Asukayama Park

On Monday, we visited Asukayama Park, one of Tokyo's oldest public parks. It's famous for its cherry blossoms, but we went for the trains and the playground. There were two trains to explore, and a huge castle to climb. Adam spent most of his time running from train to train. He was by far the sweatiest kid at the park.

Sitting on the elephant's trunk. This is also a slide!

Lottie with the mermaid statue.

We decided to take a small tram to get to the park instead of the usual JR (Japan Rail) trains. This tram was light rail, and wound its way through the back streets of Tokyo. It was basically a glorified bus.

Children's Hall

We then took the kids to a Children's Hall, which is an indoor place center, with play equipment, crafts, music, science stuff, and more. It's wasn't as great as it sounds, and there is another one that is supposed to be better only blocks away, but this one is FREE. Adam had a blast on the indoor playground, running around with all the other kids.

Lottie enjoyed the baby play area, although there weren't really any toys for her.

The baby play area on the third floor had more toys for both Lottie and Adam. Adam just loved all the stuffed animals, especially once he found Mickey Mouse. He also attempted to steal the rolled walkers from all the one year olds. Once he got one, he pretended to mow the lawn.

That night, we checked in, then tried a Thai place that we had noticed our last time in Tokyo. Fairly good, and they were super nice to our two little monsters, who were pretty tired. Adam did manage to eat most of his pad thai (noodles).

Extended Weekend

Chris took a few days off, so we took advantage of the New Sanno Hotel's 25% discount in September and went Tokyo-exploring. On Sunday, we started in the Harajuku-Aoyama area and had lunch at our favorite, Kua Aina. It's a burger place originally in Haleiwa, Hawaii, that has expanded, but only to Japan. Soo good - the burgers have an entire slice of onion grilled into the burger. Adam wouldn't eat, but loved his guava juice.

We passed a dessert place with insane cakes. Look at all that fruit. One had mangoes shaped like roses. And, of course, they were super expensive.

Candle

Adam's new favorite game is building a Lego "candle," then parading around with it, while singing.  We figured out that he's pretending to be an altar server and carry the candle down the aisle, like at Mass.  What a good Catholic!

Sleeping Beauty

Loving sleeping on her tummy...

Cho Cho Lips

My best effort (in the car) of getting a good picture of Adam's cho cho lips.  He gets it from his Mommy.If you don't speak Pidgin, here's the definition.  

cho cho lips
(choh choh lips)

Definition: fat or thick lips
Used In A Sentence: Ku`ulei get shmall kine cho cho lips yeah?
In English?: Wouldn't you agree that Ku`ulei's lips are quite voluptuous?

New Parents

Adam picked out some new parents at the Japanese department store.  Adam's two new Mommies love scarves!

Laughing

Lottie loves hanging out with Daddy, as long as he makes her laugh.

Adam's Wishes

Adam's thoughts for the day. He hasn't forgotten about Disney, you'll see. Also, you can see what happens when you don't strap Lottie into her bouncy seat.

McDonalds

Adam is loving McDonald's milkshakes.

Is a free Smile on the menu at American McDonald's?