Hey y’all! 

  In December we had our annual Christmas party for all elementary school students! Last year, I got sick the day before so I was unable to make the festivities. Although I was a little under the weather again this year, I still managed to make it out for the event. I was going to be super bummed if I was going to have to miss another year… This year was even cooler because once the Christmas party ended, we made our way to the bowling ally to join the middle and high school students for an evening of bowling. This was a real treat because I finally got to meet a lot of the Suito and Furokita students! I also teach a lot of their siblings at GRAN, so it was also nice to meet their older siblings. 

  In part of attending these awesome parties, a few of the Americans and I took the time to have an ugly Christmas sweater making party at my house! So, if you were wondering why all of us were wearing these crazy ugly sweaters… well it’s because we made them like that on purpose! It’s kind of an old Christmas tradition for some families to receive a handmade sweater that isn’t necessarily the cutest… We decided to bring that tradition to Japan! We hope y’all enjoyed! 

  Thanks to all that came out, and I hope all of y’all had a wonderful Christmas and New Years! 

See y’all in class! 

今週は年が明けてから最初のレッスンがある週です。

大垣本部校の飾りは、クリスマスからニューイヤーに総チェンジ！

みなさんが来るのを待っていますよー＼＼\\٩( ‘ω’ )و //／／

For the first time ever, I have spent new years in Japan. Usually when celebrating New Years I tend to be around a lot of family and we watch fireworks or the New years count down on T.V. It’s usually a time for use to gather and reflect on the year and how things have change or what changes we will make going into the new year. This year I spent New Years Eve with friends and we visited Ise Jengu while we waited for the new year. The shrine was filled with people, food stalls, and excitement. looking back on it, I was a little concerned about going because I don’t like being in crowded places, but I’m extremely glad that I went. I got to create new memories with my friends and eat tons of delicious foods. We even decided to stay up to see the first sunrise of 2020. This is most definitely a New Years that I won’t ever forget. I hope you all had an amazing New Year eve, and a wonderful new year.

Until next time. 

みなさん、あけましておめでとうございます。

ハローズでは今日から冬期のお休みが終わりレッスンが再開となります。

子どもたちがまた元気にレッスンに来てくれるのが楽しみです！

街中では門松などお正月を感じる飾りがされていて楽しい気持ちになります。

新年の始まりに新しい目標を持って今年もがんばりましょう！

Students in my classes would all know that I really love Christmas. My family has a lot of fun decorating the house, and my Mom usually puts up 3 trees! (A normal one, a gold one and a pink one.) This year, I didn’t go home to California so I wanted to do something exciting by myself. I went to Tokyo and stayed for a few days! It was quiet because most Japanese people were not on holiday until the next week. I stayed across from Tokyo Skytree and the Christmas lighting was cute. I went shopping and enjoyed a big city lifestyle again.

Happy New Year!