today is the last day of the holidays known as golden week. the actual holiday today is children's day. we didn't put out the boys' decorations because i really can't be bothered to. it's a big three or four tiered thing and such a pain. and probably a lure for small children with grabby hands. hm. anyway, happy children's day, children! so what did we do today? yoshi and i got new keitais. mine is very pretty! photos soon...

we went on our annual trip to miyazaki. it was the same as always, except this year the weather was perfect so we ate outside a lot, drank outside a lot, played outside a lot and the kids had a blast. i do so enjoy visiting victoria, even if the family camp means a lot of work (not only for me, for all of us) and i am so exhausted. good thing we got home last night and had today to recover!

this morning yoshi learned that his aunt died and he had to go to a funeral this evening. sasha is not feeling well so we'll be going to bed as soon as i wrap this up. sasha also slept this afternoon, but hiro and tommy did not, so i am hoping everyone will go straight to sleep. yay for school tomorrow (i hope sasha is feeling better by then! hiro may not get on the bus without her....)

no pictures from the weekend, was much too busy with yoga, talking, eating, drinking sparkling wine, cross stitch, cooking, cleaning up and occasionally taking care of children. oh, and we fit in a trip to the onsen, too! it's great to be home....