Practice, Shopping, and Friends

Tuesday, Yuki had her first full morning of marching band practice. I don't think she was too happy about getting up early in the morning to "roll on the ground" for 4 hours. Hey, that's what she told me! She got her sheet music and we are still working on getting her a keyboard from the school so she can practice at home. There will be music in our house that has nothing to do with video games or played on the computer for once! Yay! Meh, it's a minor thing. Yuki said that practice went well and that she was introduced to everyone in the band. I asked her if she talked to anyone and she said that she had. I'm really excited about that! I really hope she will start making friends.

I took Erica's suggestion and went back to Hyde Park for some more shopping for Yuki. She said that they had close to what she was looking for, but thought it was too expensive. She did buy a few shirts. We went over to DSW and looked at some shoes. She fell in love with the Chucks. That's my girl! Later we went shopping for some clothing for band. Hopefully we'll get her fitted for a uniform soon. I'll be shocked if they have one that will fit her because she is so tiny!

Yuki has been really tired these past fews days, so we took it easy today and watched Wall-E. That is such a cute movie! Tonight she has band practice. I got tackled by a band mom tonight asking me who my kid was, which was followed by "we heard she was coming when we were at band camp! So, where do you want to volunteer?" Those women work fast! What I also find amusing is the comment made by this mom - she made a very simple statement - so, you're a teacher... You look like you're a teacher. Is there something about me that screams teacher? Is it written on my forehead? Please tell me so I can get it off.

So one of Yuki's friends from school is on program with YFU and is living in Kentucky - about 40 minutes from where we live. We called the family and introduced ourselves and explained their relationship. Very much to the joy of the girls, we were able to arrange a weekend for them to meet and have a sleepover. We have set one rule for the two of them and that is that they must speak English at all times, the exception being when they are in Yuki's room and they are getting ready for bed. Any other time, they have to speak in English. I don't think Yuki was too happy about this... We have good reasons for it. Haruna is in school now, and Yuki will be starting next week. I think it will only set them back if they spend an entire weekend speaking Japanese again. Yuki is super excited to see her this weekend.

The rest of the week should be fairly uneventful. Tomorrow is new student orientation at school and Friday is a free day for band. I'm looking forward to a good weekend!