On Wednesday Ben's school did a birthday celebration for all of the kids who had birthdays in April. I had no idea what to expect.
All three 3 year old classes were present. Even though I had told Ben I would be there I still think he was very surprised to see me.
I had to take the babies with me. I was a little nervous about how I would carry them since the show room is on the second floor and strollers are not allowed. I put Piper in a carrier on my back and carried Nate plus all of my bags on my arm. The little girl above is Makenzie. She is about two months older than the twins and she looks a lot like Piper. Her older sister Maddy is in Ben's class and has a birthday in April too.
The birthday kids put on shiny vests and we walked them up to the front of the class.
This is one of the sensei's talking to everyone about sitting properly and being quiet.
There is Ben - yawning! He really was excited and he did have a good time!
The senseis went to each child and asked them what their name was, how old they were, what their favorite food was and what they wanted to be in the future.
When it was Ben's turn his teacher had the questions written out in English. She speaks very little English but tried hard to ask the questions correctly. Ben said he liked hamburgers and wanted to be Anpanman when he got bigger. Funny thing is, every time we got to McDonald's he wants chicken nuggets, not a burger and he has never asked me for a burger. I have a feeling that when they asked the kids in the classroom they tried to think of American foods and mentioned hamburgers, hot dogs, french fries, pizza, etc. and Ben chose hamburger.
After the questions the parents were asked to come up front and the kids presented us with a drawing. Ben drew Grant and I.
The teachers then put on a skit. One of the senseis came out dressed as a farmer.
She started to water this brown box (the dirt) and a green shoot came out. The shoot got bigger and she tried to pull it out but couldn't.
Then Anpanman came to the rescue!
Anpanman and the farmer tried but couldn't get the shoot out.
Then the birthday kids tried and they couldn't. So then the parents went up to help and we finally got the carrot/radish whatever it was out of the ground!
Ben getting his birthday card from Natsumi sensei.
Singing and dancing towards the end.
Another skit put on by the teachers.
All of the kids. The split them up between girls and boys. Ben is in the middle of the birthday kids with his bright blue vest on.
