2011-01-04

December 4th 2011

Today Amané made a huge step!

I heard a big laugh,
I came in her room...


She could stand up alone
in Hana's bed!
Bravo Mané!



At night she made some special pauses...!




Et pour Dada Claire
des détails...
On a fait le mochi chez Maya et Hiroshi...

(Wiki)
On consomme le mochi lors des grandes occasions et en particulier pendant les fêtes du nouvel an. Sa préparation constitue un rite festif, et il est courant de voir fabriquer les mochi, en pleine rue, ou en public.
Au Japon l'expression « peau de mochi » désigné une peau douce et ferme mais rebondie. On pourrait l'assimiler à notre expression « peau de bébé », à la différence que « peau de mochi » s'applique uniquement aux femmes et possède une forte connotation sexuelle.


On l'a mangé après l'avoir fait
en l'enrobant de différents condiments au choix:
sauce soja, kinako, haricots rouges sucrés...




La veille on doit préparer le mortier en bois.
On le réchauffe avec de l'eau brûlante..
On fait cuire le riz gluant à la vapeur auparavant...



On frappe le riz avec rythme....
jusqu'à ce qu'il forme une pâte homogène
et qu'il brille, sans qu'un morceau de riz n'apparaisse.


On le retourne, le malaxe,
à la main régulièrement,
entre chaque coup de marteau...
Puis on le sort du mortier
et on en fait de petites boules...


Frais cela n'a vraiment rien à voir
avec celui qu'on trouve dans le commerce...



La texture et le goût sont réellement incroyables.
On s'est régalés!




2011-01-03

December 3rd 2011

Today I prepared my classes
so Yuta stayed all day long with Amané...!!!

This is his resume of his day!









And at night I joined them for the bath!!


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2011-01-02

December 2nd 2010

Today we went to Ikuko's house!!!

we met Anjali




We ate so many delicious foods!!!
Prepared during several days
by Ikuko and Wakako!!!



with Miwako, Kanaé, Hitomi, Ryoma...

Fuyuki, Shizuya, Hajime, Yoshitaka, Takashi....


Shina...


We ate an other ozoni....hummmm!!!
with saké...



and we also celebrate with champagne...
Those we prepared EVERYTHING
were Ikuko and Wakako (left)
THANK YOU IKUKO WAKAKO!!!!


Happy new year everybody!!



Amané was happy to be inside the family!!


It was a really nice day!



Thank you so much


to all



the so so kind and generous family!!!


2011-01-01

January 1st 2011

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!



LOT OF HAPPINESS
FOR EVERYBODY!!!



This morning Amané
helped Yuta to do some
ozoni ...she cut the daikong!!


This is the soup ozoni
with a cup of saké
to welcome the new year!


After that the real first bath for Amané.
She seemed to really enjoy it!!




And then going to the shinto shrine nearby...
To thank the kami for last year...





hummmmm...plum are already blooming!!!



It smells so good!!!



Thank you kamisama...



Thank you...



And then in the garden
riding her duck...



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hummmm what that yellow stuff?.....


hummm, she took it, she scratched it,
but she couldn't eat it....what's a pity!!!


and at the end of the afternoon

going to the park...

Amané"s face like saying:
"Hour of milk isn't it?.....hey dad mum hour of milk!!!"



Really nice first day of the year!

2010-12-31

December 31th 2010


Last day of 2010...

Amané walked in the park
with her dad...



hummm? a bird!



So happy to "walk"
on the grass!



Then a little rest...


before milk...



and touching trees...



and the last talk
with the sun...




Bye bye the sun!




Meet you next year!




And after we went to the soba restaurant
near our house...
It's tradition to eat soba the 31th of december
so people working there were really busy!
Amané still like to look at people
working there!!