Chino & Yoko's B-day

Last weekend Chino complained about me not having updated the blog in over a month. I suspect she was looking for pictures :) The Japanese have a nice custom of giving copies of photos to the people that are in them, and I used to be pretty good about putting together envelopes of photos. But I haven't done it for almost two years and have been getting flack about it. Hopefully uploading some photos will appease the angry Chino. (I do intend to burn photo disks . . . someday)

Chino (left) and Yoko (right) have their birthdays in the same month, so we did a two-for-one birthday special at my house.

Chino took this lovely picture with the carrots that sparked a "vegetable playtime" photo shoot where we abused broccoli and cabbages, proving that age is just a number and that some of us will eternally be young at heart (and mind). There are photos of myself somewhere out there, but you'll not find them here (^^)v

Yoko had brought a board game called "Blokus" that was pretty easy to learn and totally addictive. There are 4 players, each with their own tetris-like blocks. The goal is to place your own blocks on the board in patterns that prevent the other players from placing their blocks, until everyone is stalemated. The winner is the person who used up the most spaces on the board. I don't know where the game is originally from but it's worth picking up if you like board games. But moderation is definitely key . . . playing 4 hours straight is a great way to give yourself a headache.