In my last post, Making Mochi in the Mountains, I told you it was my first time to to make Japanese mochi. I wasn’t the only person doing something for the first time.
Rikuto sees snow for the first time
Our trip to the mochi ceremony took us way up into the mountains on a winding road surrounded by snow. We were all surprised snow had fallen since it was a really mild winter’s day, but there was snow everywhere. There was less snow when we reached our destination on the other side of the mountains, but we still found some of the white stuff for this momentous photograph.
Rikuto sees his great grandmother for the first time
The same evening, my family in England gathered around my mum’s computer so Rikuto could see his great grandmother, who was visiting from Italy. There aren’t many great grandmothers who have used a webcam, and this one was no exception. She was amazed to be speaking face to face with her grandson and great grandson despite the geographical distance between us. Hopefully, it won’t be the last time Rikuto sees his great grandmother, and next time we’ll have to go to Italy and visit in person. In the meantime, here’s a picture of Ricky’s great granny and the gentlemen in the photo is his great uncle, who I haven’t seen for over a decade myself!
This line is my wife’s favorite English expression, which she learned from my mum when we went to the UK on our honeymoon. Mami is very good to me, and even though I’m very lazy when it comes to helping around the house, she doesn’t give me a hard time about it. If she does feel I’m taking advantage of her, she only has to say those words “I’m not your maid!” She doesn’t mention them very often, but when she does I quickly get my act together. That doesn’t stop her from making me a cup of coffee every morning, and bringing me a cup of hot chocolate when I’m blogging each night.