明日は大晦日。昨日は息子の1才の誕生日でした~。去年の今頃は産まれたての息子と病院にいたな〜。。一年の早さに気後れするばかりです(´Д` ) また来年も同じようなことを言っていそうな私です。
皆様2011年も本当にお世話になりました。2012年もかわらずよろしくお願い致しますm(_ _)m
Tomorrow is the new year's eve. Yesterday was our son's very first birthday! I was in the hospital with my son this time last year... I'm just so overwhelmed by how fast time flies. I'm sure I'm saying the same thing again next year lol
Thank you so so much everyone for all the support and kindness this year and thank you in advance for your continuing support in the year of 2012 ;)
12/30/2011
2011 is ending....
12/27/2011
better hurry!!!
ま、まずい。。。年賀状を今やっとプリントしました(汗) これから皆へのメッセージを手がきで書き入れます!(◎_◎;) 100枚強ありますよー。頑張りまーす!!
Yikes!! I'm just done printing our new year's cards!! I'm gonna start putting some personal message for each one of our students and family by hand.....! There are a little over a hundred cards.. Grrrrrr I gotta get this done!!
12/25/2011
Merry Christmas!!
メリークリスマス!! 寒いですね~😱 でもクリスマスはなぜか気持ちがワクワクします💓 皆サンタクロースにどんなプレゼントを貰ったのかな~?? 私たちも息子が産まれたのを機に今年からアメリカ式のクリスマスを始めました。朝ご飯を食べた後、クリスマスツリーの下にあるプレゼントを開封するというもの。皆それぞれプレゼントをもらってホクホクのクリスマスモーニングでした☆
Merry Christmas guys! and it's CHILLY!! Christmas always makes us feel warm.. I wonder what Santa brought to you all...
As we have our son now, we started a American style Christmas; we open up the presents underneath the Christmas tree after breakfast. All of us got something to open and we had such a nice Christmas morning!
12/19/2011
Christmas Week!!
今週末はクリスマス~!今週は、今月初めに皆が飾り付けをしたストッキングにサンタクロースからのお土産を入れてお持ち帰りです(*^^*)
私たちから、、いやいや、サンタクロースからのギフト、みんな楽しんでね!
Christmas week is here! This week, everybody is taking the stockings they decorated themselves home with some gift from Santa!!
I hope they will enjoy the goodies from us.... I mean from Santa!!
12/14/2011
Little ones ;)
10月に私たちの教室のハロウィンデコレーションの前で団体写真を撮りに来てくれた順心幼稚園の子供たちが今度はクリスマスデコレーションの前で写真撮影に来てくれました~(^-^) 教室の生徒の子も何人かおり、とっても嬉しかったです☆
Little ones from Junshin kindergarten who came to take group photos with our Halloween decoration in October were back again for Christmas photos! We came across some of our students, too! What a happy day!
12/05/2011
Ugh,,, sick sick sickkkkk
11/28/2011
Turkey day!!
我が家でも去年からこのサンクスギビングを伝統的なやり方で祝い始めました!偶然ネットで七面鳥が買えることを知ったのがキッカケなのですが(笑) ただ、木曜は平日でレッスンがありますので、ウィルソン家のサンクスギビングはその週の日曜です。
というわけで写真は今年のサンクスギビングミール。七面鳥、キッシュ、マッシュポテト、野菜にクランベリーゼリーです。ビスケットはKFCにてゲット^^; 美味しかったです!!
The 3rd Thursday in November is a Thanks Giving day in the states. On that day, people get together with families and enjoy delicious meal with a whole turkey as its main entree.
We started that tradition last year as we happened to find out that we could get the whole turkey here in Japan. Since Thursday is a week day and we have lessons, we celebrate our Thanks giving on the Sunday that week.
The picture is our this year's thanks giving day meal. We had a turkey, quiche, mushed potato and some vegetables, cranberry jelly along with the biscuit from KFC;) They were all so YUMMY!!
11/20/2011
We, the judges!!!
11/18/2011
How cute!!
教室にくる2年生たちが私たちの絵を描いてくれました☆ なんと健気で可愛い絵たちでしょう~!嬉しいですね。大切にしまっておこうと思います(^-^)
2nd graders at our school gave me drawings of us. How adorable they are! I love them! I am going to save them for a looooong time!!
11/07/2011
First fever!!
10/28/2011
We are home!! and the Halloween party is over! Phew!!
10/23/2011
Report from Cali
というわけで、早くもアメリカに来て4日目!!! 毎日があっという間にすぎて行きます。
ハロウィンが近いアメリカでは、街角やスーパーでパンプキンがたくさん売られています♬ しかも安い! 日本にもって帰りたいです(´Д` )
So, we are already on Day4 in the states!! Gee, time flies!
