Look what I saw today.
The first ones are ready to pick and I will do this later when the big boys come home from kindergarten.
So that means my lovely husbabd will have peas for his birthday dinner tomorrow Besides spareribs , fries,salat,cake and wine. 
Lovely 27 degrees and Sunshine, is there anything more I could wish for? No!
After a few really busy weeks I finally had time to do proper gardening. And we all remember what happened last time when I tried -.- .
So I started with making sure it`s safe and all pieces of my fence are out of reach. Then I weeded at my Roseberry spot and I was so sad because I though they might be all dead but surprise they aren`t. A few grow back and I have hope they multiply in fall.
My blackberries are the opposite the invaded the rest of the garden and I had to cut them down and put their offsprings in little planter. SO if somebody is in need please feel free and take them.
My grapes are in really good shape and just need new planters and soil which I will do in the next few days.
And while I was weeding grass and cutting the beast my boys had fun in our mini pool. They catched frogs and add them to the water . Pixi was right next to me and did her best to steal my tools and get attention .
And what a nice moment when you realize that your hard work pays off <3
Yesterday was one of these days were everyone feels like they should have stayed in bed.
The day before we stayed in my in-laws house and the next morning I took MIL to work and then drove back home and stopped once for going shopping. Everything fine so far .
The weather was nice and warm so it was perfect to clean up the Garden after the storm and weed. I just finished to weed at the raspberries and throw all the dead ones out when I saw that I have 3 new plants. I was so happy about it till I turned around. I wanted to get a bucked when I stepped on a screw . It got trough my shoe .
And as always I thought I`m just a sissy till I saw it ……….
So off to the doctor to get a tetanus shot and the foot cleaned .
But at least I got a coffee in my friends house. <3
We are expecting a nother Avocado tree . I planted it today and cant wait if it works.
My new baby
The new
Keep warm sweety.
The big sister had alot of sunlight today. We had 18 degrees
It`s grey ,rainy and cold today. Even my children are sleepy . I try to think on sunday where we had spring like whether filled with outdoor activities like gardening , washing the car and training my 2 years old how to ride a bike (yes he can do it with a little more training)
Now I feel like the mouse (Frederic?) in the famous children book how`s collecting sunlight , colors and words for the winter when all his friends think he’s lazy. I just really can` wait till I can work on my garden again. So much new Ideas. But also the worries about my dear Avocado tree. It really doesn’t look so good 
Some sunlight <3
And here the veggie patch
Last Tuesday I finally got my driver’s license . After I failed the second time in japanese with a score of 80% I got quiet frustrated so I decided to try it in english.
As I thought there are no english books around here but that didn`t stop me really I just translated all my notes from japanese/german into english and did research on vocabulary which I may need. and tada 93% at the first try so it wasn`t about knowledge anymore it was just about language.
I`m so happy and from tomorrow on a little bit more because my Husband will drive by bike to work.
A few weeks ago when I was shopping at the import shop I found two things where I thought they might be very helpful and easy to make. It was Mac and Cheese and Gravy. When I showed my treasure my Canadian friend his face said more than a 1000 words. His commend was just : ” I guess the kids like that but I really think you shouldn`t eat that.” I was quiet surprised and I couldn`t understand why.and I got a similar reaction with the Gravy.
Lets start with Mac and cheese.
I was quite excited to make it because the Macaroni was in Cars shape and I thought my boys will love that. When I opened the Macaroni pack I was quit disappointed. The pasta was white. WHITE… I never saw white macaronies before and I made quite a few times pasta by myself so I know how it’s supposed to look like. But ok it’s from america let`s give it a try. When the little cars were ready I tried one. Yeah well….. Then I added milk, margarine and the “cheese” like the box where it came form told me to. The “cheese” was supposed to be cheddar and I know that this cheese is quiet yellow but what I found was neon yellow. It wouldn`t surprise me if it`s glowing at night. But which really gave me a chicken skin was the smell. It smelled sour. Quite strange. I served it to my children who were super happy about the mini cars till they tried it. “eeeem , Okaasan, is something wrong with you today?”aked my 5-year-old boy. All 3 refused to eat it and asked for a sandwich instead. Good children<3 My 4-year-old boy said: “Okaasan can we feed Wolfi this?” No K I don`t think our dog will touch it.
Then the Gravy.
I was planing to make a big chicken roast at new year for my in-laws and though just if my gravy isn`t enogh then I have plan B . Well I didn`t need the finished one so I wanted to give it a try later. A few days ago I made chicken breast and remembered the gravy.
So I did what the instructions on the back told me and stirred the powder in a cup with milk and then pour it into the frying pan. But when I opened it I had a deja vu. It didn’t really smelled like chicken at all. But again “give it a try”. The taste was a real disappointment and I just poured it into the sink and did my own sauce.
Lesson learned ! Save the money you spent on this quick stuff and buy nice wine instead (and listen to your friends)
When I was a child I stayed often at my Grandparents and my Grandma used to tell me many story’s when she was small but when I was a child I didn’t really understand them fully.
But this morning when I tried to open my window I had to think of one of her stories. She told me that when she was a child there where no central heater yet and it was so cold that they had frost work on their windows or that she found her favorite flower frozen in the corridor. Unbelievable for my generation, right?
But since I’m living in Japan Granny`s storys make so much more sence to me.
That`s my kitchen window which is frozen from the inside.
And that is in my tatami room. Iwasn`t even able to open this one. By the way my granny was born in the 30s. 
Be a toddler means to learn very day something new and fun. Bilingual toddlers learn even more because of their two languages.But sometimes that can shatter their little world completely.
A few days ago when I was out with my baby and my 3rd boy (2) for a walk and he found a lot of “new”things.
If we go out he stops at every stone and every pice of dirt , everything must be examined till he fully understands which can turn a short walk into a journey of experience.
As we were walking, he asks me about nearly all flowers and trees which reminds me to buy a japanese flower book.
But to turn this day into a bad day for him onlytakes a tree and two languages as in our case german and japanese .
He: Kaasan was das? (what`s this)
Me: Das ist ein Kakibaum (It’s a kakitree)
He: O.O Kaki? wer war das ? (who done that?)
To fully understand this conversation you must know that kaki is in german a childish word for poo.
From now on my poor little man always stops at the tree shake his head and asked who did that to the poor tree and he really think it’s disgusting to get kaki offered from the neighbours. He made choking sounds when our neighbour ask him if he wants some .
Sorry N I didn’t want to ruin that for you <3
Look what my Baby got. It`s getting cold and colder but my husband didn` really got the greenhouse started so I had to do something instead. At first I moved the tree into my entrance but even this isn`t warm enough anymore so I got it a plastic sheet as protraction. I would like to move it to the livingroom but my husband thinks that attracts mukade. Really ? Mukade in winter? 
