With a toddler in the house, time really flies. Walking to the bus stop in the morning, enjoying the spring blossom, I feel like the day two years ago when I wrote a post about magnolias, must have been just yesterday. I always look forward to this time of the year. Soft warm air, no […]
It was six months ago that I last wrote about our bedtime dino-storytelling, and it has continued since then, every night. The dino-cast has expanded slightly, but after New Year there has been a dramatic change in the direction this never-ending story is heading and I thought that was worth a few words. When I
Last Friday it was time for 発表会, happyoukai – the kindergarten’s annual on-stage presentation. Every February the children sing and perform plays on a big stage in a cultural center, and parents and relatives come to see their children perform. For our son this was the third happyoukai, and we were so happy to see
Coming home to Japan after an extended period in Sweden, I always look forward to the aerial view of Tokyo and Mount Fuji. Just like last year, we had the good fortune to get wonderful views of the cityscape below, and just like last year I struggled with the blue toned windows and strong backlight
Having covered the main events of our busy busy autumn, it is time for a little snow and winter, this time from Sweden. We spent the winter holidays in Sweden with my parents. Coming “home” is always a happy thing for me, and for my son as well coming to Sweden has become “coming home”.
Before moving on to write about our snowy winter adventures, I wanted to share a photo taken from the airplane flying far north on its way towards Denmark. It was the first time I saw auroras, northern lights, from an airplane and the first time ever for my wife and son – a really happy
Since our son turned 5 we have been practicing riding a bicycle. We found a second hand bicycle that looked like the right size for a toddler, and it included a bag with support wheels. But having heard that those could slow down the learning process or actually make it more difficult, I decided to
One of the things we like about our kindergarten is that our son gets to experience all kinds of activities. This year there has been soccer, potato digging, art exhibition visit, a visit to the rescue and emergency center. And just before the winter holidays he got to go ice skating for the first time.
This spring my wife and I started a little company together. I was doing photography and photo editing work when I was living in Sweden, and since closing my company there I have been wanting to set up something in Japan and now finally it has come to fruition. In Sweden I was working closely
This September, my son and I started to participate in online classes organized by Swedish school in Tokyo. My son has joined a group where the focus is to better learn letters, easy reading and writing as well as general Swedish culture. He has really enjoyed being part of this group with other Swedish speaking
One of the things I like most about our son’s kindergarten, is the different events they arrange during the year. The end of school year recital where the children perform, the summer concert, the sports day and then in autumn the art exhibition. This year a theme of our son’s class has been play with
It has been a year and a half since our son started to go to kindergarten by bus. Except for the too hot summer months when we hide in the shade of a tree playing name-the-car-games, we have made a morning reading routine out of waiting for the bus. Looking back at the first time