As Halloween is near, you see pumpkins being sold everywhere here. and they are soooooo cheap!!! I wish we could take some home!
10/19/2011
We are going to Los Angeles
8/30/2011
Halloween..... here we come!!
あっという間にまたハロウィンが迫ってきました!!! というわけで、今年は早々8月末よりハロウィン準備に取り掛かっているウィルソン家。教室に通っている子供たち、そして教室のご近所の皆様ならご存じでしょうが、私たちの教室ではハロウィンに絶大な力を注いでいるのです(笑) 今年は9月中旬ころから飾りつけを開始しようと思っております。今年も何人か怖がって泣いちゃう子供たちがいるかもしれないな・・・・心配><
I apologize for the long silence!
7/18/2011
Summer is here!
梅雨が明け実家の裏庭では今年もクマゼミの羽化が始まっています。何年も土の中でこの時を待っていたセミの幼虫君たちが人生のクライマックスにに向けて一生懸命な姿は涙ものです(´Д` ) 息子が2-3歳くらいになったらきっと一緒にこれを観るんだろうな~。
As the rain season is behind us, cicadas started coming out in my parents' backyard. Watching the climax of their lives as they are turning into adult cicadas after being in the dirt for years makes me a little emotional. I suppose I will be watching this with my son when he gets his toddler age..
7/06/2011
hot hot hot!!
なんという達成感!?今日一日エアコン無しで過ごしました(笑) 私達の生活スペースである2階は熱がこもり温室状態でしたが、窓全開+扇風機で乗り切りました。教室もエアコン無しでレッスンしましたが、子供達は学校がNoエアコンなので慣れた様子でした^^; さすが! というわけで寝る時だけは28度設定で快眠させて頂きます。。。。Good night!!
What a sense of achievement?! We got through today with no AC! Our upstairs was super hot like a greenhouse, but we survived with open windows and fans. We even had classes without AC but kids didn't to seem to care as they don't have AC at their school anyways. Amazing! Anyhow, could you please at least let us sleep with AC at 28℃.. ? night night!
7/01/2011
Crocs crocs crocs!!
木曜5時の4年生8人のクラス中に玄関でパチリ!8人全員Crocsシューズではなぃですか~?!色も皆違ってかわいいですね~。オトナにも人気のクロックス。私は一足ももってませんが試してみようかしら^^;
This is a snap I took during 4th grader class on Thu 5pm. Look! All 8 kids came in Crocs shoes! Aren't they kinda cute all in different colors? Crocs are even popular in adults as well although I don't own a pair. Should I give 'em a try?!
6/23/2011
Hot hot hot isn't it?! Our dog Scotch finally became to dislike his walking time. My son loves to be held, but I start sweating in a few minutes when I try to put him sleep by carrying him(´Д` ) The scary thing is, this is just the beginning of summer!! Ughhhhh!!!!
6/08/2011
Sports Festival
今年も、青島小学校の運動会を見に行きましたo(^▽^)o ただ、土曜は午前から夕方まで私かウェインがレッスンをしているので、ギリギリ一時間くらいしか見ることができず、教室のほとんどの子供達に会うことができず残念でした。声をかけて来てくれたママ、パパ 、ありがとうございました~(^_^). 教室とは違う雰囲気の中の子供達を見るのはいつも新鮮です。
We went to see a sports festival at Aojima elementary school. Since one of us is having lessons throughout on Saturday, we could only make an hour to be there and didn't get to see much of our kids at all.... Thanks some Moms and Dads for coming up to say hey to us;-) It is always interesting to see our kids outside the classroom!
5/30/2011
ughhhhhh
忙しさを言い訳にしたくないのですが、、忙しくてブログをなかなかアップデート出来ないでいます(´Д` ) クラスの写真もアップしたいのですが、、出来ずじまい(涙) 今週こそUPするぞ!!
I hate to blame this on busyness.... but I have been too busy to update my blog lately... we got several class photos to upload but that hasn't happened just yet! hopefully hopefully this week!!
5/09/2011
Clematis
今年も、我が家のち~~~~~さな裏庭のクレマチスが咲きました。なんとかわいらしぃのでしょう。。ただ、ラティスにからまってくれなかったので(私がしばりつけなかったのが悪いのでしょうか・・・)、地面の方にワサワサと咲いてしまいました。。とほほ。 でもかわいいです☆
Golden Week is over!
