Helene from Sweden will be our Au pair for this summer!  She seems such a lovely girl and we are looking forward to meeting her on Sunday!

I was talking about Au pair system to my Japanese girlfriends and they were astonished.  Most of my Japanese friends with children are struglling with getting enough help from their busy workaholic hubbies.  Japanese girls are petit but very tough.  Making sure providing husband comfortable stay at home, doing all housework as well as looking after small chilren.  Some of dads come home after midnight because of overtime.  I’m not exaggerating at all, it is quite common.  If my husband is like that and have no parents around, I’d go mad…..

I really appreciate how my husband is helpful towards to housework.  He is also hard worker but he is balancing very well.

Well, while Helene is here, we would like to take this oppotunity to go out just two of us in the evening.  I’m making the “To Do” list.  Talking of going out, I see lots of couple going out without children if it’s evening or night occation.  But in Japan, usually they take small chilren with them or mums stay at home with children.  Babysitter is not very common either (besides their own parents).

It’s just different culture, but I like English way in this topics, and hope hard working Japanese mum could get little bit more help from hard working hubbies.