Ninjas at the Adventure Park

We drove Chikage and Riku back to the airport in Norfolk and they flew back to NYC as "unaccompanied minors".  Their dad, Ren, picked them up at La Guardia Airport.

Anna and Myron, Maggie and Jeff, left to their own devices, hit the new Adventure park.  Maggie and Jeff were outstanding (they finished all 48 obstacles!).  Anna and Myron did well given the fact that they are "senior" ninjas.

Maggie:

Jeff:

Anna:

Myron:

Tokyo Grandchildren at the Beach House in Nags Head, NC

We flew Chikage and Riku from NYC to the airport in Norfolk, VA where we had left our car.  On the way to the beach house we stopped for a ride on the Monster Truck.

We visited Kitty Hawk Kites and the kids acquitted themselves well on the climbing wall.

Chikage: http://youtu.be/5BTXaxwSyr8

Riku: http://youtu.be/94n81K6EQ20

Then, of course, ice cream was called for (Chikage - Cotton Candy flavor; Riku - Rocky Road in a chocolate chip cone).

Chikage and Riku set up a tent in the beach house bunk bed room and then Chikage did some artwork with Anna and a science experiment (summertime school homework) with Myron while Riku relaxed.

Maggie and Jeff flew in from Salt Lake City Utah and helped us have some beach fun.

Maggie-Chikage Boogieboarding: http://youtu.be/y69RiyKiIIA

Pulling Riku: http://youtu.be/o87wpbrXKt4

Two scores!: http://youtu.be/6EggN15w7B0

Then Lynne and Jim came in from Durham for the weekend and the adults did some ocean wave "cresting": http://youtu.be/GM8PslPIqss

Jeff demonstrated his skimboarding technique: http://youtu.be/gZCiYKNlMzw

And Anna did her usual kayaking: http://youtu.be/Gy7OOtu0cpo

We the made sure that the grandchildren experienced the Raceway:

Visit from Tokyo Family

Hiroko, Ren, Chikage, and Riku came to New York City for two weeks.  We flew up from our beach house to see them.

Hiroko was in the NYC mode (bagel, cream cheese and lox).

We took the train to Long Island to visit the Iannones and Vezzis.  Hiroko was happy!

The kids spent the entire day in Stephanie and Mike's pool.  The slide was a special treat (even for some grownups).

Chikage on the water slide: http://youtu.be/a5atAX70bmU

Riku on the water slide: http://youtu.be/TifNmbA-I3w

Anna on the water slide: http://youtu.be/3rPEgz4SgIY

Anna as a turtle: http://youtu.be/Sgd9rfjJR_M

Six kids in the pool exhausted all the adults.

And the annual beach vacation begins...

Anna, reaffirming her love of the water at Nags Head, NC.

Now she's going to get her bathing suit!

Carbs

Every once in a while we need to do some serious carbs.  Here's Anna's famous fettuccine carbonara.