Field Trippin' with Delaney

 I had the dubious honor of chaperoning Delaney's third grade field trip to the Mikawu Mines.  It went better than I had anticipated, but still... 70 third graders running and screaming in dark tunnels?  Yikes!

It was pretty dark in there.

There was a game to find clues, but it was mostly in Japanese, so I have no idea what the goal was! 

Lots of fun things to play in. 

And lots of things to have fun with. 

After the mad dash through the dark mine, there was "digging" for gems... 

 ...and panning for gold.  Delaney had a very good time.

They offered a special ice cream cone. 

It has real GOLD flakes on it! 

 Delicious!

She was so pleased with herself. 

Delaney's Kimono Photo Shoot

 Delaney's Girl Scout troop decided to use some of their money to get Kimono pictures done.  They paid for the hair and make up and kimono rental, plus one 8x10 picture.  If we wanted more pictures, we had to buy those ourselves.  Thankfully the studio did not care if we took a bunch of our own pictures of the process.

Delaney had a great time. She got to pick out a kimono to wear.  They did her hair and make up.  She didn't care what they did to her hair, so we said do whatever you want.  I LOVED it!  Liked that they just put a tiny bit of make up on- a little pink eye shadow, some blush and a little lipstick.

Then they took photos and we had to chose our favorite.   I did buy an extra photo or two!  They gave us a small digital copy of the picture and we can go back for the prints in 2 weeks.  It was a really neat, really fun experience.

Getting the hair done.

Hair is finished and you can see the back and the front!

Putting on the kimono.

 All done!

Delaney and the 3 other Girl Scouts who were doing it at the same time.  So cute! 

Posing so I can see the back 

I loved all the intricate little details.  Coin purse tucked into the front, little dangling charms, the fan in the obi, the adorable hair clips.... So neat! 

Getting posed for the photos.

I loved this picture of the front and back. 

And this is her studio photo! Kawaii, as the Japanese would say!  So cute!

Family Photos!!

 So, I mentioned that we got family pictures done.  Real, expensive, professional ones.  And she did a great job. My biggest complaint is that the pictures mostly go long, and won't lend well to standard 8x10 kind of sizes. They did came out quite nicely, although I think there is someone looking not-perfect in most photos. You can let me know your favorites!  I know which one I like best, but Rylee's shirt is dribbled with water in that one.

Memorial Day Weekend

We had a quiet Memorial Day Weekend.  Dan and I ditched the kids and went to the Fukuoka Temple.  It was wonderful.  It is fabulous that the kids are old enough now to fend for themselves and we can leave them for the day to go do this. It was such a nice day.  And we enjoyed the weekend.

Ouch!

Last week Callie came home from school after Field Day, in pain.  She had fallen during the Backwards Sack Race and landed hard on her arm.  I took her to the Urgent Care for them to check it out.  

Hanging out with the skeleton, waiting for X-Rays 

Looks clear. 

Nothing wrong here.

So her arm was badly bruised and really hurt, but nothing was broken.  They put a splint on it and gave her a sling and that was all.  Thankfully it really wasn't too bad and a week later she's about all better. Callie has had a great time inventing all kinds of exciting stories to explain how she hurt it.