Hubby and I went to Julian's parent/teacher conference on Monday. This is his first PT conference since he entered JH and we were very interested in getting to know his teacher and how he has been doing. His grades for the first trimester were not particularly good and we found out why ( Read more... )

Today was a typical Sunday. I woke up at 7:00 to wake up Alex for his soccer practice, then as Alex was on the way out the door, hubby remembered that Alex had the second part of his English exam today - this is not a school exam but one used by schools and companies to measure English language ability in Japan. Alex passed the written test with ( Read more... )

Yesterday was Audrey's daycare artwork exhibit, and although I was unable to go because of my busy Saturday work schedule, hubby took Julian, Audrey and Grandma to the daycare center for a morning of looking at artwork.

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Julian's elementary school had their annual art exhibit including home ec. and art works that the children had done that year.

The projects were a chair (for viewing only), a painting, and a cushion.

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Here is a video I made for my students for Halloween.

The art work is by Julian. I colored it according to his instructions, and made it into animation.
The kids in my English classes really love this song :)

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This is the journal to show the lives and meanderings of Alex, Julian, Audrey and Dawn Matsui (Hachioji, Tokyo). I am also aching to show off various talents emerging as well. Julians drawings in particular, as well as the various talents of Audrey and Alex. That is the main reason for this blog - along with getting my own creative juices flowing ( Read more... )