10/30/2009

Halloween at school

明日(土曜)はハロウィーン。本日は、学校でハロウィーンの催しがありました。このあたりはさすがエンターテイメントのメッカ、学校あげてリキはいってます。

It's Halloween tomorrow. Kids enjoyed Halloween parades/parties at schools. We are right in the heart of entertainment industries. It's just lots of festivities.

動物好きの娘はゾウさんに。シンデレラとか白雪姫とかバレリーナとか..そういう類はまるで興味ナシ。最初はトランスフォーマーになりたいと言い出したので、「どうしてもなりたいなら反対はしないけど、でもどうしてもトランスフォーマー??(口調は反対している)」と言ったところ、今度は忍者タートルに。「どうしてもなりたいなら反対はしないけど、でもどうしても忍者タートル?」と言ったら、ゾウになった。私って誘導してる??

Our daughter, an animal lover, decided to became an elephant. She simply has no interest in fancy girly stuff like Cinderella, Snow White or a ballerina. She picked Transformer at first, and I just told her, "If you really really want to be that, I would support that, but are you sure you want to be Transformer?" She then switched to Ninja Turtle. So I SIMPLY said, "If you really really want to be that, I would support that, but are you sure you want to be Ninja Turtle?" She then picked an elephant. Am I manipulating?



時計にお金をかけたせいで、コスチュームに予算が回らなかった息子。お友達と示し合わせて、Tシャツに「Costume」と書いて着ることに。10ドル持って学校に行きました。中学校も学校をあげてハロウィーン・パーティーがあるらしく、そのお金でチケットを買って、髪の毛を染めたり、なにやらいろいろできるのだそうです。そちらは、「ママ、きちゃだめ」だそうで、写真はありません。

Here is our son in middle school, who just spent most of the money on the watch and did not have much left on the costume. His buddy and he decided to be in "costume (see?)" together. His middle school has a pretty big school-wide thing going on today and he went to school with $10. They buy tickets and get to spray hairs and other disguise. I was forbidden to the event by my beloved son, so no pictures.


こちらは、娘の小学校。スクービー(犬)の格好をしているのが先生。ゾウさん、見える?

So this is our daughter's elementary school. It's her class. Scooby-doo is the teacher. See the little elephant in the middle?




学年ごとにパレードします。ゾウさん、みつけてね。

Here is the parade. It's her class. Look for the elephant.



先生もこのノリ。

These two people are teachers.



これも先生。

These two are also teachers. Aren't they cool?