At the station shop we found a new DVD about Bodmin station and the ‘5552’ steam train. When we watched it Little J was on it! Not only that, I had a speaking part!!!
(April 2011)
Planting a ...
...actually, we don't know what it is. I picked it up from the shop display, so mummy had to buy it
Hee hee. Think I'll have to try that again, next time from the chocolate display ...
Hope it grows as big as my mini tomato plant (Nov 9)
New toy
Today was a rainy day, so mummy magically produced a new toy for me to play with! It was great fun, even though my trains wouldn't fit through the ball holes
Afterwards I played 'The frog song (kaeru no uta)' on my guitar
Using the potty (properly) for the first time
I sat on potty for half an hour reading a train book. Mummy called me a 'Typical Bloke'. Can anyone tell me what she means? (Nov 7)
Singing 'Kaeru no uta'
I attempted to turn the restaurant into a karaoke bar. I love 'The frog song' (Nov 3)
Karaoke time!
I'm sure it's my turn to sing. Just don't let mummy near the microphone (Nov 2)
ICU (university) festival
I met Winnie-the-pooh ...
..ate chocolate bananas, and watched singing, dancing and other festival entertainment. There were lots of cute girls! (Nov 2)
Eco Festival in Shinjuku Park
Eating a 'fair trade banana'. Mummy says if I eat too many bananas I'll grow up to be a monkey rather than a train driver
Chrysanthemum festival in Shinjuku Park!
Running around the Chrysanthemum beds (Nov 2)
Happy Hallowe'en Everybody!
Yuma's Hallowe'en Party
(October 31, of course)
'Trick or treat?'
Everyone else is holding big bags of candy. I'm holding ... a train!
Making Hallowe'en cookies for my friends
(Oct 30)
This is fun
Quick taste check; I hope they taste better when they're cooked
Shall I make a ghost or a cat or a bat ...?
I know. I'll make them all. All at once.
DJ Junya in the house
Checking out the latest AC-DC disc (Oct 29)
Yuma chan's music room
He's a really good pianist. I might ask him to join my band, but I'm worried the rattle-player, Reiko-chan, might like him more than me ... (Oct 31)
I think the AC-DC riff goes something like this ...
Playground tour #5,388,987
(Oct 25)
What goes up ...
... must come down
I can see a damsel in distress
Little J to the rescue!
Weeeeeeee!
Oh no. Forgot the damsel. (Oct 25)
Hey! I can see a train!
Even better, I can see a Shinkansen Bullet Train!
Bob the Builder
Heard the song. Wore the T-shirt. Time to watch the DVD! (Note the posh kitchen in the background. It is digital heaven! So many buttons to play with)
Afterwards I cooked dinner for everyone
At Jonny and Kokoro's new apartment (Oct 24)
Playground tour #5,388,986
Mum, you're exaggerating. It's only my 5,388,956 slide (Oct 12)
That was fun. Can I do it again?
And again? And again? (OK, maybe mummy wasn't exaggerating.) And again?
Impressive train track!
I made this layout all by myself (Oct 13) although I needed mum's help to retrieve my train from under the sofa, and the fridge, and the bookcase ... I'm the track engineer and driver. It's a guard's duty to find derailed trains. (You're exaggerating again mum; I'm sure it wasn't every five seconds.)
Yamagata potato party
Yamagata potatoes are my new favourite food (Sept 11)
I feel heavy?
That could be because I ate twice my body weight in potato salad!
I think these singers are going to become very famous in future, and then this picture will be worth lots of money ...
Rare picture - little J asleep
Maybe dreaming about potato salad? (Note toy car still clutched in hand)
Reading train books with Aki-chan
The stories were much better when Aki-chan's mum read them to us (Oct 10)
Two naughty boys...
... up to no good ...?
On a date with Sudina-chan
Her parents own a Nepalese restaurant which serves great curry. I think we might go steady ...
Little J gets Baptised
It was like a small shower with my clothes on, in front of lots of people. But I was allowed to take my shinkansen train with me, so it was ok. Mummy doesn't usually let me take trains into the shower. Nor cars, books, videos, ... maybe we could swap our bath for an alter? (Oct 5)
Race track heaven
Today I went to Korakuen play center with my mates, (L-R) Ryuga-chan and Aki-chan (Oct 4)
My car's winning ...
