Misc. Oct. I

Misc. October

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Yes, Ayaka fits right in to the family! I already had the girls dressed when she walked out of her room Sunday morning and everyone matched! (except Mommy, so they asked me to go change so we would all be in pink...) Love my girls!

Ayaka brought some rice from Japan that was grown in her mother's friend's rice patch. I was so impressed! Then, Jason pointed out to me that I got Minnesota wild rice from my mother's friend too. I hadn't thought about it that way! :) Ayaka had never seen wild rice and was totally amazed by it!

On Sunday night, Ayaka treated us by making dinner. She told us she was making sushi.

Ayaka cooking for us...

We didn't understand the way she was making it. When we think of sushi, we think of sushi rolls or sashimi. She said there are many ways to make sushi. For a family, they most commonly make it this way...layered.

I wish I would have taken a picture of the whole finished dish. It was gorgeous! But, the family completely devoured it! By the end of the meal, the girls had two or three helpings each and all the food was gone! They discovered they liked salmon and cabbage and they even loved "nodi" which we did NOT tell them was actually seaweed. Jason and I were completely in shock at their love for the dish. It was delicious!

Jase fell asleep at 5:30 pm and slept through until morning - about 14 hours. But the rest of us enjoyed a fine Japanese meal with our new chopsticks! What a treat!

Monday night - October 18, 2010
GAME NIGHT!

We are learning that Japanese from Okinawa are totally familiar with all our candies, food, pop, movies, etc. due to the long time presence of the US military base there. So we brought out a board game that we thought might be new for her. SORRY! She knew that one too...but thankfully the game was one of her favorites and we had such a great time!