Shinkansen 🚄 ride

They took Joetsu Shinkansen from Yuzawa to Omiya. There were many people on the Shinkansen but luckily they could find seats to sit.

Hello Souri

Momo-chan is not so fond of dogs but he likes Souri. He is very quiet and friendly. According to Momo-chan, he smells good too.

Rainy and foggy

Unfortunately it was raining all day. Then it got foggy. Pinga was determined to ski all day but gave up around 14 as all the kids didn't want to ski any longer in the rain.

Queue to the gondola ride

There were many more people at the ski resort on the 25th. Here's Momo-chan queuing to get on the gondola in the morning.

Stretching together

Here's Momo-chan stretching with Pinga's mom after a day of skiing.

Soba dinner

Momo-chan loves this kind of noodle called Hegi soba. He likes tempura too so je ate well.

Skiing Momo-chan

Momo-chan was skiing with Pinga and his cousins. It was the first day of opening of this ski resort. It was sunny and plus degrees. Only two lifts were operating though.

Tokyo dome city

Momo-chan is in Tokyo now. He was at an amusement park with Pinga's friends. Here he is happy with his water gun fight win.

Santa QP-chan

QP-chan couldn't fall asleep and cane to Pinga's desk. She found this and became Santa.

After Japanese school

They were in Copenhagen for Japanese school. It was drizzling but they had lots of energy abd went up and down the Red cross building stairs.

Open day - Vernissage

There was an open day at twins school to show what they have been working on. Twins were happily showing their school work e.g. math, English, paintings, Lego, etc.

Nobel day at school

The twins dressed up because it was their school's Nobel Prize Day and a special event. Coco-chan told Pinga they got chocolate balls at school for Fika. QP-chan wanted to have this cat hairstyle. She could not put a helmet on so she walked to school. Wow!

Christmas market 🎄

While waiting for twins, Pinga walked to two Christmas markets in Copenhagen. Even though it was cold, there were many people.

Melon soda float

Pinga's friend showed her how to make melon soda at home. So she tried and kids liked it. So QP-chan has much shorter hair now.

Haircut for QP-chan

QP-chan's hair got long. She wanted it to be shorter so Pinga cut it. It took more than one hour.

QP-chan and Pingu

Pinga checked how the twins were sleeping. She found QP-chan sleeping like this.

Birthday dinner for Pingu

Pinga planned a surprise dinner for Pingu. Thanks to the babysitter, they went out to a nice restaurant for dinner.

Advent presents

Family friend came with the presents to the kids. They became so happy. Kind friend made the day brighter for everyone. They will open the gifts on Sunday.

Happy birthday Pingu!

Pingu had a milestone birthday today. They celebrated with Pingu's siblings and their families. Pingu was happy with surprise birthday events.

Cousins

They visited Pingu's sister and her family. To Pinga's surprise, the baby was walking. He started walking shortly after he started daycare. His not so stable walk was so cute.

Read aloud QP-chan

Twins came back home from school and before they left for scout, they read Japanese text book. Good job!

Model QP-chan

Pinga's scarf project is finally coming together. Here's QP-chan checking if the length is enough.

Sleighing fun

Twins and Pinga had a lot of fun at the slope nearby. Here is the movie. https://youtu.be/psqBzkmW2a8?si=ngZzynQYryu0ZJpH

Let's go sleighing

Twins were eager to go sleighing. So they did that before dinner. It was already getting dark.

Sleighing again

They went to Copenhagen as usual for Japanese school. On the way back home, trains were not running and they had to stand for the long queue for substitute bus. So they finally came back home around 5 pm. Then they went sleighing. It was already dark but they had fun.

Sleeping on the same bed

Pinga couldn't find QP-chan on her bed this morning. But she found her together with Coco-chan like this.

Solar cells

The guys came to set up solar cells on the roof. Pinga was working inside the house so she could hear them walking, cutting, drilling, etc.

Come on Coco-chan, I'm here!

Twins were doing Japanese school homework when Inez came up to Pinga's chair. As usual, she wanted to be where people were.

Let's bike to school

Here are the kids biking to schools. Momo-chan biked by super fast!

Waffle breakfast

Pinga made waffles for breakfast. Kids were happy.

Digging Pingu

When they came back home from the Japanese school, Pingu was busy digging as it's required for the solar setup on Monday. Here he is measuring if it's 30cm in depth.

On their way to Japanese school

They took a train one before the usual one which left Lund station at 7:20. Coco-chan and QP-chan were working on the remaining homework on the train.

Graduation scarf

Now Pinga is crocheting this scarf. It's half way through now.

Letter to Santa Claus 🎅

After doing his Japanese homework, Coco-chan wrote a letter to Santa Claus. He is wishing for a need gun, advanced version.

Hand warmers

QP-chan is now making hand warmers for Coco-chan.

Sick at home

Coco-chan and Momo-chan were at home as they had sore throat, headache avd coughing. Inez came back home from outside and just sat on Momo-chan's lap.

Afternoon tea

They went to have afternoon tea at the Galloway Terrace. Kids afternoon tea was themed after bumble bees.

At Heathrow

Pingu thinks Coco-chan looks a bit like Paul McCartney. So he asked him to stand by the Beatles photo.

Xiaolongpo lunch

They were in Chinatown for lunch. They were so happy with tasty xiaolongpo dish.

Trick or treat?

They went out for trick or treating. Some of the houses were already out of candles around 18 o'clock.

Just arrived

They've landed as scheduled and now they'll take a subway fron Heathrow to get to their hotel.

In Liseberg

They drove to Gothenburg to visit Liseberg. It was raining hard but it stopped raining shortly after they entered the park. There were not many people and they had lots of fun.

Halloween 🎃 disco

Here are twins getting ready for Halloween disco at school. Koala Coco-chan needed a tree. So QP-chan came for the rescue.

Recovering Totoro

Totoro is bored being kept inside because of the operation. Bit he gave up and relaxed like this. Well, QP-chan leaves her clothes everywhere and this is one of them.

Football practice

It's Wednesday so football practice for twins. It was 12C degrees and cold for Pinga but for the twins that ran a lot, no problem. 

Momo-chan's new bike

Momo-chan grew taller and he needed a new bike. So they ordered one for him and he picked orange for the body color.

Are you ok, Totoro?

Totoro was at the veterinarian today. He had to fast since last night for the operation of toothed extraction. He had drops so he came back like this. He needs to stay indoor and eat soft food for a while. Let's hope Totoro feels better soon...

Kasutera

While having baumkuchen, QP-chan was talking about another Japanese sweet that she likes. She said it's brown and yellow. Coco-chan and Pinga had no idea. So she drew this abd Pinga figure out that it's kasutera.

Baumkuchen time

They had baumkuchen from Tokyo for dessert. They enjoyed it a lot. Thank you, Pinga sister!

Crochet QP-chan

QP-chan does crochet and asked Coco-chan to colour the line that she is done with. Good teamwork!