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Mommy’s Diary: Christmas Wishlist Little Girl’s Edition

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1. SALE hello acrylic sign, $10

2. Custom Initial with a Floral Wreath- hand embroidered 3 inch hoop, $30

3. Butterfly Garland Spring/Summer Palate Yellow Thread, $7.50

4. Wall Decals Horses (Reusable and removable fabric stickers, not vinyl) – Pretty Horses, $105

5. Dollhouse pdf pattern/tutorial, $18.50

Clip art courtesy of A Lovely Lark, free download here.

Hello! Since we don’t have a Thanksgiving holiday in Japan, as soon as Halloween is over, the stores are all about Christmas. Many Christmas decorations and lights have sprung up all over Tokyo.

For Christmas, I’ve started to compile a list of items I want for Kiko’s room. So this wishlist is not really for Kiko, but for my own enjoyment..I’m a selfish mother!  Her room is a Japanese style room with tatami floor, and I personally find it very hard to decorate. It also has a very low ceiling and the ceiling is made out of fake wood, and it’s very ugly…sigh. Since we are renting, we can’t do a drastic makeover, so I found small decorations that are renter friendly. I found removable decals, light weight paper bunting (don’t need to make a hole in a wall) etc.

Mommy’s Diary: Mountain Climbing with a Kid

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Right after our clementine picking trip, we went to climb mount Takao. Mount Takao is perhaps the closest mountain from Tokyo. It is about 40 minutes train ride from Shinjuku, downtown Tokyo. It is a good start for a mountain climbing beginner like myself, since it takes only about an hour to hour and a half to the mountain.

Taking a trip is never the same when you have a child with you as when you are single.. Unlike our clementine picking trip where we planned it around Kiko’s schedule, this trip did not go well at all. Although we look pretty happy in the pictures above, the reality was not as pleasant. We took a stroller, and ended up carrying all the way up to the top. We were misinformed that this is a mountain that kindergarden kids go as their school trip, and totally underestimated Ms. Kiko’s ability to climb the mountain.

On top of the fact that Andy had to carry Kiko and I had to carry the strawler, Kiko pooped while we were climbing and it started raining. We ran up to the mountain just so that we can get back down with the cable car.

Mommy’s Diary: Cat Halloween Costume McCall M6383

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I had a lot of fun making this cat costume for Kiko. Last year, I made her a bee costume along with a tulip head piece for Andy. The cat pattern is from McCall, M6383. Zhing from Little Project in Style gave me this last year, and I’m happy that I finally got to use it. I cut the smallest pattern. It turned out a little big for Kiko, but I think it’s supposed to fit not too tight to the body. I don’t know how this fabric I used is called; my mother got it for me for some other project I never had a chance to get to. I would not say it was the easiest fabric to work with because it’s thick and produces a lot of fuzz, but it’s very soft and warm. The lining is cotton polkadot fabric.

The sewing of this costume went pretty quick and smooth. I think it took about 3 hours in total. The pattern instructions were clear and easy to follow.

Unfortunately, Kiko wasn’t all so thrilled with this cat costume. I don’t know what her problem was, but she hated to be put in it. I could not take any pictures of her smiling in this costume..

We went trick or treating. It was fun! She had her first lollipop, and it was funny to see her being confused because she did not know how to eat it. Once she found out how to eat it she was crazy about it..