No mine's winning ...
Just giving my car a little encouragement ...
Eenie meenie minie moe
Even the tv remote control doesn't have so many buttons to choose from
Afterwards we played chicken on the slides
Do I look like mummy or daddy?
Today we went to sumo
My favourite wrestler, Ama (can you see him in the background?) won so I was happy (Sept 25)
Hanging out with my mate, Aki-chan
(Sept 20)
Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?
Aki, no Junya, no Aki, we both stole the cookies from the cookie jar!
Looking cute (as usual!)
Showing a leg before bed
(Sept 18)
Saturday playtime
On a slide. Now there's a surprise (Sept 13)
At the beach with a new friend
And with two more safe friends (hee hee!)
Cruising!
Tonight we had dinner on a cruise ship in Tokyo Bay with some friends (Sep 12)
Ship ahoy! (Little J on deck) A ship's captain might be an exciting job ...
Hand and potato-print painting
I had to make a picture to decorate the Hoikuen day care for the Undo-kai sports day
The finished masterpiece (Sept 10)
Nothing frightens Little J!
Tiger taming at Tokyo Zoo (Sept 7)
The monkeys were definately the best
Here I am with a big monkey
Hee hee, just joking Mum!
Did I tell you I started a band?
Yoshito plays percussion, Reiko is on keyboards and rattle
And I play remote control helicopter
Hmm, maybe I should learn to play the violin instead (Sept 6)
Kampai! Cheers!
Sunday afternoon tea with my girlfriends, Reiko and Rio. (Some grown ups gate-crashed)
Everyone enjoyed my jokes; maybe I'll be a comedian when I grow up
And this looks like the volume button ...
Teaching Reiko chan how to work the stereo
Afterwards we went to sleep
In separate beds, of course
Saturday - Bullet Train Driver!
Today we went to watch Shinkansen (Bullet Trains) at Tokyo station. It was sooooo exciting!
Saturday 23 August
I asked the driver if we could swap vehicles, but unfortunately he didn't have a pushchair licence
Later at home I made my own Shinkansen bullet train
Tuesday - fork lift truck driver
'Helping' in the timber yard
Then I cleaned the street (August 19)
Going ...
... going ...
... gone!
(Aug 18)
First trip to the seaside
The best point about playing in a big bath like the sea is: mummy didn't shout when I splashed water everywhere. Bad point: the water didn't taste so good (Aug 9)
Firework Party
Everyone enjoyed eating my chocolate cake. The fireworks were pretty good too (Aug 7)
Today's menu: Chocolate cake
Better check the taste (again) before we put it in the oven ... (6 Aug)
Cooking lesson
This time I'm making mashed vegetables; very healthy
These are organic right? (Aug 5)
I love chocolate!
Today we went to the flower shop and the lady gave me a Gerbara and a chocolate (2cmx2cm). One of them tasted better than the other (1mmx1m) (August 4)
Picnic and play in the park (of course, play!)
With my hoikuen day care friends. I'm the one in blue shorts (4-R) re-filling a water pistol (Sat 26 July)
OK sensei, I promise not to shoot you ... too much
The first beer is always the best!
Don't worry mum, it's not open. I'm just practicing for when I'm 18 (July 24)
Do I look cool?
(July 21)
Or how about these?
Mum says I'll have to wear them all the time if I sit too close to the TV
Bricking up mum's computer
Well, if I'm not allowed to play with it, why should anyone else be able to access it? (July 20)
Watching Sumo
Go Ama! Go Ama! (He's the smallest wrestler, so of course, I have to support him)
Summer Festival fishing game
The challenge was to scoop floating plastic thingies into a bowl. (Advanced version uses live goldfish)
I was so good at it I could use both hands
But after an hour was so wet I had to take my shirt off (July 14, 15, 16. Yes, I went every day)
I love water!
In the paddling pool in the terrace garden (12 July)
Except shark-infested water
Are those teeth real? (At Shinagawa aquarium park July 12)
Mini grape spoon practice
Mini grapes taste good and roll sooooo far! If I'm quick, mummy doesn't see and squeals when she she steps on one. Great game!
