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Monday, November 15, 2010

Hammock ハンモック

The kids made a hammock connected to the bunk bed using a cotton bed cover.
子供たちがベッドカバーでハンモックを作りました。

They all love lying in it and reading books, such as Toshi is doing here.

３人とも、ハンモックの中で横になるのが大好きです。ハンモックの中で本を読む悟志。

No wonder they love the hammock, because all of them spent a lot of time in one when they were babies! (This is Meena)
子供たちがハンモックが好きなのは、赤ちゃんのときにいつもスリングで抱っこされていたからかしら。（これは、美奈です。）

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？

Thursday, November 4, 2010

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.

Sunday, October 31, 2010

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!