The New School Year Starts

This past week the boys started the new school year. We'll see how long they can walk to school together in the morning without fighting. It is about 15 minutes on foot.

One picture is of Tommy loading his backpack for school.

Tommy Starts 1st Grade

Here are some pictures of Tommy starting first grade. He's at the same school as Michael. Hopefully they can walk to school together without fighting too much.

Mio and Tommy are standing next to a sign that says 'entrance ceremony'.

All first graders at Tommy's school wear the yellow safety hat to identify them as first graders and to make them more visible to cars since all students walk to and from school each day.

There were 4 kids from Tommy's kindergarten class that will be in his first grade class, so he will know some of his new classmates from the start.

For Lent

I walked by an apartment rental office this week and noticed a sign in the window saying that they were offering apartments For Lent. Japaneses often confuse R and L. I thought it was appropriate for Holy Week to see apartments being offered For Lent. Maybe they're expecting the big event this week.