May 30, 2011

May . Slices of Life

May 14, 2011

We went to eat at this fabulous Hawaiian Burger place down the road from Kamakura Beach. It was so delicious I don't really think we knew what hit us. Mike and I both had the avocado burger which literally had an entire avocado on one burger. It was probably one of the tastiest burgers we have ever eaten. The boys had cheeseburgers and the girls settled for chicken. We will definitley be visiting this place more often during our summer visits to the beach.



May 15, 2011

Andrew came home from school today all excited that he had found a four leaf clover. I was surprised to find that it was still intact and in pretty good shape. What a lucky kid!



May 20, 2011

Well it has been almost a year and I haven't tried sushi yet. I agreed to let Mike take me to a really good sushi go round place right next to the Yokosuka-Chuo station. I told him I would only try the the tuna this time so he started me with the decent tuna and progressively gave me the more expensive and tasty tuna. My last tuna which was the best one cost 380 yen for one piece (about $5). I was surprised that it was actually pretty tasty. I don't think I will ever crave sushi like Mike does but I think I might be up to the challenge to try something else next time.



May 25, 2011

We were really fortunate to find out about this FREE Japanese class for the kids to learn Japanese. It is taught by some Japanese volunteers that also speak English so it has been really easy to communicate with them. I still try and speak Japanese to them when I can. Lucky for us the class is located right outside the main gate of the base on Wednesday afternoon. They have been so good with the kids and at times our kids were the only ones in the beginner class. Some of our friends that also live in Shonantakatori have been attending this class all school year and were in the more advanced class. At first it was hard for Emma but eventually she became more confident. The boys caught on pretty fast and could already write some hiragana and katakana from their Japanese Host Nation classes at school. I love how they teach the kids how to make things with origami at the end of each class. We are so excited to continue on with this class when they start up again in September. I suppose I will need to keep them caught up through the summer.



May 27, 2011

I love how Abby always drinks from the little spray bottle I use to wet the girls hair when I am doing their hair each morning. It has been a great way to keep her occupied and still long enough for me to fix her hair.  She is such a hoot!



May 28, 2011

It was a typical Saturday today only I banned the TV, Wii, and any other computer/video type games for the day. They all had played too much the day before during their day off from school. Andrew seemed to be having an unusually hard time trying to find something else to do so I told him to go get some exercise clothes on and meet me downstairs to go for a run. He was beyond excited. I decided to take him out 2 miles today. It was raining lightly but it felt really good. He ran the entire mile out without stopping which was impressive as part of it was uphill. I was surprised to see that our pace was hovering at the 9 min/mile mark. After a mile I made him stop and drink water before turning around to run the last mile home. I have no doubts he could have done the entire 2 without stopping. We talked about his running form a bit but mainly we just talked about life. It was really nice to have this alone time with Andrew. He loves running and is excited to keep running with me. After some conversations later about his love for running we have decided to start Andrew into training for Cross Country for his 6th grade year. Seeing as the summers here are too hot for kids to run we will pick and choose cool days but start up for real in the fall. Assuming all goes to plan I hope to get Andrew ready for cross country and hopefully work my way into helping coach the middle school boys cross country team in a year. I am excited for the prospect to have another runner in the family and to gain some insight into coaching!

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