Hair cut

悟志、ようやく髪の毛、短く切ることにしました。
Satoshi got a haircut. We do not cut his hair that often, so we wanted to do something unusual....

We cut one side short, but decided to leave the other half uncut, just to be funny.

左半分の髪の毛を切った後、ジョークのつもりで右半分、そのままにしてみることにしました。

Below is the overall look. He has kept it like this for a week to see people's reaction. We were very surprised to find out that most people do not notice the difference.!

What do you think?

友人たちが驚くかなあと楽しみにしていましたが、ほとんどの人は気づきませんでした。ちょっとがっかり。創也は、スタイリッシュだと言っています。まだ、右半分は切っていません。どう思いますか？

The day before Diwali

Today is a day before Diwali, the biggest Hindu holiday--the festival of light. Many Hindu homes decorate their houses with lights. We took a walk in our apartment complex to enjoy the early "Christmas" (that's how it feels to us) lights. After coming back home, we carved a pumpkin to remember the fall season that we celebrated in past years in the USA.

Lunch on the roof at church retreat 教会の修養会での昼食

In the bottom left photo above you can see our pastor (light blue T-shirt) and wife (lavender), Sanjiv & Sushila. Top right photo shows Satoshi sitting with other boys. In the photo just to the upper left of Satoshi's head, you can see Sawyer (green shirt) sitting and enjoying his meal.
左下の写真でサラダを受け取っているのは、教会の牧師夫妻です。右上の写真では、悟志が友達と座っているところ、右上の写真に小さく創也（緑のシャツ）が座って食べている姿が、映っています。教会の修養会の間、ビルの屋上でともに食事をしました。

During a 3-day church retreat this past weekend, we ate our meals on the rooftop, where caters cooked tasty Indian and Chinese food using some of the equipment shown here!

屋上で料理をした後。

Saturday Morning relaxing on the parents' bed

土曜日の朝、親のベッドの上でくつろいでいる子供たち。

Store on Wheels

We passed this man on his motorbike the other day while driving to our church retreat.
What do you think he's delivering?
オートバイで、何をこんなに運んでいるのかなあ？

Colorful India カラフルな国

Medieval Feast ヨーロッパ中世の夕食会

Our out-of-town friends who also homeschool recently visted us. They have been studying Medieval history, so we decided to have a Medieval feast together. We had a bishop, a knight, two princesses, two jesters a minstrel and a baby. After a dinner of roast chicken with pita bread & baguettes (ordered especially from a bakery owned by a Canadian couple), grapes & golden apples, each kid shared something from what they have been doing in homeschool. There were creative writings, poems, history reports, research papers, dance, music, and art. It was a very fun night!

ホームスクールをしている友人と共に、ヨーロッパ中世時代を装った夕食会を持ちました。夕食後、子供たちはそれぞれ、ホームスクールで学んでいることを分かち合いました。詩の朗読、歴史について書いた作文、音楽などなど。