i'm a weekend behind.. time to catch up!
last week at school, leo informed me that he saw me at the beach when i was with laura doing water sports with noa BUT he was too shy to say hello!! so after school one of the days, i told leo's mom that they should go to the beach again and i would hang out with them. leo got excited about this and kept talking about it the rest of the week haha. so on saturday, i got to the beach early and laid out waiting for them, and laura and eric was going to join too. i spotted leo's family in the distance, and after laura and eric found me, laura and i walked down the beach to make sure it was leo and his family. i went up to his mom and she yelled at leo who was in the ocean (playing with his dad and a friend from the pre-k class). he looked up and he froze with his mouth hanging open hahaha.. it was SO funny!! he kept asking his mom if i was coming, but once i got there, he was shy :) but he wasn't for long haha. then at one o'clock, ayana and her family came! and THEN noa stopped by to play (she was hanging out at her dad's marine sports area).. it was basically a first grade beach party! :) it was a lot of fun hanging out with the parents and first graders outside of school BUT the sun definitely wore me out.. i was there for 5 1/2 hours!!!
that night was dinner and karaoke with laura, eric, and the adult english class students. i could hardly keep my eyes open once midnight hit. it was a lot of fun though. there was one karaoke room that was vip.. it was HUGE. and on our way out about 30 or so japanese people were in it! i went up to the door and danced in front of it (there was a big window) and the guys opened the door for me to come in and dance. laura and i had fun dancing with them to a japanese song.. they got so into it!! if only i was more awake haha.. i would have stayed longer!
sunday laura and i decided to have another beach day after we slept in (i spent the night at her house) at hamahiga island, which is connected to okinawa by a bridge. this is probably one of my favorite beaches here.. it is beautiful and not a lot of americans (aka military) know about it, so it makes you feel like you are actually in japan. on our way there, the van in front of us was turning (had the signal on!) and a guy on a moped ran right into the van!! it was CRAZY. luckily the dude had a helmet on. i almost peed myself.. it was so unexpected! besides that crazy incident, it was a very relaxing sunday.
so basically my weekend was the beach haha.. i'm definitely not complaining!! :)
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
.mother's.day.
for mother's day, i had the students glue tissue paper on little glass cups to make candle holders. they had a lot of fun and i was impressed with how crafty they were!! happy mother's day to all the moms!! :)
Monday, May 11, 2009
neo park!
i planned a field trip to neo park for my first graders for thursday. made it an easy week with kite day the day before :)
i had two moms and a dad help chaperone.. the kids were so excited in the morning! we headed up to nago right after school started so we could get there right after it opened.
on our way...
neo park is kind of a mix between a zoo and wildlife safari. right when you walk in there are birds EVERYWHERE hanging out and walking up to you hoping for food (you can buy bags of food to feed them).. of course my girls start screaming at the top of their lungs and they didn't want to go any further haha. i had to teach them to swat their hands at them and yell shoo.. calmed them down a little bit :)
the open bird area was a fairly long trail.. lots of screaming AND grabbing my arms haha.. next was the flamingo area.. LOVE the pretty pink!! the girls ran through this area too.. i think they were getting impatient that i was taking so many pictures in an area they didn't want to be in! at least no one got snapped at!!
group picture by the pond
on our way to the next area i saw monkeys hanging out OUTSIDE the net.. glad they didn't throw poo at us!! :) i heard the monkeys like to do that at the other zoo closer to home.. and it goes through the cage.. ick.
the kids' favorite part by far was the little petting zoo that had puppies, guinea pigs, turtles, and rabbits. two of the puppies were humping the whole time and my kids kept saying, "look they're fighting!" hahaha.
you have to click on this picture to enlarge it.. the guinea pig's face is priceless!!
the piggy wanted some attention from the guy in charge of the petting zoo
before the lunch break, there was a cage with nothing it.. karen's mom and i were laughing at how serious they were to find something :)
lunch break!
from one place to the next, we could always see peacocks.. they were everywhere!!
next stop were the pigs.. the guy said they actually weren't pigs, but they look enough like pigs for me to call them pigs haha. the kids found out that the "pigs" liked flowers, so they kept picking weeds and plants to feed them
probably their second favorite area of the park was the "research center for international species conservation." you walk through a little building and you can buy fish food to feed these HUMONGOUS fish.. i have no idea what kind they were! but the kids really wanted to feed them, so i paid for them to get some fish food. those fish went crazy and the kids LOVED it!
the monkeys in the middle of the pond of giant fish
looking through all the cages..
porcupines
a VERY loud bird
such a cute owl! the kids said he was shy because he wouldn't look at the camera for me :)
i think he wants out
lounging
the kids called him grandpa.. he does kind of look like he has papa's hair :)
giant hamsters!!
