週末の色々良い事物
先週の土曜日の一日中子供の学校の行事に参加しました。 色々事物はありました。娘と学生は音楽のコンセートをしました。 息子と音楽を作りました。多い学校の両親は世界の各地から料理を付きました。ゲームをあそんだり、買い物をしたり、おいし
い食べ物をたべたりしました。楽しかったです。それから疲れたが教会に行きました。
日曜日にスケートしました。すばらしいスケートの家族に会いました。 それから家でクリスマスのツリーを飾りました。
Saturday was Holiday Happening at our kids' school. This is the yearly fundraising event for the school and it is really great. All the parents get involved, with lots of volunteer preparation for weeks ahead of time. There's so much going on. Monica performed her clarinet with the Middle School Band and Jonah is part of the elite group that performs Handbell Chorus.
Many vendors also come and offer all kinds of neat things. I was glad to meet Sushi Jeff there, selling his framed photos. Here's his website. His photos make me want to throw my camera away. But... I suspect it's not just the camera. 笑。
My friend Rebecca's family is very involved in Taiko, 
and I really enjoyed watching and listening to their perfomance. After that, she whipped off her taiko apron and put her other apron back on and ran back to the Chinese Food Booth which 
she was running. There was lots of wonderful food from all around the world cooked by the school parents, a truly international community. 
Here's a few more photos from Holiday Happening. Oh, look at the time, we have to leave to make it to church this evening. Let's check back with Sushi Jeff and see how he's doing. Looks like he's had a good day.
Sunday morning came a little early and I joined the City Run at the Tokyo Station midway point, instead of at the Ueno start point. I'm glad I got to meet this very cool family with three daughters. I've met Dad before, on some Long Run or other, but these 
little girls were so impressive in their first City Run. They are really good skaters, and went all the way from Ueno to Goal. The parents are really supportive, and I was impressed that they were all wearing helmets. You know how I feel about safety. See my skating story.
Goal at Gaienne has been transformed by the cool weather. The ginko trees are blazing yellow. It is quite impressive and the crowds flock to our usual quiet end point at this time every year.
Christmas is truly right around the corner, it seems 
like its coming too fast, but maybe that's because of those four days in Saipan over the Thanksgiving Holiday. HeeHee. Anyway, time to set up the tree. Whenever we take that pitiful thing
out of the box, I can't help but think of how we used to do it in Tennessee. Go to the Christmas Tree farm and pick out a live tree with a root ball. After we enjoyed it for the Holidays, we would plant it in our yard. Every summer when we drive by our former home, its amazing to see the beauty. All around our two acre yard there are trees from various previous years growing taller and more lush. Each of these spent a holiday with our family. Getting the ornaments out is such a nostalgic time for the kids. My talented mother made many of them, so they are very special. And there's an ornament from each of our four children's first Christmas Tree.
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