Let me think...

Yap I know!

Spiky boys

When mummy is away boys get to try something different - they call this "dinosaur hair"

Some cuddles from cousins

Ashley is very lucky to have many cousins. She has 7 on her NZ side and 5 on her Japanese side. I don't think we will have any more babies arriving on our Japanese family side so everyone is enjoying spending time with a newborn baby girl!

Rui and Ashley - he is the oldest cousin, 14 years old:



Yuzuki has been begging her mum to have one more baby since Ashley was born... I offered her to take Luca but she said he is too much work!





Rua and Ashley will get in to all sorts of trouble when they are grown up I think!



Just so nice to have lots of family members close by. I am very happy I decided to have Ashley in Japan :) :) :)

Lovely little walks

When Matthew is here he takes the boys out for short walks. There are lots of little temples and shrines and historical sites near our place. 

This is one of the boys favourite spots:

Brother photo time - but something is missing...

Luca actually knows he is missing a lens but he insists on wearing his yellow sunnies. He thinks he looks super cool!

We love you!

The boys are so good with their little sister. Always checking up on her and giving her cuddles and kisses.

Things you need

... to go for a little walk.  You really need to pack your bag well...

Nice evening

We have been having lovely weather. It is almost too hot! I think we had the hottest day in May on record the other day reaching almost 30 degrees!

The boys are enjoying being outside a lot:

Walking the dog...



Being with a girl friend?!



And some lego building on the deck:



I really hope it doesn't get too hot too soon. I love the early summer temperature in Japan :)

Big brothers

Who thought Luca would be so gentle with his sister!? He is amazingly good with her :)

Oliver is just so happy to have a little sister, he wants me to talk instead of Ashley so that he can have a conversation with her - how cute!

Bath time!

Matthew got home just in time to bath Ashley.
She wasn't too impressed with the whole experience today...





But other days she enjoys it very much :)

Mummy and daughter

The very first photo of Ashley and me! (I always forget to take photos with my children...)