Saturday, August 08, 2009

100 days for Sakura


5日水曜日はさくらのお食い初めの日でした。さくらはアメリカ人と日本人のハーフなのでマクドナルドのハッピーセットでまずはお食い初め、歯固めはハッピーセットに着いていたおもちゃで。
後は、お赤飯とお魚(鯛じゃなかったけど)と梅干し、煮物、みそ汁(汁じゃないけど)などで(和食の写真が逆から撮ったので変だけど)
正式な形のお食い初めではなかったけど無事に100日をむかえられました。

This past Wednesday, as is the custom in Japan, Okui-Zome is the celebration of 100 or 120 days old for children. It marks the time that babies can 'begin' eating food by themselves. As Sakura is half Japanese & American we thought to have her pose by both 'children meals'. I always think of McD's Happy Meals when I think of an American meal for kids and Takako prepared the customary meal for the Japanese meal. We ended up eating the food for her as we haven't started her on rice or anything other than Mom's milk yet.