WHAT'S RUKA UP TO?

  • Chopsticks

    Eating soup with chopsticks

  • Seneca Rocks camping Trip

    Came to Seneca rocks for camping!
    Cool watch!
    Sharing a cooler chair
    Working on balance
    Found peanut butter tub!
    Cool Leaf!
    Great view!
    Nice viewing deck
    Standing like a cool papa
    Papa is the best bed for napping
    Borrowed Dinosaur egg
    Attacking papa with my friend!
    Post attack rest

  • Rocky Gap State Park

    Made it to the campground
    Hanging out with Tenzin
    Canoeing
    Leaving the beach
    Co-paddling
    Hammock time
    Afternoon swim
    Lake Habeeb
    Finding some good rocks
    Ready, set…
    Attack the legs
    Viewpoint on the way home

  • Spray Park

    Got a cup
    Hat?
    Hat.
    Filling the cup
    Filling two cups
    throwing two cups
    refilling
    checking on the progress
    still working on it
    Would you like some water?

  • 2nd Birthday Backpacking

    Let’s go backpacking!
    Getting started
    Tricky creek crossing
    Best way to backpack: on papa!
    Helping Dave & Tenzin set up their tent
    Helping Mama set up our tent
    Snacking on trail mix
    That way!
    Splashing around
    Throwing rocks
    Best rock to throw!
    More splashing, fewer clothes
    Walking by the creek
    What’s this mama?
    For my birthday?
    Let me see how it tastes
    More marshmallows please!
    Packing up in the morning
    Love hiking!
    9/10, will do again

  • Tokyo

    Bye bye Ojiichan and obaachan
    Seeing a Yayoi Kusama Room
    I think I can I think I can
    Contributing to the Yayoi Kusama Room
    More dots!
    Looking for a sushi place at Tsukiji market
    Tired of walking
    It’s crowded here
    Found sushi, dropped something
    Checking out this awesome garden
    I love rocks!
    Hamarikyu garden
    Heading back to the airport

  • Osaka Aquarium

    Looking at fish
    Enjoying the kelp forest
    Posing in front of the coral reef
    AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!
    Ruka asking to see more big fish
    So many “WOW!”s
    That was fun

  • Makin Friends

    This car dealership has a restaurant that has a play area
    Slide?
    Playing with some older guys
    Pingpong balls?
    Meeting Hana
    Hana helping Ruka snack
    Yum yum console yum
    Some very fun curtains in this place
    Hanging out at the playground
    Learning how this all works
    Swinging with some help from Ryo
    Swinging with Hana
    Just a two-person-hula-hoop-walk back home from the playground
    super happy!

  • Sanda

    Snacking
    Out for a walk
    Posing
    Shouwa Bridge
    Telling stories
    Balancing
    Water down there!
    Happy Mother’s Day!
    Napping on papa is the best!
    Aimoto station

  • 長野

    Playing on the shinkansen
    Finally meeting up with Obaachan and Ojiichan
    Over there!
    My cellphone?
    Yes, my cellphone!
    Planning out where we’re going from the hotel lobby
    Getting a driving lesson
    Haven’t started the day yet and already exhausted
    Exploring the gardens
    Goat?
    Piggyback ride around Heidi’s Village
    Piggyback ride around Suntory vineyards
    Best part=pickles
    信州蕎麦は美味しいね
    More pickles?