I've got hundreds of toys
but this milk carton on a rubber band is definately the best!
Or maybe this box is best ...
Hoikuen Festival
Mummy read 'The very hungry caterpiller' to my friends (July 4)
Then we enjoyed (?) singing performances by the parents. Stop talking mum!
Hoikuen walking tour
of playgrounds! Yahoo! OK, enough photographs. Lets get on with the tour
On the playground swing with mummy (Sorry, scanned pics so poor quality, but I still look cute, right?)
The tour ended with a picnic lunch in the park. (Here I am with my friends and hoikuen teachers)
I'm winning! I'm winning! Won! Pathetic effort mum.
Making cookies
(June 26)
'... and mark it with J ...'
(brush it with butter) 'and put it in the oven for mummy and me'
Afterwards I washed up
It was fun, but I made sure I made lots of mess, in case mummy expects me to wash up every day! (Note from mum: I wish!)
I can find a Tonker-toy mini-car
no matter where you try to hide it Mum
Today I made Niku-jyaga Japanese beef stew
I think it needs a little more soy sauce
Ah, that's much better!
Wow! This Niku-jyaga stew is really good!
Maybe I will be a chef when I grow up ...
Mini tomato plant - status update
I think this one is ready to eat Mum (June 20)
Finger-painting
Quickly progressed to body-art
Then full house-painting (June 15) aka 'How to make a little yellow paint go a looooong way!'
Introducing my new girlfriend(s)
Amelie-chan: she's half French and has long curly hair
Meguru-chan: her parents were students at ICU
Hannah-chan: we picked plums together
Reiko chan: we play bongo duets
Eat your heart out, Elton
This is MY song!
Wonder what Auntie Liz has sent me ...
It's chocolate buttons! My favourite!
What? Only four packets? That will barely keep me going 'til teatime
Church Charity Bazaar
Mum and I worked on the book stall. Here I am recommending good titles to customers. Some people wanted to buy me. (Luckily it wasn't the same day I put mum's phone in the bath or make-up down the toilet, or she might have sold me!)
My reward for working so hard?
A BMW! Cool! Can we do a bazaar again tomorrow please mum?
I wanted to buy the boat too, but mum said she couldn't push my buggy, and carry a BMW, a dumper truck, a train (yes, I'm spoilt!) AND a boat on the train
I think my 'mini' tomato might be a triffid
I asked mum to bring it indoors during a typhoon
Multi-tasking
Getting ready to pitch?
No, I'm ...
Today we went plum picking in ICU campus orchard. (I know 'orchards' are usually apples, but mummy couldn't tell me what the collective noun is for a group of plum trees.) (June 1)
Picking plums!
Here's some I picked earlier
The only boy who can pick plums from privit!
(Auntie Liz: note the cool threads!)
Hey Beckham!
Shall we practice dribbling? No! I mean dribbling a ball!
I found the ball, Beckham, but ...
... wait a minute. Help! I'm stuck!
Surprise!
Peter Rabbit was surprised to meet Little J in the park this afternoon
The bad news is, I caught a cold
The good news is, the doctor told mummy to mix the medicine with chocolate ice-cream. I think the dose should be increased to 5 times a day, for at least a month
Today is Boys' Day (May 5)
(Or to be politically correct, 'Children's Day') so I'm expecting lots of presents - are you reading this mum? So far all I got were training chopsticks (but it's easier to use my fingers)
Walking
Go on, tell me how cute I look! (Wed 30 April)
Running
Next week Tokyo Marathon? (Thurs. 1 May)
Grown-up umbrella
I hate the plastic rain cover. It makes me look like a baby and I can't see anything that might need investigating, so I persuaded Mum to give me her umbrella (by complaining loudly) and she used the plastic tent. (17 April)
Sushi
Tasted OK, but I think I prefer strawberries and pen lids. (April 12)
Mountaineer
I've been thinking, instead of a pianist, maybe I could be a climber ... meanwhile, I need to rewind my ABC video (April 7)
Or maybe a gardener ...
(April 6)
Greenfingers
This tomato plant is growing faster than me! Maybe I should drink water instead of milk.
Play center tour #8
Don't worry mum, when we've run out of slides in Tokyo we can start in Osaka.
