Naona's birthday party
I held Naona's 7-year-old birthday party today. It was the first birthday party I held in Canada and we both had a wonderful time. When we were in Japan, we celebrated her birthday only among the family, and never invited anyone beyond it (while Naona celebrated her birthday with her friends at her kindergarten, I held none at home. A birthday party at home inviting friends is not common there, and I had the luxury of not having to be worried about entertaining children on Naona's birthdays). Today I learned something very important: how wonderful it is to celebrate my daughter's birthday with our friends. Naona probably had the best day in Canada having her close friends in her house and playing together. I also appreciated friendship and love from my new Canadian friends. Bev taught me how to make a birthday cake in this culture. Her rabbit cake was the one Bev made for her children and today she made one for my daughter. Casey taught me how to make ginger cookies. With Casey's help I could have kids cut and decorate their own cookies to take home today. Casey also did Naona's nail for her birthday party. Naona was very proud of herself, having had such a warm whole-hearted birthday party with our friends here. They are the people who make Canada my new home.
My WILC2 project is going well, I think. Naona and I are drawing moments when we feel the happiest, the moments like the ones we had today. I read Idit comment on post cards. I liked what she wrote about post cards. I think post cards are much better, but I write a blog, “afternoon in the Cowichan Valley”, to Japanese people. I stared this blog shortly after relocating to the Cowichan Valley. All of the articles are about my new life here and what I thought about it. They are in Japanese but please visit to see the photos I took (now the Cowichan Valley is more known and loved by Japanese people, I believe). The address is http://findyourart.ca/blog/. I have some Canadina friends who read with Google transration. I will write some of them in English for the WILC2 presentation.
I held Naona's 7-year-old birthday party today. It was the first birthday party I held in Canada and we both had a wonderful time. When we were in Japan, we celebrated her birthday only among the family, and never invited anyone beyond it (while Naona celebrated her birthday with her friends at her kindergarten, I held none at home. A birthday party at home inviting friends is not common there, and I had the luxury of not having to be worried about entertaining children on Naona's birthdays). Today I learned something very important: how wonderful it is to celebrate my daughter's birthday with our friends. Naona probably had the best day in Canada having her close friends in her house and playing together. I also appreciated friendship and love from my new Canadian friends. Bev taught me how to make a birthday cake in this culture. Her rabbit cake was the one Bev made for her children and today she made one for my daughter. Casey taught me how to make ginger cookies. With Casey's help I could have kids cut and decorate their own cookies to take home today. Casey also did Naona's nail for her birthday party. Naona was very proud of herself, having had such a warm whole-hearted birthday party with our friends here. They are the people who make Canada my new home.
My WILC2 project is going well, I think. Naona and I are drawing moments when we feel the happiest, the moments like the ones we had today. I read Idit comment on post cards. I liked what she wrote about post cards. I think post cards are much better, but I write a blog, “afternoon in the Cowichan Valley”, to Japanese people. I stared this blog shortly after relocating to the Cowichan Valley. All of the articles are about my new life here and what I thought about it. They are in Japanese but please visit to see the photos I took (now the Cowichan Valley is more known and loved by Japanese people, I believe). The address is http://findyourart.ca/blog/. I have some Canadina friends who read with Google transration. I will write some of them in English for the WILC2 presentation.
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