私たちの教室は、先週一週間ゴールデンウィークのためお休みでした。皆さん、どこかにお出かけしましたか??私たちは、全くプランが無かったのですが、毎日思い立ってはあちらこちらへドライブしていました。静岡、御前崎、磐田、横浜、、、、何も予定なくただ行ってみたりしてすごしました。息子も4か月+になり、だいぶ落ち着いてきたので、ちょっとした遠出がしやすくなりました。写真は横浜の赤レンガ倉庫。だいぶ成長した息子の写真は御前崎に行ったときに撮ったものです。
We had a week off for Goldenweek last week. Did you guys go anywhere? We didn't have much plan at all, but we kinda played it by ear everyday... We drove to Shizuoka, Omaezaki, Iwata and Yokohama during this break. As our son has gotten 4months+ and calmed down a lot, long drives are a lot easier now. The picture is from "Akarenga souko" in Yokohama. The picture of our son was taken when we were in Omaezaki ;-)
4/27/2011
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4/26/2011
game day
We do games in the very last class of the month. The most popular game right now is this simple game called "Twister" in which we place a mat with colored circles on the floor and have kids place their hands or feet on the certain colored circles chosen by the host. It looks easy but once you try it, you will see how hard it is to keep the balance. Watching kids all excited makes us smile ;-)
4/07/2011
New School Year is Here!!
So, new school year has started!! I'm sure all those families with children are having busy day right now.. As the schedule for our school changes every year, we always have crazy/busy/exhausting days until we settle down. The busiest day was on Wed last year, but it is Tue this year. We will have classes non-stop from 4pm to 9pm. We are looking forward to seeing those new students growing up with us. Usually, those very quiet new students at the beginning would become totally different kids in a few months. It is also fun to see those kids who go to different schools are becoming friends and call each other by their first names. OOOkay,, let's do this people!!!
3/28/2011
End of School Year
3/15/2011
CONGRATS!!
Today was the announcement day for public highschool exam result. And all our students who took the exam got accept by their desired highschools. Congratulations! Although we only contributed with English, this is such a great news! It brightened up my depressed heart from the disaster happened last week. It is even more exciting because they said they would continue coming to our lesson. We hope we will get to see them grow all the way to their adulthood.
3/14/2011
Never take your life for granted
写真はロサンゼルスのお友達が撮って送ってくれた今日の新聞見出し。今回の地震がどこもトップニュースになっているとのことです。
We can't stop watching the update of this East Japan earthquake. It's just so unbelievable that I can hardly wrap my head around what had happened. Those video footages of tsunami knocking down the houses and washing bunch of cars away make me realize how powerless we are in front of the power of this planet. We in Tokai area didn't get much damage by this quake, but we should live with some anticipation of unexpected and should never take our lives for granted.
The photos are from my friend in Los Angeles which show top pages of local newspaper. This earthquake is making a major news all over the world.
3/07/2011
reproductive shoot of the field horsetail?!
We found some tsukushi on the side of the road today when we walked Scotch. As plums started to bloom, I feel that Spring is approaching every day. Since tsukushi doesn't grow in the states, I looked up how to call them in English. And here is what I got ; reproductive shoot of the field horsetail. What a long name!! Anyhow, we can't wait for the arrival of Spring o(^▽^)o
2/28/2011
Marathon!!
昨日の東京マラソンの模様をみて、その思い出がよみがえりました。沿道の人たちが名前を呼んでくれたり、フルーツなどを配ってくれたりしていたのはロサンゼルスマラソンでも同じで、本当に励まされたものです。マラソンなんてー、と思う人は多いと思いますが、なんとかなるものですよ。終わったときの達成感は言葉になりません。来年の東京マラソンにはぜひ参加してみたぃ!! だれか一緒に走りませんか?
I never liked long distance runs in my teen... but I became to participate and even finished 3 full marathons during the ten years in the states.
Those memories came back to me when I saw Tokyo marathon yesterday. People on the side of the road were cheering the runners or giving them foods just like ones in Los Angeles marathon which was so encouraging. I know some would say running a marathon is crazy,, but it's actually pretty doable if you give it a try. And the feeling of accomplishment at the finish line is so great . I definitely want to try Tokyo marathon next year! Anybody wanna join me?
2/26/2011
What A Relief!!!!!
The paper jam that I mentioned before has gotten worse, so we finally had to call the maker for the repair. They said that it would cost 20000 yen just for them to be here and parts fee would be additional which made us so depressed. That took place earlier yesterday. Then later that night when Wayne was checking the back side of our printer, he found something brown,,, which turned out to be our tuition envelope! We immediately got this feeling that this was actually causing the paper jam... so we tested the printer by making enough copies that would usually have caused the paper jam. ...... No jamming!! What a excitement! This relief is just undescribably huge! Thanks God! We almost spent 20000yen for having repair guy find the stupid envelope stuck in the printer!
2/16/2011
We can never thank you enough!
We've gotten so many gifts from our students' parents. There are all kinds of gifts that we can never ever appreciate enough. When our son gets old enough, we will tell him how blessed he is to be here as our son. We are such a lucky family!
