Goodbye Everyone!

Today was the last day of school, which means the last day for Raine to take the ferry to go to school. He's been going to school on the island since he was 4. He has tons of good memories with his friends and teachers! Raine gave lots of hugs and said goodbye to everyone at school!

レインが5年間通った学校とも今日でお別れ。真冬でもフェリーで元気に通いたくさんいいお友達にも出会い、楽しい思いでがいっぱいのそんな学校とも今日が最後。学校を出る前に友達と先生みんなに大きな「Hug」をし、さよならをしてきたらしい。ちょっと寂しいね。

This is how Raine used to go to school(even when it was -25c!)!

This has been Raine's school for 5 years!

This is the schoolyard! Lots of green!

Arts Night

Raine's school had their annual event "Arts Night". Unfortunately we weren't able to go this year because Raine had his hockey practice. This cool underwater scene was created by Raine's class and apparently it was raffled off!

FYI, Raine created the electric jellyfish!

レインの学校で毎年恒例の「Arts Night」が行われた。毎年行っていたが、今年はホッケーの練習があり行けなかった、残念...

レインのクラスは海のシーンの作品をみんなで創ってそれを抽選で当たった人にあげたらしい。

ちなみに、レインの作品は一番上の真ん中にある電気クラゲ！

Stories by Raine

School is almost over(which means summer is here!)! Raine has been coming home with all the work he's done since the beginning of school year. I would like to share some of the stories that he did. I think it's pretty funny!

もうすぐ学校が終わり夏休み！ここ最近毎日のようにこの1年間でやったレインのアート作品、学校で書いた詩、算数の問題集などを持って帰ってきた。レインはストーリーを考えそれに絵を描くまぁ「絵本」と言ったらいいのか、そういう事が大好きで今までに数々の話（長いものもあれ、短いものもあれ）を書いてきた。今年書いたのでなかなか面白いと思った作品を紹介します！

[Tim Hortons]

At Tim Hortons I bought a delicious toasted blueberry bagel.

The blueberries were sticking out like pimples

and the bagel was so crunchy that it was like eating rocks!



[Alien]

One day an alien was wearing stinky shoes

and he lived in Timbuktu.

His armpits were so hairy that they were like hair.

He smells like moldy cheese and he eats rotten cheese.

[I used to...now I am...]

I used to be a brain, now I am Raine

I used to be fine, now I drink wine

I used to have a dream, now I am a bean

I used to be fat, now I am a bat

I used to care, now I am a bear

I used to like peas, now I like cheese

I used to be mad, now I am sad

LuminaTO-Toronto Festival of Arts + Creativity

We went to check out Luminato over the weekend! This year we had many events with "Cirque du Soleil" at the waterfront and they were free(you can't get any better than that!)!! The crowd was so big that it was hard to see but it was pretty cool!

今週末に毎年恒例の「Luminato」に行ってきた。今年はなぜかいつもより人が多いな〜と思っているとなんと、「シルク・ドゥ・ソレイユ」のショーが無料であったから（？）。どのショーも人ごみの中をかきわけて見たがなかなかよかった！

We saw this guy(or girl) everywhere!

こんな様な人がたくさんいた！

We waited for 40 minutes to see 2 guys wiping the poles...I guess anything could be art nowadays.

40分待ってやっと始まった！と思ったら2人男の人が来て長い棒を上から下まで拭いただけだった...まぁこれも芸術と言われればそうなのかもね。

Cirque du Soleil @ HTO

Raine in Terminator??

Look what Daniel did to Raine!

End of Year Recital

Raine's music school, Toronto School for Strings had their annual recital today! Raine dressed himself in a nice shirt and tie(he had to wear his sneakers though because his black shoes were too small for him!).

レインの行っている音楽学校でリサイタルがあり行ってきた！こういう時にしかドレスアップをする機会がないので、レインはワイシャツにネクタイをしビシットきめるつもりだったが、黒い革靴が小さくなっていたことに気づかずスニーカーを履くことになってしまった、悲。

Nice hats!

I pushed the wrong button and I missed the beginning...

録画するのに間違ったボタンを押してしまい最初の部分が少しぬけてしまった！

My bike...

"WHERE THE HELL IS MY BIKE..."

I said that to myself a hundred times when I went back to where I thought I locked it a couple of hours ago! I was walking back and forth(basically going crazy!) and finally figured out that my bike got stolen!!!!!!!!!! I was very upset because I LOVED my bike and it was my baby! I found the little velcro that was attached to my bike lock lying on the ground! I picked it up and took it back home with me. That was the only thing left from my bike...

最近天気が良かったのでどこに行くにも愛用の自転車を乗っていた。それは3年前に買った折りたたみ式自転車。今日もいつもの様に自転車に乗り、ロックをして数時間後に戻ってきた。そうすると「あれ？！自転車どこだ...」と思い自転車とめたはずの周辺を行ったり来たりウロウロ。どこをどう探しても見つからない！「もしかして、盗まれた！」と気がついたのが数分たってからだったか。えーーーーーーーー！！！！！ととにかくショック。しかも地面に残されたのがロックにくっついてた小さなベルクロの部分。悔しいのでそれだけは拾って持って帰ってきた。私の自転車返せー！