Oscar was not supposed to dance, but I guess he know he missed his chance to shine. He joined the older kids!!
本当はオスカー君の出番ではないのだけれど、お兄ちゃん達のダンスに飛び入り参加。

Oscar love singing, and he loves dancing. However, he does not like to perform when he supposed to...
プレッシャーに弱いオスカー君です。

hakabune christmas party 1

It's been long time to update the blog. This is Oscar's daycare Christmas part last year. He is singing some kind of worship song. It is kind of funny to see my son is singing worship song, because I don't know any of the songs, and also he does not show any of the signs at home that he goes to Christian base daycare. Anyway, I am simply amazed!
最近忙しく、なかなか、ブログを更新してませんでした。これも、去年の保育園でのクリスマス会の様子。面白いことにオスカー君うたってるのよね〜。

Oscar dance

Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing

2008 halloween

apple picking

ハロウィンの前にパンプキンを買いに行きがてら、リンゴ狩りに行きました。お友達と一緒でとても楽しい一日でした。

Oscar singing

2008 summer memories In Japan-video bon odori

Japan-101.com explains what is Bon Odori is.
"There are several traditional dances in Japan, but the one of the most famous and common dance is Bon dance, which is called "Bon Odori" in Japanese. People dance Bon Dance in the Bon Festival. The Bon Festival is held every summer, in every district in every city.

Bon means welcoming ancestors' souls and holding a memorial service for the souls. There is a Bon week in August every year, and Bon continues for about a week. During Bon, sometimes all relatives of family gather and hold a memorial service for their ancestors, and enjoy being in a reminiscent mood. This traditional comes from Buddhism in China.

The Bon Festival is held during in Bon week, and people gathers at the near open-space or the parks, and dance with traditional Japanese music. The music should be happy music to welcome the ancestor's souls, and people have a duty to make a happy, mysterious, and welcoming mood. Moreover, the Bon Dance should be held in the night because Japanese people believe that ancestors' souls come back in the night. "

2008 summer memories In Japan

Oscar and I went to Japan to see his grandma and grandpa. Two weeks were too short for us... especially for mom.. He was very shy. I guess he was shocked that every body in the neighborhood. knows him and he does not know any of them.
He had great time with his grandma and grandpa. He told me he wants to go back to Japan again soon. I feel same way...

日本に行ってきました。２週間だけだったので、とても疲れた旅でした。オスカー君は疲れなど知らず、とても楽しんでいました。ただ、びっくりするほどシャイだったので驚きました。久しぶりのおじいちゃん、おばあちゃんとの再会もすんなりと済み、再会したそのときから、毎日会っていたかのように、接していました。今度はもっと長く行きたいな〜。２００８年９月。

2008 summer memories

It has been long time since we updated the blog. These are my favorite moments of the summer of 2008. Oscar is growing. He is almost half the size of his mother. He speaks better English than his mom. Mom always forgets to use articles. And he speaks much better Japanese than his dad. Thank God. He loves to sing songs and dance. He is a little bit of a shy guy, and he's very kind. He loves animals. He has developed a fear of the dark sometimes. He is funny. He loves cars, trains and Thomas. He knows all the alphabet. He is very stubborn like his parents. When he gets mad, he screams like crazy. He still throws food even though he knows he should not do that. He does not like getting a time out. He is not a baby anymore. We love him!

久しぶりのブログの更新です。忙しくて、なかなかできなくて．．．オスカー、成長してます。背丈はママの半分。体もガッチリ型。よく食べ、よく走り、よく歌い、よく踊ります。ママには日本語、パパには英語とても上手に使い分けて、本当に感心します。すごいな〜子供の脳って．．．ちょっとシャイな所もあり、動物が大好き。とても、友達思いの子で、保育園が大好き。相変わらず、車、電車が大好きで、トーマスが大好き。アルファベットは全てマスター。ひらがなに挑戦中。彼の中ではかなり本が読めると思ってるらしい．．．（全然読めません。）記憶力がよく、１年以上も前のことを覚えてて、びっくりすることも．．．世界地図をみせると、オスカーの住んでる所、日本、北海道、インドの位置がわかる。日本とカナダの国旗は覚えていないが、なぜか、インドの国旗を知っている。地球の写真をみせると、オスカーの住んでいる所という。木星のことを英語でジュピターというのだが、”じいとばー”という。
最近は暗い所がきらい。怒ると叫んで親を困らせる。夜なかなか寝ない。だめなのを知っているのに、食後に、食べ物をなげる。最近の得意言葉は”何これ”。もう、赤ちゃんじゃないんだ〜とつくづく思う今日この頃です。

モントリオールの家族に会いに．．．２００８年８月