It's a snowy day today.
I have thought it wouldn't snow any more, so I was very surprised when I open a curtain this morning.
This year we have had more snow than usual. I'm so sick of this amount of snow even though I don't mind at all about snow and cold when I go skiing.
I want to hang the laundry out to dry early as possible.

My husband is going to participate in the full marathon next Sunday. It'll be the second challenge. He runs 4km every morning. He couldn't run this morning because the road was frozen, so he is running now, in lunch break.
I can't run such a long distance, so I respect him.
It's all I run 1km with my son every morning.
I hope he'll do his best.

My son often draws recently. I think it is from when he was received a painting set for Christmas present last December.
He really asked Santa Claus for paints over and over, so he seemed very happy when he find the painting set on the Christmas morning.
I decorated some doors in my house with his drawings.
I'm very happy to see them.
I hope that he'll draw more pictures.

Today was the sixth anniversary of the death of my grandmother.
The relatives gathered and went to lunch after the memorial service.
The Buddhist monk who came today was different as usual and seemed very young. I was very surprised when he said he was engineer of bikes before he became a Buddhist monk.
He said there were many people who became Buddhist monk after involving in different jobs.

My husband's parents have come here today.
They bring us a lot of meet, so we ate them for dinner.
My family, especially my son seemed  very happy to eat it.
Thank you!!

My son will graduate the nursery school next month. The students of his class are making memorial booklets.
There is a space of parent's message.
I wrote some messages just now.
Many memories had me look back to his school life, so I was close to tears.
I thank him he is healthy and strong.
I would probably cry at the graduation ceremony.

too much curry rice

I went to a monthly part time job, so my husband took care of my children after they came back from the nursery school.
I cooked curry rice for dinner. I made it too much, but when I came back home, I was really surprised to see the empty saucepan. I was also happy that they ate all of dishes I made.
I'm afraid that they'll suffer from stomachaches.

elevator to space

I saw an article about an elevator to space in the paper yesterday. The Japanese general contractor which is developing it said this plan will be realized in 2050. 
I can't imagine this plan, but I'm interested in it.
Speaking of 2050, I'll be 80 years old.
I hope to see that elevator and get on it, but I wonder I'm alive about that time.

diary in English

I have been writing a diary in English since about a month ago.
It was  hard work when I started this diary, but it has become enjoyable to do.
It is my first experience to use English everyday.
I also wish I would talk with somebody everyday.
I wonder if my skill of writing  English  is really improving.

Wedding in Okinawa

It was unexpectedly cold in Okinwa although it was warmer than Kyoto I live in.
I went to the castle Shuri after reached there.
Then, my old friends and I gathered and had a party on the day before the wedding.

The wedding ceremony started at 10:30am, and the wedding party started 18:30!!
I went sightseeing between this two receptions.

There were 250 invited guests at the wedding party.
I enjoyed it.

I wish you the best!!

Okinawa

I'm going to Okinawa for my friend's wedding with my family tomorrow.
It's two nights stay.
I'm looking forward to visiting my old friends I have not seen for a long time.
I'm  also happy because it maybe warmer than here, Kyoto.
It'll be  the first experience for my kids, so what will they feel about Okinawa?
If they'll enjoy at Okinawa, I'll suppose to go there in summer.

Kodomo-shinbun

My son reads newspaper for children, kodomo-shinbun, every Thursday.

This is easy to read, and we can get a lot of  information.

I talked with my son about some topics of  this newspaper.

My son seemed so interested that our conversation became lively.

I'm looking forward to reading the next newspaper.

St. valentine's day!!

It's a rainy day.
I'm annoyed because the washing just won't dry.

I went to the elementary school with my son to which he is going to go since April.
He seemed very delightful, and said he want to go school as early as possible.

Well, today is St. valentine's day. I presented a chocolate for my husband, and I ate it with him as usual.
It tasted very nice!!

I was too tired...

