Pics

These are from back in December. It's looking like photos loaded from my phone load onto this blog more easily than photos from my camera. 

The teachers at Yamanishi Elementary did a gift exchange/lottery. I brought some homemade cookies for a gift, and the teacher returned my container filled with candy! A taste of Japanese sweets.

My kids conversation class. They're making origami for Christmas. The girls all wanted to make reindeer and the boys wanted to make stars. The class often splits like th is. 

A close-up of the reindeer and one of the stars. They turned out quite well. My attempt to teach the reindeer to a larger class ended in disaster. It was a little bit too difficult for them. It helps to have 5 students rather than 25.