Clematis no Oka

Alex and I went to a beautiful flower garden and sculpture museum.  He is thinking about taking a Higher level Art class the next two years in IB, so the more exposure the better.

Joanna

Fireflies

Last Sunday on Father's Day, we went to a Firefly festival here in Numazu.  Both Rachel and Alex growing up in California has never seen fireflies.  We got to the creek before it was dark and had to wait for them to come out.  I told the kids to wear long pants and long sleeved shirts for fear of mosquitoes.  Rachel listened but Alex was in shorts and a t-shirt.  He was so annoyed with the mosquitoes and wanted to go home early.  The fireflies came our gradually.  Januck was able to catch one in his hand.  It was fun to be around excited people and fireflies.  Alex had a flashlight with a red cloth around it to not scare off the fireflies.  When we came home, we read more about fireflies.  They are actually beetles and the males are the ones that light up to attract the females.  They only live for a short time.  It was a lot of fun and I'm glad we went to see them.

Joanna

This Month! -Alex :)

Hey hey hey! It's Alex. Basketball is getting tough and end term exams are coming up. I'm starting to think about what colleges I want to go to because we had an Australian speaker come to our school and talk about Queensland University. Also, the mosquitoes are coming back because summer is coming. On Sunday, we went to a park and saw fireflies. にちようびにあしたかでホタルをみました。It was fun because it was the first time I've ever seen them. It was Father's day on Sunday also and my dad even caught a firefly. My friends are really goofy and we have a lot of fun all the time. My best friend Adam is coming to visit in a month so I am really excited! Can't wait! :)

These past few months have been really crazy, but at the same time very fun. With IB mock exams coming up my friends and I haven't really had the time to hang outside of school. However, as teenagers we had to find a way to do some fun things. So here are some pictures from the past few months of our adventures!

This is puri, which is like a photo booth where we all turn out looking like anime characters. It was still fun to do with my class.

These are my close friends, Rieko, Mayumi, Chika, and Erika. This was when we took a school trip to Yokohama.

Yokohama!!!

Class Party after Sports Day and Culture Festival

We made/ate Okonomiyaki which is like a Japanese pancake.

Chika, Rieko and I spent one Sunday walking all around Numazu and we were lucky to have found a park with a really cool slide.

Swings :)

Reminded me of my elementary school days.

Chika and I at the beach with Mt. Fuji behind us

Rieko and I

I can't wait to do so much more with my friends, but first I need to finish my Mock Exams.