{"id":6862,"date":"2012-11-28T22:03:25","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T22:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/?p=6862"},"modified":"2012-11-29T02:33:56","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T02:33:56","slug":"japan-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/japan-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan-fest"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a rather unfortunate beginning to the day<\/a>, things took a turn for the better around lunchtime.<\/p>\n

The families of all the 56 fourth graders had been summoned to the school at lunchtime, for a little ‘get-together’ to enjoy the fruits of their labor. \u00a0The labor involved learning about Japan for the past few weeks, and doing projects related to Japan, many of whom were kid-directed (I think). \u00a0So the parents all congregated to hear the kids give a slideshow-talk about Japan, they counted to 10 in Japanese, a few kids read haikus<\/a> they’d written, and the final act was singing Twinkle, twinkle little star in Japanese, backed by an adorable YouTube video<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Kids singing Kira Kira Boshi (Twinkle twinkle little star) in Japanese<\/a>. Very cute! \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n

We then wandered up to the school rooms to check out more things they’d done, such as…<\/p>\n

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…making and hanging up a Japanese wishing tree<\/a>, and…<\/p><\/div>\n

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… writing haikus. Anna’s was “\u00cd l\u00edtilli borg, kemur mamma heim \u00ed kv\u00f6ld, \u00fea\u00f0 er kalt \u00fati.” (In a small city, a mother comes home tonight, it is cold outside.)<\/p><\/div>\n

After we’d perused our fill, Anna abruptly changed her afternoon plans and went home with a classmate of hers, instead of bringing a different classmate home. \u00a0That left me with a couple of gloooorious afternoon nap hours (finally!), before I had to round Anna up and ship her off to swim practice. \u00a0Being one to live dangerously, I picked Bjarki up shortly thereafter and also took him to the swimming pool, his cold be damned! \u00a0After Anna’s practice, the kids played in the indoor pool, and then the quite large bubbly massage hot-tub for a good while. \u00a0Once home we were on familiar ground of the dinner-to-bed routine, which went fairly smoothly. \u00a0It’s now 10 pm, and I think I’ll be turning in early tonight! \u00a0Or at least I’ll try…<\/p>\n

Here’s hoping for an uneventful tomorrow!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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