Family trip
Ono Karori
The morning I stayed at Kurohime in Nagano was cold, not just cool.
Sleeveless tops are out of season...
Although I realize that the beginning of autumn has passed according to the calendar,
As we stopped at Shodoshima and traveled from north to south, it was hard to believe that the end of summer was just around the corner.
Heading home, doubting autumn
But the next morning, when I went outside, the air was soft and neither too cold nor too hot, and it was just right.
"Ah, what a lovely morning," I thought, stretching out my arms and releasing the fatigue of my journey.
How are you spending your summer?
Homecoming, travel, leisure, rest
I would be happy if you could stop by and share your summer memories with us.
The Ono family will be in attendance at the Yasuhide Ono exhibition at Galerie Haigetsu in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture.
To Niigata, my hometown
The children were really looking forward to going to see their grandpa and Mumu-chan (my mother).
This time, the four of them spent time in Niigata, and then went to Nagano with their youngest child, who is 1 year and 10 months old, for 2 nights and 3 days.
Six months ago, when we took her to Tokyo, we felt that she was about to enter her first rebellious phase.
Even though this is my fifth child, I had completely forgotten that I was going to have to go through the terrible twos.
"This child is always healing and never selfish"
Even though we have experienced this many times, it is parents who have this illusion.
My youngest child had a blast on this trip.
Anyway, "No, no, no!"
This is also the time when children start to be able to talk a little, develop a sense of independence, and have a strong desire to do things on their own.
It is said that people also adopt rebellious attitudes due to frustration caused by the discrepancy between "what they want to do" and "what they can do."
If you agree with this, you can empathize with this reluctance.
When parents interact with their children, they become frustrated because they cannot do what they want to do.
I seriously exploded in front of my 2-year-old...
This time, my oldest daughter was irritated and yelling at my youngest daughter.
It sounded like I was angry, and I honestly thought it was a terrible thing to say.
Even if you don’t want to be similar, your catchphrases and mannerisms end up resembling those of the people you’re with, so you need to change them…
Get away from the everyday
Because traveling gives you more time to interact with each person than usual
I have something to think about again
Traveling with children is hard
By the time they returned, both the children and the parents had changed.
The whole family is getting bigger
The eldest son and daughter stayed in Niigata, and on the first day they returned, the 6-year-old second son said to them,
"Shall I clean the bathroom?" he says nonchalantly.
Maybe being the oldest brother now has made him more proactive.
It's a little thing, I'm sure.
Going to different places together while we can
This is something I have been cherishing since my eldest son was born.
Our family has grown and our car is full, so travelling and eating has become difficult.
As the number of family members increases, the depth of experience also increases.
In this way, once or twice a year, I leave my current place and travel to different places to experience different ways of life.
I hope we can all grow up little by little
After the break, I'll keep running until the New Year's holidays.
Starting this weekend, the exhibition of ceramic artist Ryuta Fukumura will be held.
Please come and enjoy yourself
Have a wonderful day this week too.
