For Naomi's Birthday April 7th

The day before Buddha's birthday is Naomi's birthday. This is where we celebrated the perfect day! Thank You Naomi!!!!

And here is what Naomi got to wake up to on the morning of her birthday!

(Sign designed by Sheon-chan!)

I had this great idea, cause I knew the girls wanted to get this space planted.

Ischin and I went to a nursery nearby, and got LOTS of flowers and plants!

Then, to surprise Naomi, after she went to bed (in the room on the second floor above where we worked- so we had to be really quiet, whispering with each other!)

Sheon arranged where she liked, quickly~
It was about midnight when we finished. Oh, and we used the compost I'd been making!!!

Oh, my babies~ they are GOOD!!! no~ GREAT!!!

I didn't get to see Naomi see the flowers in the morning~ but Sheon told me~

she was so happy she cried...a little! awwwwww~~

There's a bay leaf ("laurel") little tree, there's CHINCHOGE which always reminds me of their Japanese grandmom. There's the yellow forsythia which reminds me of MY mom, and the home I grew up in (when I was little mom remembers she told me the plant was "forsythia" and I responded "for ME?" )...

Before Naomi got the garden planted in~

Kahori organized a picnic- hanami- birthday-lunch for Naomi-chan and friends
Kahori made quiche!!!! And everyone brought other great foods for lunch. (I made the birthday Mimi-cheesecake recipe - tho couldn't get canned cherries in these parts of Japan for on top)

Those leaves on the sushi are "new" and called...something interesting like "wet-something" cause they look like they have water droplets on them. I didn't get to eat one (too much rice for me) but Sayoko told me it really has no flavor. The wrapping around the ONIGIRI ("rice ball") next to it is made from wakame too. I think the red is UMEBOSHI- salted pickled plum in the rice. Look how moist and sticky the rice is~ I'm sure this rice is organic too.
Mari-chan, and Sheon feeding her baby boy (in the carriage). Sheon's best, best oldest friend is giving Sheon lots of baby-doses!!

Yaari, Takeshi, and Sayoko~~I love these guys!!!

Akko-chan's baby boy, "Teru"? Almost a year and a half

And Akko-chan, getting a walk from Sayoko and Shinji's dog

It was gorgeous weather for celebrating Naomi's 25th! The cherry blossoms were perfectly bloomed, and the sun shone down on us in this beautiful park at FURUKAWA KOEN

Two days later, it's drizzly, rainy. I'm working to get this car of Julie's and Prahbu's donated for the Tohoku area. I think a guy from Saitama will come get it so they can take supplies up north.

  I'm doing lots of work organizing my school right now. Anita will come next weekend from Peru to take care of our school! So~ but along with the work I get to have some of my favorite beer~ in cans with cherry blossoms adorning them!Right now we're not having to use our little heater there in the background. Spring is here!