Since our friend, Eiki, will be going to Brazil for a year starting from March, we had an early 'Boa Viagem' party for him. Christine and Sam came to our house earlier in the afternoon, so we went for a walk by the lake, and did some skateboarding as well:
They liked the old woman carrying 'daikon' (Japanese radish):
We then started playing silly games on the path with the skateboard:
And here is Sam doing a yoga pose on the railing at sunset:
We returned home and Keiji, Eiki and Emi came later on. Here's a nice shot of Eiki and Emi:
Ayako made lots of yummy sushi and Eiki brought many 'gyoza' (Chinese dumplings):
We gave Eiki and going away card and some small gifts. Keiji then interviewed Eiki (using wasabi as a microphone) about his feelings on receiving the gifts:
We then played Charades. Can you guess what animal this is?:
Answer: turtle Next is the charade for 'mind':
And a charade for the movie 'Meet the Parents":
We then took a break for dessert. Ayako made rum and raisin ice cream. Here she is showing us how much rum went into it:
Here's a couple of group shots we did at the end of the night:
Everyone went home at the end of the night except for Eiki and Emi who stayed over night. Here us having breakfast the next morning:
Shuto is now a year and a half old and he was very well behaved during their visit. He was fairly quiet except when pretending to talk on the phone or when he would talk with our thermos, which is shaped as a cat:
Ayako made some very delicious apple pie and pumpkin pie. Munsu shared his portion with Shuto, who actually ate half of it:
After watching him eat and drink, I could see how he got his round belly:
It was nice to see Eri and Munsu again, as well as to meet Shuto. Hopefully it won't be so long until we see them again.