2/15/2011
The Coolest Diaper?!
L@@k! This is a front shot of my son's diaper. This diaper is a special one with jeans pattern so that the baby can look cool even in a diaper only. This came out in the states a few years back and I bought them before he was born. I can finally get to use them!! Since it is still cold for him to be in a diaper by itself, let me just show it off on the blog for now!
2/08/2011
Congrats!!
Two 6th grader brothers passed Eiken 4! We are so happy. Although they said they would give it a try regardless of the result, they attended our Eiken training class in addition to some study at home. Since they are twins and both passed, we are doubly excited! Good job guys!
2/04/2011
Headache!!
Our lazer printer for the lesson materials is giving us a hard time... Papers get jammed way too often. I think we are wasting about 5 sheets to make 6 handouts. Plus, the color comes out so light! What the heck is going on?! This printer is our third one since school started which means that we are replacing our printer almost every year. This current printer even has a history of having a technician to come over for repair in the past.
Now it started acting up again AFTER the warranty expired. What a timing huh?! Printers are not cheap and this definitely is a big big big headache for us!! Gwwwwwwwww!
1/30/2011
Brothers
Scotch and our son are getting closer everyday. I couldn't help taking a snap of them today because they just looked so adorable. I hope they will grow up healthy together.
1/20/2011
Back in class!
やはり教室が始まると一日一日が早い。一週間もあっという間に過ぎていきます。子供の世話との両立で思い通りにいかないこともありつつ、でもやはり子供たちが戻ってきて私の気持ちも引き締まりました。
それにしても、赤ちゃんってすごい量のおむつが必要なんですね~(汗)!90枚セットの紙おむつが一週間で一気になくなっていきます。みんなそうなんでしょうか。。こんなに頻繁におむつをチェック、取り替えていてもおむつかぶれが・・・・(涙) 子育てってホント大変です。でも、なんとか楽しんでます☆
Our school re-opened last week. Although I still have hard time walking Scotch, my back pain finally saterted to go away.
Days definitely go by faster when we have classes. One week is gone before you know it. Even though multi-tasking with watching a baby and teaching isn't too easy, I feel better as we got all those kids back in the classroom.
By the way, how many diapers do babies go through everyday?! A bag of 90 diapers is gone in a week! Is that normal? Our baby just developped some diaper rash although we change his diapers all the time! Gwww raising kids is a hard job. Yet, we still manage to enjoy it☆
1/15/2011
Okuni Shrine
It was Jan 15th today and we went to Okuni shrine for new year's prayer in the very last minute. Since it was a little late in the afternoon, there were very few people and most stores were already closed. But luckily we could purchase some charms and good luck rake. Although it looks like this year will be a little busy with our new addition to the family, I hope that we are going to have a productive year of 2011 :-)
1/10/2011
Life with a baby
My baby break is only one week to go. I think we started to get used to have him around. I thought the days would go by slow since I don't work, but I figured that days actually go by so fast!
Wayne has been working on repairing the wall in the classroom all day. it's kind of a big job and I hope he will finish it in time. I feel bad for him because I have a terrible back pain and can't help him with the project. sorry Wayne!
1/02/2011
Coming home
ウェインと二人の生活が長かったので、この子のいる生活リズムに切り替えるのに時間がかかりそうですが、ゆっくり楽しみながらやっていきたいと思います。みんなに愛される子に育ってもらいたいものです。あくまでココは教室のブログであり、私たちの子育てブログではないので、今回が最初で最後になるかな?我が家の新しい家族の写真をみてやってくださぃ♪ 病院では皆ウェインに似てる!!と言ってましたが、まだちっさすぎてどっちに似てるの正直かわからないです^^;
I got discharged today. It felt so strange to see my baby who was inside of me was now sleeping in the baby car seat. As soon as I got home, this great fatigue hit me all of sudden and I passed out on the bed for two hours!
Since we were by ourselves for a long time , I'm sure it'll take a while for us to get used to having him in our life.. But I want to take it easy and enjoy our parenthood. I hope he will grow up to be loved by many many people.
As this is a blog for our school and not our child rasing blog, this might be the first and last time for me to do this,, but here is the picture of our baby boy. Everybody at the clinic said he looked like Wayne, but he is still too small for me to tell which parent he looks like.
1/01/2011
Happy New Year!!
今朝はなんとおせち料理が朝食でした!自宅ではおせちを食べないので、ちょっと得した気分です。 豪華でしょ?
Happy New Year guys!! I crossed a year on the hospital bed. I hope you all to have a great year of 2011 ;-)
Guess what? They served osechi for breakfast this morning!! I usually don't eat osechi at home, so I felt a bit lucky! doesn't it look good?