Baby therapy

This is that lil fella's new boom.

I wonder if this means he is trying to stand! *o*

He made an old lady's day today at the supermart.

She stooped by and said hello, and he flashed such a big grin, she brightened up immediately.

"Arigato", she said. "Thank you for smiling."

Yes, indeed, his gummy teethless smile is so so therapeutic. Much as i enjoy watching him grow, each second of his gummy grin i wish i could freeze.

Besides his grin, the smell of his head, the little baby gestures, the baby bahbahboo, i wish i coul keep in a box and take them out whenever i need some baby therapy.

We got these apples from the supermart
No, it is not the shadow making its skin look so dark.

When i first saw this, it reminded me of that apple Snow White ate.

Called 秋映 (akibae), it literally means the glow of Autumn.

A little on the sourish side.

Saba is at its yummiest now

Along with sweet fresh white rice
I made our first Saba Miso Simmer of the season

along with burdock, tofu and leeks

Indeed, we finished our rice really quickly with this.
White cabbage is not exactly the standard large stemmed version now.

What i got from the farmers' mart, is this really leafy version, which is so easy to cook since the stems are so short.

I steamed them with myoga ginger and the sliced ham we got from Konig's.

It's been a gloomy cloudy week, most say.

But i say, the cool, calm Autumnery week was indeed relaxing.