2020/08/10
Asa's 3rd Birthday
2020/08/08
Summer Break
Almost summer is over. Heat is gone. We have less than a month of summer break. This year we had to cancel our trip and are mostly staying at home. My kids love it. When I try to be active and ask them if we can go out, they always say no without fail. They are into Yugioh and Magic cards. They can play forever. As I hear them playing, they were acting like one of Yugioh anime characters. So funny. Asa is fine by himself and goes somewhere without telling me. Other kids had never done that. I have to keep eye on him. He is a sweet funny kid and makes all of our hearts melt. Another thing that was special happened earlier in this summer. We found Robin's nest in our backyard. Shin and kids watched over the egg hatched and baby bird flew off eventually. Kids fed the baby bird earthworm. That was neat. On Friday when Shin doesn’t have to work, we try to go out and explore the nature. We found many places that we have never been yet. I am looking forward to finding more places by the end of summer break;)
Cascade Falls
2020/07/04
Itasca State Park
We were not sure if our July 4th tradition would work out this year but we made it. We crossed Mississippi river by walk at the Head water of Mississippi. Water was warm and it was perfect for children to play. We brought our bikes and went biking next day. It had been a long time since last time we left home.
2020/06/05
Last Day of School
My kids had the last day of school. We had distant learning for the last two months. It felt like having summer break already but it is nice not to have homework anymore. Daiki graduated from preschool. Yuri’s class had the car parade at her teacher’s house. It is so silly that I accidentally followed the different car and ended up in the different house. I had to look up gps. Anyways I have no idea what to do this summer. What should we do to make this summer special fun?
2020/04/12
Easter 2020
We usually celebrate it with friends but we can’t this year. I still wanted to do something. It snowed all day on Easter. I prepared ten Easter activities and hid them inside eggs which we hid downstairs. I love Easter. We celebrate the Hope which the Savior brought for us.
2020/04/08
Quarantine 2020
The school closed on 3/16. Since then, we are always at home. Things changed so quickly. Good thing is, my kids like not having school... should I do home school then?? We developed good routine and are doing just fine. But we do hope to go back to normal.
2020/02/01
Science Museum
I got to go to the science museum for the first time! It was really fun. Shin was volunteering there. It was so hard to keep an eye on all four kids but after he joined and friends came, we enjoyed so much. I was amazed at all the activities. They use all the technologies and nature and make them into fun activities. I wish we had more time to look all through. Maybe I will come for a date when kids grow up.
2020/01/25
A winter day
We had a wonderful day! After Japanese school Yuri went to birthday party. Her primary class has five girls that have birthday around the same time. They all turn 7 this week. I think that is such a blessing for Yuri. I hope they all grow up together and even go to college together. It is the coldest time of the year but they went swimming. On the other hand, my boys went their very first ice fishing! That was so interesting. It was the Nature center’s free event. Boys raced their fish food which was small fish. They touched fish tail with stick then fish swam forward. They said inside of fishing tent was so warm but didn’t catch any fish. The event provided hot cocoa and sled as well. In the morning while others were in school, Asa went to snow sculpture event. Also, it was Chinese New Year. We all dressed up and wished a wonderful year.
2020/01/04
書初め
Happy New Year! Japanese school had the calligraphy event. K, Y and D did very well. For me, it was a really tiring day. I was one of committee member. I am so glad that it went well.









