Spring and School

At the start of spring, my  youngest daughter started school as well. This is the playground at the school, the cherry blossoms were in time blooming as a sign of spring early April.

The classroom is decorated with flowers also in time for spring.

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Rainbow

Well almost. We only lack indigo for the sprinkles and the blues are not on the dark tones. :) We celebrated Valentine's day this year with lots of color. :) It is a tradition for women to express love and affection to men by giving them chocolates on February 14. Men reciprocate this a month after, March 14 by  giving women chocolates or any token.

Mini chocolate sponge cakes ;)

The girls helped in sprinkling colored candies and had lots of fun!

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Choco-balls with sprinkles, made with love and lots of giggling. :)

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Box says: LOVE Ayana(あやな).

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Hanabi-taikai (Fireworks display)

In August, there's the fireworks display festival that we watch with the kids. This is a tradition wherein we dress up in yukatas.

Yukatas are informal, unlined kimono made of cotton and worn with a narrow sash (obi). It is usually worn in summer. Unlike ceremonial kimono, a yukata is casual and comfortable to wear. It can be worn next to the skin. Wooden clogs (geta) are usually worn without Japanese socks (tabi) when wearing a yukata. Today many people wear yukata at summer festivals (matsuri), fireworks displays (hanabi-taikai), and the Bon Festival Dance (bon-odori).You can see us wearing slippers. :D

Pink is a favorite of the kids, no doubt. So most of the time they wore pink for last year's Hanabi, papa and I wore blue.

Happy Pink Friday!

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