Kyle's first weekend in Japan

Uncle Kyle got here on Thursday! Sterling was so excited. Him and Luke rode the bus to go get him. The first day he was here we took him to the mall play area.



We spent the weekend with my teacher's family and it was such a great weekend. We spent Friday and Saturday night there. We had sushi the first night and Kyle thought it was pretty good- although more like an appetizer than actually dinner :) They played skip bo and Luke won, of course.



On Saturday we went with them to the Aichi Expo park. It is a huge park with outside and inside play areas. Sterling loved it and Kyle was a big hit with the kids. He played tag with them and chased them all over the place.




We had okonomiyaki for dinner on Saturday night. It is Japanese style pancakes with cabbage, shrimp, potatoes and onions. They are topped with pork,sauces, seaweed and dried fish flakes. We liked them a lot!


The school that Sterling has gone to all year had a going away party for us on Sunday. It was an afternoon tea party and it was so much fun! The teachers completely spoiled us with all kinds of treats.


One of the teacher's did a traditional Japanese tea ceremony for us. It is very proper with all kinds of rules about how to drink the tea and how to hold the cup. We all enjoyed it- even the guys!




One of the teachers brought kimonos for us to try on- it was so cool!

Sterling's teachers and us.

The teachers gave the kids origami and Japanese books for going away presents.