Thursday, October 30, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Halloween Part 2 - My Little Superfreak
Yesterday was the Halloween parade in Harajuku, where children of all ages (and some dogs too) dress up and have a fine old time in the streets of Tokyo. We started at brunch, where Ariana serenaded us with what, I don't remember. I do know it was loud....
We then made our way to the parade and got there just as it started. Kids of all ages and in all sorts of costumes paraded down the street.
Ariana even met a "Kiki" - for those who are not familiar with "Kiki's Delivery Service", it is a wonderful movie about a little girl witch (Kiki) and her black cat (Jiji). The girl below with the red bow in her hair was Kiki and Ariana was so excited to see her.
Afterwards, we hung out in Yogogi Park for awhile
and then made it to the Baby Does Disco event, where the parents got to dance to 80's disco music and the kids got to laugh. Ariana was quite timid, preferring to play with the big balloons scattered around the room.
...that is until they started playing "YMCA". As she watched baba san and I dance, she started following us as we made the letters with our arms (yes, she thought it was funny). But once she heard "Superfreak" , she turned into a dancing machine...
We then made our way to the parade and got there just as it started. Kids of all ages and in all sorts of costumes paraded down the street.
Ariana even met a "Kiki" - for those who are not familiar with "Kiki's Delivery Service", it is a wonderful movie about a little girl witch (Kiki) and her black cat (Jiji). The girl below with the red bow in her hair was Kiki and Ariana was so excited to see her.
Afterwards, we hung out in Yogogi Park for awhile
and then made it to the Baby Does Disco event, where the parents got to dance to 80's disco music and the kids got to laugh. Ariana was quite timid, preferring to play with the big balloons scattered around the room.
...that is until they started playing "YMCA". As she watched baba san and I dance, she started following us as we made the letters with our arms (yes, she thought it was funny). But once she heard "Superfreak" , she turned into a dancing machine...
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Halloween Part 1
Presenting.....................Jiji the cat, from the movie "Kiki's Delivery Service". Continuing with the animal theme of last year, Ariana wanted to be Jiji this year, so again I pulled out the face paint markers and went to work. She was pleased with the resemblance and yesterday we had the first excursion out, to the Halloween birthday party of one of her classmates.
It turned out to be both an inspired and original choice, as all of her classmates were dressed as princesses, several in the exact same Disney dresses. As you can see, Ariana was quite pleased with herself.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
She's Turning into Jed, Part Deux
me: how was school today Ariana
her: fine
me: what did you do?
her: (long pause)...........nothinggggggggggggg........................................
her: fine
me: what did you do?
her: (long pause)...........nothinggggggggggggg........................................
Saturday, October 04, 2008
She's Turning Into Jed
me: Ariana, how was school today?
her: fine
me: what did you do?
her: (blank stare and silence, then) huh??
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