and J.Crew shorts are the outfit my daughter picked out for the first day of school. I gave her a little help, but ultimately she made the decision and I was ple… Read more
Silly Girl
My kids like to act silly. My second daughter is naturally funny, but she’s also very shy and would not show her funny side to others other than family members. Here are some sn… Read more
Baby Swing & Bouncer
We have two swings and a bouncer for our chub at home. I bought a bouncer, but both swings are hand-me-downs which I love. With our third child, we have received many hand-me-downs. W… Read more
Flying Daughter
It was the last day of school. Bunch of school friends got together for a pool play date. Some people are leaving Jakarta for good to move onto their next destinations. I brought my ca… Read more
Monday Mode ☆ Purple Tutu
I found these photos of my middle child taken in April, 2011 in my iPhoto library and realized that I never used them for my Monday Mode last year. It’s been a year since these ph… Read more
Baby Boy At Two Months
Our baby #3 became 2 months old. I’m delirious. Is it because I’m older or because my son is more demanding than my other two? I don’t know. The newborn phase is cu… Read more
Baby Boy Outfit
As a mother of two girls and now a boy, I am familiar with girl outfits, but not with those for boys. Baby boy fashion is a new world I’m exploring with our newborn baby boy. Our so… Read more
Vietopia Vietnamese Restaurant & Pregnancy at 31 Weeks
A while back I took my older daughter to Vietopia, a Vietnamese restaurant, for lunch on her day off to have Pho. It is a pretty Vietnamese Cafe off of Senopati in Jakarta. I craved Pho … Read more
My Daughter’s Surgery
I am writing because I’m addicted to blogging. No, no, no. That’s what my husband says (and I can’t deny it…), but I’m writing right now because I w… Read more
Ballet Recital et al. バレエの発表会
The end of the year ballet recital was held last Sunday evening. My older daughter who reluctantly went to ballet practices in the second half of the year was in it. For 3 minutes on th… Read more
Two Front Teeth
“All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth♫ my two front teeth…♬” I hope my daughter’s permanent front teeth will come in soon. Yes, my 6-year-old lo… Read more
Parenting And Transition
These are some photos I’ve taken when I volunteered to sit at my daughter’s school during the absence of the main teacher on her leave.
From this week, my second daught… Read more
Moment of Realization As a Parent
When it comes to parenting, I don’t think about myself being a parent all the time even though facing my kids’ tantrum is a daily routine and I spend a lot of time with my k… Read more
Potty Training & No More Diapers (during the day)
My daughter hit a big milestone. Yes, she no longer wears a diaper! Hooray!!
It was this past March that I posted an entry “Poop or Get Off the Potty” regarding potty tra… Read more
Our Baby Started School
barrettes: Gymboree
shirt: old navy skirt: old navy
I enrolled our two-year-old at a little kids’ school this past week. It’s only twice a week. Why? She is at the age n… Read more
Princess Birthday Party
Our friends, Kara and Josh, had their first daughter’s birthday party at their home in Jakarta a couple of weeks ago. Their first daughter and ours are the same age and they bo… Read more
After the Rain – Challenges With Raising Bilingual Kids
Since we arrived in Jakarta, we’ve experienced rain almost everyday. It’s not a rainy season right now, but it seems to not matter. Even if it rains, it has stopped aft… Read more