JAPANESE STUFF

We have had such a great week with Natsuho. She is delightful and so easy to have around. We have dragged her to several basketball games, the Mall of America, a Japanese restaurant!?..and other "American" restaurants, Walmart, Cub and Target, the bakery!, church, the library, Caribou and anything else we can think of that might be of interest to her. She and Steph made chocolate chip cookies last night. That was totally new to her! I'm sure it has been interesting watching how a large family operates. She has one brother at home. We have had fun learning a few Japanese phrases. Dinnertime has been really fun! I can't believe that we only have a few more days to go with Natsuho. I am hoping to bring her to SHOW-AND-TELL in Rigo's class this afternoon. That will be a hit, no doubt. She is very good at origami. Here is a few pictures of our time together. Steph has been a wonderful hostess. I knew that I couldn't be in charge of filling the time for our exchange student and Steph had definitely been leading the charge on that one. It helps to have other willing siblings in the house as well, but Steph has done a great job. Here are a few pictures from this week.