It's Dental Hygiene Week!
Did you know in Japan, today (June 4th) starts Dental Hygiene Week in Japan?It's okay if you didn't. I wouldn't have remembered it myself, but I happened to have a friend whose birthday is today,(...
View ArticleGuest Post: Bilingual encounters, cultural disasters? By Paula
I am pleased to introduce this guest blog post by Paula at Language Insight!!In April, I posted about my first guest post experience. It was Paula's experience (read it here Growing up bilingual) that...
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Trying Something New and Staying Positive.
K-kun has a lot of news to share lately. K-kun also placed 5th in triple jump in the city last week. He has been playing in school softball team (Junior division) and today was a tournament. This is...
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A Perfect Birthday Card for Myself
"There is nothing people can say and do offend me; that's how happy I feel today! "That's what I wrote yesterday before I went to bed. I wanted to finish writing my thoughts before things get busy...
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A Peaceful, birds-singing, Google-wishing, dance-watching kind of birthday.
So, I had a birthday, and it was a special one! I will just share some highlights :)The messages from family and friends in Japan started to come in on the day before. My parents sent me a picture of...
View ArticleEpic Fail at Piano Recital
"Epic fail!" I wasn't expecting to fail at the piano recital this weekend, but I failed miserably. I'm still so sad about it. I blame my lack of experience playing on the Grand piano. To prove (to...
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Origami Fireworks!
Are these Origami Fireworks awesome looking of what?If you think this is cool, you have to watch this below!As usual, L-chan had been asking me to make Origami creations together, so after seeing this,...
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Family Reunion 2013
I can't believe it's the end of July.This month has flown by... We had looked forward to this event since beginning of the year (or even longer), and today is the last day together of the two week long...
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The End of Summer Update!
Hi everyone!I couldn't wait any longer. It's been TOO LONG.I had to say hi to my readers and let everyone know that I'm still alive!!I've had a wonderful summer. Since I'm learning so many new things,...
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Moon Watching
It was so beautiful, I had to share.It was such a perfect night last night here to watch the nature put on a show for us. The moon was shinning so brightly, and clouds are flowing and changing their...
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Origami with Kids (October theme)
October 5th was World Teacher's day. I made these bird paper clip holder and book marks for my kids teachers at school. I picked something that kids could make by themselves. I hope these will brighten...
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Obsessed with Language Learning
What would you do when your child can write better than you can?K-kun has been writing a fantasy novel right now. He is really into it. His goal is write 80 pages by Christmas. He showed it to me the...
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Do or do not. There is no try!
(Instruction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5B71d1OR_M)(A week ago)Look at my new origami creation! Isn't this a perfect show and tell material?(Yesterday)I made this a week or so ago, and wrote...
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Birthday Party Fun
Birthday party game. We had a lot of fun celebrating K-kun's birthday this weekend. K-kun and five of his guests who were able to come played laser tag outside without wearing jackets. I don't remember...
View ArticleCrafty Weekend. (No Pictures Yet)
This weekend's activity was sewing and card making. I have to admit, I'm starting to enjoy going to a craft store now, not just for my project, but for my kids projects!L-chan finished sewing her first...
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I've come so far...
"Wow, I've come so far!"That's my thought lately. "What was I thinking?" I used to say no when people asked me if I missed my home. I was just so busy learning to live in a new place with a growing...
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Origami Christmas Wreath (and other origami craft of the month)
Merry Christmas!This morning I made a Christmas wreath.I had been searching what to make next for December, but I didn't come across anything that I really want to take time to make.But, I searched one...
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A New Post of the Year...
Time for an update!If you are wondering if I lost interest in blogging, no worries, it's the opposite. In fact, I have many saved drafts that didn't get published. So I have been writing, untangling my...
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It's Spring! (but only on the calendar)
It's only on the calendar, but it's Spring!I'm so tired of looking at snow this year. We had guests the day before the Hinamatsuri, so I finally set up the hina dolls on March 2nd. It's a spring...
View ArticleOrigami Dragons. Trying Something New.
Among many origami instructions, there are some origami models that I don't usually pick to make. Dragons and dinosaurs are some of them. Folding animal shapes are hard for me, and the finished...
View ArticleClosest Settlers of Catan!
It's June!We just had the closest Settlers of Catan game ever!I was so close to winning; I was in the lead the whole time. T-kun kept threatening to steal my longest road, though, he wasn't letting me...
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Origami Soccer Ball!
Today was PD day, (no school) so kids were home. Time for a fun project!I follow Origami Maniacs Facebook page, and today I saw this!"This is a nice modular that boys will like", it said.Yes!...
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Origami Baby (so cute!)
I'm so excited about this post! I have a new baby nephew! When I googled "Origami baby" I wasn't expecting to find this cute origami baby! I had to make it! It might be hard to see, but this baby is...
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Japan Trip 2014 (Tokyo and Ishigaki Island)
I finally have a break today to write about my trip to Japan! I wrote chronologically how my trip went in my Japanese blog. (If you would like to see some of the pictures, please click here!) The main...
View ArticleIntroducing my new blog: K-san Origami!
Dear readers, Exciting news! I'm combining my 2 blogs, "Kozue's Show and Tell" and "Kozue in the Sault” and I created "K-san Origami" blog. Since the summer, I've been really busy! So I used Facebook...
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