Christmas Day

...started out with coffee and present opening. Ariana loved her truck, after she got over falling on it and hurting her nose. Now, you may think that a truck is a strange present for a 3 year old little girl, but considering she tries to take any truck she sees in the playground and commandeers any she finds at any home we go into, we felt it best to have one in the house.


Ariana piles her new DVD's into the back for a ride....
...then takes a break to share some Cheerios with Tess....



After a leisurely morning, we made our way into Ginza for Chinese food and "Meet the Robinsons", Ariana's first movie in a movie theatre. She loved both. Baba-san and I both got choked up at the beginning of the film, as there is a heart wrenching (at least for us) scene where the main character is left by his mother in a box securely wrapped in a blanket in front of the orphanage door.



After stopping for some little booties filled with treats for the kids, we made our way over to Jason and Clare's for Santa, singing and sustenance........

Ariana gets a treat from Santa.....

Baba san and our host in a unique rendition of "Bridge Over Troubled Waters". Who knew our first Japanese Karaoke experience would be in the privacy of a friend's home, thanks to Celine bringing the Christmas present she received from her husband.