Weekend update

I'm now back into the daily routine of work again after the New Year break. Luckily, I'm still also receiving Xmas presents from overseas. Ayako and I received baseball mitts from mom and dad so we went to the local school yard to play catch. Last night, we went to a birthday party for Amy. It was a nice place which had good food, even if the room did seem a bit like a jail cell:And here's the happy birthday girl: