Thanksgiving 2020

 

州知事の勧告で今年はどこにも行けない感謝祭となりましたので、何年ぶりか？久しぶりに感謝祭のごちそうを作りました。とはいえ、出来上がってみれば全然伝統的なごちそうではなかったのですが。七面鳥じゃなくてアヒルを焼いたし。でもこれは最高だったので今後毎年作りたいと思いました。次の日は念願のミートスライサーを買ったので、それで薄い肉を切ってしゃぶしゃぶや焼き肉をしてみました。後はパズルやカラオケ、えいさのトイレトレをして過ごす充実した休みになりました。感謝祭の前からコロナ感染者の急増でまた学校が閉まり、子どもたちが家にいます。特にだいきにとっては初めてのオンライン学習、元々宿題とか座ってお勉強が好きではないので、時々泣き叫びながらかなりがんばっています。けのとゆりがすごく協力的で、教えてくれます。ピアノとかももうマムが教えるよりはけのやゆりが教える方が好きだそうです。えいさがピアノを始めるときは自分が教えると言ってくれています。そうなるといいなー。

It had been a while since I made Thanksgiving dinner last time. This year, under the governor's guideline we needed to stay at home. I made a feast but it ended up not traditional Thanksgiving dinner. I roasted duck instead. I loved it! I will do that every year. On the next day, we sliced beef and did shabushabu and yakiniku. Yes! We finally bought meat slicer!! It is so useful. I love it, I would recommend to anyone who is thinking about it. During this holiday, we enjoyed puzzles and karaoke, and Asa was finally potty trained. Nice. Prophet gave a remark a week before Thanksgiving Day and encouraged us to tell gratitude on SNS. I hesitated at first but when I did I found lots of joy. It was great to hear from everyone too. School got closed again due to the rise of covid-19. Children are back at home. D is striving to learn Chinese online. Studying is not his favorite thing, so sometimes it bring tears and screaming. K and Y are so helpful at teaching him. They teach piano sometimes too. D prefers them teaching instead of his mom. D already told me that he will teach Asa when he starts learning piano. That would be great!!