I was too tired after really hard work today.
Now I'm at lunchtime, then I will have to get back to work again after a while.
I would like to relax over a cup of hot cocoa after work on  such a day.
It started to snow although the weather forecast said that it would be a rainy day.
Maybe it was colder than expected.

Ski, ski ski

We enjoyed skiing for these two days.
It was almost fine and sometimes snowy.
My son became really good at skiing.
I think this ski trip was the last  this winter.

 

This trip was so hard that my husband and our kids have already slept.
I wonder what  they seeing in dreams?

I have a lot of things to do.
What time can I go to bed?

Cookies with soy sauce?!

I'm going skiing in Imajyo, Fukui tomorrow with my family. This is our third time  this winter.
I hear it has been snowing heavily.
Although having a lot of snow is good for skiing, we must be careful driving in the snow.

I baked cookies today.
The recipe, to my surprise,  uses soy sauce!
I couldn't imagine the taste, but actually it turned out quite well.
They taste like Japanese crackers or  low sweetness cookies.
Anyway I like the taste.
I wonder what my children will say after eating them. 

Today was a visiting day.

Today was a parent day of my children's nursery school.
That is the last one for my eldest to have such day at nursery.
We enjoyed making a photo album together, and I watched kid's having lunch.
Today my husband is off , so he could make it, too.
We went to each one of our child's class in turns.

After that, I had an English conversation lesson.

The lesson was about "how to order in restaurants" and "international dishes".

It was very interesting to me, so I could talk more smooth than usual.

It was snowy and quite cold today.
I love to work in my kitchen on such a cold day.
While I boil water, make soup, fry meat etc., the kitchen gets warmer.
Today, I baked a pound cake.
When I turned on the oven, the kitchen gradually got warmer and I could smell  sweetness of the cake.
It was a happy time for me.
I'm looking forward to tasting the cake later with my children.

It seems that my son had a trouble with his friend.
I don't know the details but he has been really depressed since he came back from the nursery school yesterday.
He says that he will talk about the trouble with his friend and his teacher and apologize to him .
Although he is only 6 years old, he is already an individual.
He might be tougher than I think.
I hope everything will go well.

Kei-cho is the most importnat.

I went to a coaching seminar in Kyoto yesterday.
I realized that listening carefully, kei-cho,  is the most important part of coaching.
Kei-cho is listening to what people say without any judgment and understanding them.
I'll try that from now.

The Brussels sprouts I ate fordinner today were very delicious, although I seasoned them with only butter and salt.
I think simple seasoning brings out the taste of  ingredients.
Brussels sprouts... Spring is coming.

Shintaro has come back.

He came back from the ski camp.
He seemed a little tired, but  talked much about the camp such as he missed his family at night, enjoyed skiing and playing with snow, asked his leader when he had a trouble , etc.
He also drew the sight of the camp.

I'm very glad that he came back  safe and sound.

Shintaro has gone to the ski camp.

The YMCA's ski camp is the second time for him.

The participants are 33.

His baggage was really big, but he was carrying it without any complaint.
I thought he became tough.
Good luck, and enjoy it!!
I'm waiting for him to come home with smile.

Chikako had a fever.

She came back from the nursery school earlier than usual because of  a fever.
She saw a doctor, then didn't have a flu.
I'm so relieved.

My son is going to  YMCA's ski camp tomorrow.
Although I'm so nervous,  he is very relaxed.
I hope he'll enjoy the camp.

Today is setsubun.
My son put on a mask of the devil  he made at the nursery school and scatterd parched beans.
We said  "Out with the devil, in with good fortune."
I wish the devils in ourself will go out quickly.
The devil in myself is laziness of  English excercise.

It snowed heavily.

It was awful cold today.
My husband cleared our house of snow.
He said snow had already frozen, so we had to be carefull tommorow.

I was massaged for 40 minutes befor the English lesson.
I felt so comfotable that I almost slept.

Chikako walked to the nursery school.

My daughter started to walk recently.
She walked a part way to the nursery school.
She was so cute like a penguin.