walking along the trail
i assigned each student a partner and ayana was mine since there is an odd number of students. they were all tired by this point (lots of walking in the sunshine!) and ayana told me i should give her a piggy back ride because "we are partners and partners are supposed to help each other out." she was so cute, i couldn't say no :)
we went back to the petting zoo area to sit on the giant turtle.. he was so cute!
karen's mom with monica and moe
leo feeding the goat
the two dogs were still lovin' on each other
our last stop was a train ride around the park. on the way there...
ready to leave the station!
during the train ride we went to "llama hill" to see all the llamas.. the tour was in japanese so noa and ayana would periodically tell me things that were being said. during the llama visit all the kids start going "awwwww" in a very sad tone.. apparantely the recording said that during the winter when the cold breeze comes, all the llamas die!! poor llamas!! at the pony part during the speaking leo looked at me with his mouth hanging open in astonishment.. the pony was named leo too haha. the train ride was a lot of fun and the kids REALLY liked it :)
last group picture before leaving neo park!
on the way home i rode in karen's mom's van. she put up all the seats in the back for the girls to play. they had WAAAY too much fun!!
it was a really fun field trip and the kids enjoyed it a lot. on friday i had the students write about their experience at neo park.. VERY entertaining stories :)
i had two moms and a dad help chaperone.. the kids were so excited in the morning! we headed up to nago right after school started so we could get there right after it opened.
on our way...
neo park is kind of a mix between a zoo and wildlife safari. right when you walk in there are birds EVERYWHERE hanging out and walking up to you hoping for food (you can buy bags of food to feed them).. of course my girls start screaming at the top of their lungs and they didn't want to go any further haha. i had to teach them to swat their hands at them and yell shoo.. calmed them down a little bit :)
the open bird area was a fairly long trail.. lots of screaming AND grabbing my arms haha.. next was the flamingo area.. LOVE the pretty pink!! the girls ran through this area too.. i think they were getting impatient that i was taking so many pictures in an area they didn't want to be in! at least no one got snapped at!!
group picture by the pond
on our way to the next area i saw monkeys hanging out OUTSIDE the net.. glad they didn't throw poo at us!! :) i heard the monkeys like to do that at the other zoo closer to home.. and it goes through the cage.. ick.
the kids' favorite part by far was the little petting zoo that had puppies, guinea pigs, turtles, and rabbits. two of the puppies were humping the whole time and my kids kept saying, "look they're fighting!" hahaha.
you have to click on this picture to enlarge it.. the guinea pig's face is priceless!!
the piggy wanted some attention from the guy in charge of the petting zoo
before the lunch break, there was a cage with nothing it.. karen's mom and i were laughing at how serious they were to find something :)
lunch break!
from one place to the next, we could always see peacocks.. they were everywhere!!
next stop were the pigs.. the guy said they actually weren't pigs, but they look enough like pigs for me to call them pigs haha. the kids found out that the "pigs" liked flowers, so they kept picking weeds and plants to feed them
probably their second favorite area of the park was the "research center for international species conservation." you walk through a little building and you can buy fish food to feed these HUMONGOUS fish.. i have no idea what kind they were! but the kids really wanted to feed them, so i paid for them to get some fish food. those fish went crazy and the kids LOVED it!
the monkeys in the middle of the pond of giant fish
looking through all the cages..porcupines
a VERY loud bird
such a cute owl! the kids said he was shy because he wouldn't look at the camera for me :)
i think he wants out
lounging
the kids called him grandpa.. he does kind of look like he has papa's hair :)
giant hamsters!!
walking along the trail
i assigned each student a partner and ayana was mine since there is an odd number of students. they were all tired by this point (lots of walking in the sunshine!) and ayana told me i should give her a piggy back ride because "we are partners and partners are supposed to help each other out." she was so cute, i couldn't say no :)
we went back to the petting zoo area to sit on the giant turtle.. he was so cute!
karen's mom with monica and moe
leo feeding the goat
the two dogs were still lovin' on each other
our last stop was a train ride around the park. on the way there...
ready to leave the station!
during the train ride we went to "llama hill" to see all the llamas.. the tour was in japanese so noa and ayana would periodically tell me things that were being said. during the llama visit all the kids start going "awwwww" in a very sad tone.. apparantely the recording said that during the winter when the cold breeze comes, all the llamas die!! poor llamas!! at the pony part during the speaking leo looked at me with his mouth hanging open in astonishment.. the pony was named leo too haha. the train ride was a lot of fun and the kids REALLY liked it :)last group picture before leaving neo park!
on the way home i rode in karen's mom's van. she put up all the seats in the back for the girls to play. they had WAAAY too much fun!!
it was a really fun field trip and the kids enjoyed it a lot. on friday i had the students write about their experience at neo park.. VERY entertaining stories :)
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