February 18, 2011
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Little Brother is in ninth grade and is taking high school entrance exams. While cleaning his room for him, I found this. It is a cloth practice sheet from his seventh grade sewing class. He had to follow these … Continue reading
September 2, 2009
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Part of Little Brother’s 8th grade summer homework was to make dinner. He made spaghetti with zucchini, green pepper, eggplant, onions and basil tomato sauce. He also made a salad with cucumber and cherry tomatoes. He had to take … Continue reading
March 29, 2009
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Little Brother just finished seventh grade. School was out on the 25th. He brought home his sewing projects. All seventh graders at his junior high school made a cloth pencil case this year. They were given the white piece … Continue reading
December 13, 2008
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That’s zuiki imo on the left and leeks on the right. On the top shelf: cabbage, Chinese cabbage, bag of taro middle shelf: turnips, spinach, broccoli bottom shelf: leeks, daikon (Japanese radish) Yesterday, children were walking home carrying daikon, … Continue reading
October 28, 2008
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Children from Big Sister and Little Brother’s old kindergarten were digging potatoes today. I couldn’t take a picture of them because of privacy issues, so I dug out their old school shovel. The big one was Jiji’s, Grandpa’s. The … Continue reading
June 27, 2008
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Little Brother went to Kewpie Mayonaise Company today. Elementary school students in the area take a tour of the factory. Little Brother went in elementary school with his fifth grade class. Today he went with a group of his … Continue reading
February 19, 2008
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Today was little Brother’s music concert at elementary school. For security reasons I can’t post any pictures of any of the children. So, here are the drums! no one played that huge drum today. Each grade sang one song … Continue reading
July 29, 2007
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Big Sister is in high school. This is one of several books that she has to read this summer. Japanese students at every level have summer homework! You may have seen this at your school. It’s an elementary school … Continue reading
June 30, 2007
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This is our first morning glory this summer. This one is a Japanese morning glory. See the white star? That is the main characteristic of a Japanese morning glory. When people draw morning glories here, they draw a star in … Continue reading
April 26, 2007
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At our neighborhood elementary school, students in every grade have to read aloud from their textbook every night. They fill in a chart like this one. First, the date and the title of the piece is filled in. A … Continue reading