My granddaughter's visit

 This has nothing to do with Tomone, my granddaughter. I was returning from a trip to Izumi Chuo and took this picture of the 77 Bank. This is the biggest bank in the Sendai area and they have branches all over the place. In fact there are so many that in their ads they say that next to the 77 Bank there is a 77 Bank, and in some places it is almost the truth.

 We bought a fresh pineapple and it came with instructions for turning the top into a little Christmas tree. You place it upside down on a glass and cover it with the plastic decorations that were included. It was kind of cute and my granddaughter like it.

 This is our Christmas tree with Tomone's presents underneath it.

 Tomone gets a children's book with lots of do-it-yourself projects in it. Here she is working on one of them.

 It snowed and Tomone wanted to go out onto our balcony to see it.

 After spending some time on the balcony, she talked her mother into taking her outdoors where she could play with the snow. I stayed inside where it was warm.

The Christmas tree on Christmas Eve after Tomone had gone to bed. More "presents from Santa" were added to the pile.