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Cherry Blossom Adventures
www.cherryblossomadventures.com
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An Aussie girl living in Tokyo with her Japanese boyfriend trying to make sense of her crazy yet funny Japanese life...
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Almost Irish twins…

Until I had my children I had never heard of the term “Irish twins” – it is kind of a derogatory term referring to two children born to the same mother within one year. My children ...

1 day ago

We still have fun…

We still have fun. Even if I don`t post much about it or take many photos. All of these photos below are from my phone as well so the quality is not great. I need to pull out my DSLR again and start ...

6 days ago

Tiredness…

It is just 10pm here but already I feel like I could fall asleep and sleep for hours and hours and hours. I have been so exhausted the last couple of days and I think it is because Shun was away over...

21 may 12

Food wars…

I doubt my mothering skills a lot. I am so aware that what I do now can make a big difference later on. Will my yelling about hurrying up to come to the front door to put shoes on cause some kind of ...

17 may 12

Getting things done {SYL12: Weeks 19 & 20}…

Week 19 was all about routines. I think some people LOVE routines and others hate them. I am definitely all for them especially for my kids- I think that we have a good sleep routine with them both b...

16 may 12

The house…

We moved in almost a month ago and finally it is starting to feel like “home”. I have unpacked almost everything {just my books to go- but need a bookshelf first! Haven`t replaced the one...

10 may 12

Talk it out…

Noah is 2 & 5 months right now. I last wrote about his speech just before his 2nd birthday with what we had been told by the child psychologist and things we could work on at home. We are not as ...

08 may 12

Procrastination {SYL12: Week 18}…

Procrastination. We all do it. Some of us have it worse than others. Some days for me I procrastinate a lot and then other days I manage to cross everything off my to do list by 10am. For me my energ...

05 may 12

Playing catch up {SYL12- Week 14-17}…

So with a trip home to Australia and then coming back and almost immediately moving house {yes we are in the new house!} I have fallen behind with my Simplify Your Life 2012 challenges but I have not...

29 apr 12

Tomorrow…

Tomorrow we move into our brand new house. That is why it has been quite here because between going to Australia, doing a load of stuff there, coming back to Japan and spending this week packing I ha...

13 apr 12

We made it…

We made it to Australia a week ago today. I blogged earlier in the week but hadn`t yet updated on the trip. Was it hell traveling with a 2 and 3 month old and a almost 15 month old on a 9 hour flight...

28 mar 12

Changes {SYL12: Week 12 & 13}

Dealing with change was the topic for last week and for this upcoming week we needed to check in on our progress with our goals from week 6. I don`t deal with change well. Some things are fine but th...

26 mar 12

Gratitude & kindness {SYL12- Week 11}…

Last week I wrote about my fears of imperfection and how recently it has been holding me back from starting on things that need to get done. This week Deb asked us to focus on gratitude. I already to...

19 mar 12

Can they share?…

When we designed our new house we gave each boy a separate room. Downstairs we have a living/dining/kitchen open space area but because of the size of the land there was no extra space for a “p...

18 mar 12

Fears {SYL12: Week 10}…

Last week I wrote about expectations and standards I have set for myself and how I was coming to terms with the fact I am not, nor will I ever be, a perfect mother. The tasks for the Simplify Your Li...

15 mar 12

Toddler tales…

Noah is almost 27 months and Shion is 14 months old. I love organizing things for my kids to do. I also enjoy trying to involve them in the everyday things we do as well as spend a lot of time outsid...

13 mar 12

A year on…

Source At 2:46pm on 11 March 2011 Japan was devastated by the Great Tohoku Quake and tsunami followed by the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster. Not a day passes when I do not think about that da...

11 mar 12

Nobody is perfect… {SYL12:Week 9}

Source This last week was filled with me raising my voice too much, not enough cuddles, not enough sorry`s from me, too many “If you don`t….then…” ; type threats, lots of ̶...

04 mar 12

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02 mar 12

Happiness list and gratitude {SYL12: Week 8)

For week 8 we were asked to think about what makes us happy and what makes us unhappy. For me it is a double edged sword. Spending time with my family and doing things for them makes me happy…b...

29 feb 12

Tot school catch-up…

Noah is 26 months and Shion is 13.5 months. It has been just over 2 months since my last Tot School post and to be honest we haven`t been up to a lot- lots of play and outside time. Cubbies and prete...

22 feb 12

No method…

We don`t follow a language method. I would rather follow a method but it just doesn`t seem to work for us. I speak to the boys only in English {except a bit of Japanese to Noah at rhythmic class, usu...

21 feb 12

Vision board {SYL12: week 7}…

This week we were asked to make a vision board for the Simplify Your Life Challenge. Mid week and I still hadn`t started but after reading this post I decided it was time to get a move on and I looke...

20 feb 12

Snow flakes…

We have snow flakes falling outside right now. Just a few- doesn`t look like it will stick or anything and while today is cold it is not so cold that I would of thought we would be getting snow. Luck...

16 feb 12

Goals & intentions {SYL12: Week 6}

You will notice there was no week 5 for the challenge as it was a “rest” week. For week 6 we had to decide on our goals and intentions for 2012. I had already done this when I wrote my re...

14 feb 12

Table manners…

First photo is Shion taken in December eating spinach, cheese and mushroom spaghetti. Second photo is Noah eating mango in Australia the December before. They are about the same age in each photo. I ...

08 feb 12

Snap happy…

Um, so I finally uploaded photos from January today. I realized that it has been more than a month since I uploaded any photos of my kids and even longer that that here on the blog. I still take a lo...

05 feb 12

Wheel of life & balance {SYL12-week 4}…

{Source} This week {and I am a little late to post} we had to fill in the wheel of life chart to see where our time and energy is currently spent and what areas, if we want them to, need more time an...

01 feb 12

January gratitude list…

Today I thought about how 1/12 of the year is already gone and it kind of depressed me as I felt like I didn`t get much done. Then I realize that quite a lot happened in January- lots of positive thi...

31 jan 12

Our family mission statement {SYL12- week 3}…

For week three of the SYL12 challenge we had to make a family mission statement. I thought about doing two- one for me and one for our family as ultimately I am writing them but for now I have only w...

23 jan 12

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