School's Out- Summer Break Begins

The kids are officially done with school. They are ready for summer. I do not seem to know how to just spend the summer being lazy because I signed them up for all sorts of camps.  Is it a problem that I cannot just remain still for a bit? They will be continuing their current lessons of dance, karate, and music, and summer swimming lessons.  I am going to have them all tutored in Math through the summer as that is the weakest subject at our house.  We will also sign up for the summer reading program at the library- always a favorite.  

The first camp the kids will take is Vacation Bible School. They loved this last year; the singing, dancing, and uplifting Christ centered activities.  I like it because they are all together and gone at the same time.  Next Bear will be hosting a dance camp for our circle to fulfill one of her Faith in God requirements. That is going to be crazy because I think all the kids in our circle will be in our backyard. Bub is going to be taking basketball camp and I think we are going to try guitar lessons. Piano was not working for him but I am not willing to give up music so we are going to see where guitar leads.  Bear will participate in an archery camp. Bub and Bear will each have Japanese Cultural class for a week at the school. They will also be doing a camp called Water World together.  Lastly, all three kids will be performing in the summer Missoula Children’s Theater.  This was Bear’s favorite thing last summer so I have encouraged Bub and Pants to participate this year. On top of all this I hope to spend lots of days at the beach and attending the many Japanese summer festivals. Sheesh! We may be exhausted by the time school starts at the end of August.  Summer break, here we come!

Daddy Daughter Dance- Tale as Old As Time

Kindergarten Christmas Concert

Kajekempo Belt Advancement Tournament

Spirit Week- Crazy hair day

Awards of Excellence for Bear

Dr. Seuss Day

School Talent Show- "I Won't Grow Up."

Wax Muesum- Neil Armstrong

Kindergarten Field Trip

3rd Grade Field Trip

Mother and Son Bowling

Kindergarten Graduation

Cultural Night Tradition- Costa Rica

Costa Rica

DATE: 6/11/17
GUESTS: The Crile Family (We have had Jason Crile over lots of times but we were happy to welcome his wife and three kids who have joined him in Misawa.)
FOOD: Platanos Maduros (Fried Plantains), Horchata (ground rice and cinnamon drink), Arroz Con Polo (Chicken and Rice), and Pan de Elote (cornbread) www.costarica.com/recipes.  The Horchata was the big hit of the night. We will be making it again just because we love it.
MUSIC: Costa Rica, Dan Gibson's Solitudes.  It was lovely to hear the sounds of the rain forest as we ate and I will definitely be using the music for my next yoga class.
FLAG and GEOGRAPHY: http://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/print/costa-rica-coloring-page/
WEATHER or LANDSCAPE: Costa Rican Landscape google search
ANIMALS: We loved viewing the animals in the rain forests there. It made us miss Josh's poison dart frogs that he had to give away before we came to Japan.
LANGUAGE: https://www.loecsen.com/en/learn-spanish
ARCHITECTURE: We learned about the mysterious stone spheres of Costa Rica
FOLK TALE: The Grateful Dead http://www.uexpress.com/tell-me-a-story/2007/10/21/the-grateful-dead-a-folktale-from
ART: Google search of the art. We loved how colorful the art is as well as the geometric shapes used in the art.
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