Hey! Look what I found!
The only baby with a built-in piano-seeking device (April 3)
Thomas the Tank Engine racetrack
Grandma sent me a new bathtoy. (March 31)
It's almost as much fun to play with as the plug. Oh no, caught red-handed. It just jumped into my hand Mum, honest. I've no idea how it came out. Hey! Where's all the water gone?
Hana-mi party
Today (Sat 29 March) we had cherry-blossom-viewing/hana-mi party with Mum's friends from RIKEN
Junya senior meets Junya junior (me)
(Left) with Yoshito and his father, Kippoh (right)
Piano time!
Afterwards I taught Junya senior how to play the piano
Then played a duet with Yoshito
Cherry-blossom viewing
I could fill my blog with 'Cherry-blossom-viewing' pictures (March 25) What does that silly face mean, Mum? Oh, right. If I eat any more cherry-blossoms I'm going straight to bed without any dinner. That doesn't include milk, does it?
I don't care if I never eat another Cherry blossom in my life!
I wonder if that tree is Yamazakura?
Or maybe it's Yaezakura?
That one's Shidarezakura
Right Pa? (March 22)
Today we went to the park
With the students and teachers from Mum's Japanese class
For Cherry-blossom-viewing, of course
Note the cherry blossom behind us (March 25) I'll soon be able to tell you what each species tastes like!
Push Chair
It's a hard life when you have to push your own chair
Born to slide!
At another play center. I'm hoping we can do a 'Tokyo play-center tour' and visit them all. Don't worry mum, I heard there are only 683, so if we can visit one every day, it won't even take two years. (March 15)
Little-bics
Today I went to Littlebics exercise class (March 4). Where am I?
"Helping" the teacher
Afterwards I cooked everyone lunch
Play time!
(Mum calls it 'dinner time'.) Wearing my dinner - food everywhere, except on the plates. (March 2)
At the play center
With my girlfriends. Later I took my favourite babe, Reiko chan, for a spin ... (Feb 29)
Train driver
Don't look so worried Reiko chan. I know it's my first time, but I've watched lots of Thomas the Tank Engine videos (Feb 29)
Hang on Reiko chan
I'm going to move up a gear
Racing mum
I won of course
By miles!
I found another piano
At the play center (Feb 29)
Piano lesson (basic)
I tried to teach mum - first you have to take your hands out of your pockets ...
Piano lesson (Intermediate)
Teaching my (other) girlfriend, Riruha, how to play the piano.(Don't tell Reiko chan.) "First you turn it on, like this..."
Piano lesson (advanced)
"Then, if you want to annoy mum, you turn up the volume, like this." Sorry mum, I can't hear what you're shouting; the music's too loud. (Pics from my Christmas party - hence the Santa suit.)
Talking of mum
Here she is, holding superbaby. Oh no, forgot the red pants. Back to the phonebox.
Writing my blog
Just want to download one more pic, then we can call it a night. (J climbed up on the chair by himself. Feb 10)
Play it again Sam
(Feb 8)
And again
(Feb 9)
And now for the grand finale!
Did I hear you say 'encore'?
The aliens have landed
"I come in peace." Can you think of a better caption? (Feb 9)
I love strawberries!
I could eat a whole punnet. Oh, I did. (Feb 2)
I love bananas too!
T-shirt by Auntie Liz. Plate by Auntie Pat. Banana by mummy.
Actually, I"ll eat anything ... pens ...
Bricks ...
Laundry balls ...
A particular favourite!
Wearing Auntie Pat's sports suit
I mean, the sports suit Auntie Pat sent me.
I"m ready!
What time does the aerobics class start mum?
Bathtime
Those turtle critters get everywhere! (Feb 1)
With my treasure!
I fell off the sofa and landed in toy heaven. (Mummy was hoping I would land in my cot and go to sleep. Sleep? What is this sleep thing everyone keeps talking about?)
A rare picture
Me asleep! Well almost. Just a few more drops of milk and then we can call it a night.
I love sumo!
All my favourite wrestlers won, so I was happy. (Jan 25)
Present time!
Opening presents is thirsty work!
Look mum!
I got a plate!
Still opening presents
Me looking cute ... before the plates start flying ..
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