May 14, 2014, Scrapbook Day

This month, scrapbook day fell on a Wednesday. Wednesdays are always super busy for us as we go to BSF. It is about a hour commute each way so we leave the house by 8:20 and do not get home until about 1:45. Then Miss M had Japanese lesson from 2-3. After that we usually veg in front of the TV and relax the rest of the day. Miss M this week explained that Japanese was challenging. Her teacher is working on teaching her how to do homework because in the fall we will drop her to two lessons each week and let the K Man pick up two lessons. The teacher wants to give Miss M homework. We discussed today making sure she does not get burned out. The teacher explained to me that Miss M is a "perfectionist" and she never wants to make a mistake even though what she is doing is fairly difficult (they are working on a little intro to kanji at this point which is pretty amazing). I am not surprised. If I made a B growing up, it was devastating. My grades came from a lot of hard work and wanting to do everything right! She comes by it honestly. So, the teacher and I are working together to make sure she continues to enjoy the learning and gives herself some grace. I will also need to be aware of this when we start homeschooling kindy in the fall. The K Man moved into Miss M's group at Bible study now that he is 3 years old. They separate older children for the hymn and story time and Miss M was so excited to have him join her. I have been trying to cook new foods and be a bit more healthy. On this Wednesday I made a beef ginger stir fry with carrots and snow peas. It was really yummy. After baths I surprised the kids with a movie night and we finally watched the highly anticipated "Frozen." The kids liked it but I did fast forward through the snow monster scenes. It scared them. Thankfully they have not been bombarded with Frozen everything and are not singing the main song non-stop. The K Man did learn three words : "Let it Go!" and he kept singing it over and over. The kids went to bed fairly easily on Wednesday night and made it the entire night in their bunk beds without needing mama or daddy. YAY! We have two more weeks of BSF and then summer break. I love BSF but I think we are all looking forward to the summer break and not having to rush out the door on Wednesdays. The pictures below are of dinner on scrapbook day, a close up of the K Man on scrapbook day, and a picnic at the 100 yen park with some Australian friends who were here for just ten weeks but we met at church and instantly clicked with them. It was really cold that day even though it was Golden Week.