It's been a long, long time since you went to school, huh? Long, long time.

久しぶりの学校だね 本当に久しぶり

Look at this, she is already a 1st grader.

サラはもう１年生だよ

Sarah's got her backpack, got her mask. Got her cute smile under there.

ランドセルもマスクも 笑顔も準備できました

Bye! Bye guys!

- じゃあね - じゃあね

I think this is her second day of school since school started and she is only there for 10 minutes. But at least she is going.

学校は今日で２回目です 授業は10分だけですが 行くだけマシです

She is growing up too fast.

サラがあっと言う間に 大きくなった

Sarah is going to school, for a little short time, but she still gets to go so she is excited!

すぐ帰ってきますが 学校が楽しみみたいです

Putting on her shoes.

上履きを履きます

Is this fun?

楽しい？

You can hold your backpack if you want. You gotta leave your mask on though.

ランドセルを下ろしていいわ マスクは外さないで

Oh, I'm sweating, sweating.

汗だくだよ

So, what happened Sarah?

どうだった？ サラ

Well, I learned how to do "Tsu"

"つ"の書き方を覚えたよ

Like in katakana/hiragana? Yeah. WOW!

カタカナとひらがなで？ すごい！

Round 2 for mommy!

第2ラウンドです

Round 2 for mommy. Alright girls, have a good day. Not even a day of school.

良い1日を！ 1日じゃなくて一瞬かな？

Have a good moment of school.

学校を一瞬楽しんできて！

Ok, now I go back with Becca and Anna. Three different kids, three different times. Oh my!

次はベッカとアナと学校に行きます 3人とも別々の時間です！

Get him dude! Get him!

やっつけて！

Yes!

やった！

How was school guys? Good. Good.

- 学校どうだった？ - 良かったよ

And look what Mommy got from the neighbors.

ママが近所の人にもらったの

Those are beautiful huh? Right from his garden.

綺麗だね！ お庭の花をくれたんだね

He is the nicest neighbor ever!

すごく良い人だよ

So what did you do at school, Miss Milk Mustache. Ha Ha!

学校で何したの？ 牛乳のお髭ついてるよ

What did you do? I talked with my teacher for 10 minutes or 20.

- 何したの？ - 先生と10〜20分話した

Did you get more homework? A lot of kanji tests.

- 宿題もらった？ - 漢字テストを沢山

Joey came over to help water our flowers.

ジョーイくんが 花に水をあげに来てくれました

It's cold water though.

冷たいわよ

Are you trying to get Dada? Are you trying to get Dada? You drink it?

パパにかけようとしてる？ 飲んじゃうの？

Ahhhhh!

- これからどうするの？ - 多摩川で工作用の石を集めるの

Anna, what are we going to go do? We are going by the Tama river to get some rocks for our craft.

楽しそう！

Oh fun!

階段を使ってね

On the steps please.

- たまには出かけないとね ベッカ - うん

Some days we just gotta get out of the house huh Becca? Yep.

集めた石に絵の具を 塗るのよね サラ

We are finding rocks. We are going to paint them for a craft, huh Sarah? Yep.

わずかな時間ですが ここに来るといい息抜きになります

This has become a new favorite thing to do, just to get out of the house. Come down and enjoy a little time outside.

- 石見つけたよ - 見つけた？

I found a rock. You got a rock?

- 投げちゃうよ - 頑張って

And I gotta throw it in. You're going to throw it in? Big throw!

パパも投げる？

Whoa! You want me to throw one?

- そんなに集めてどうするの？ - マインクラフトだよ

What are you going to do with all these rocks Sarah? We are going to make Minecraft.

- マインクラフトを？ - そうだよ

You are going to make Minecraft? Yep!

- どんなマインクラフト？ - ゲームと同じだよ　鶏とか卵とか種とか

Like what kind of Minecraft? Like our Minecraft, we're gonna make a chicken, and egg and seeds.

- いいね - またね！もうちょっと拾ってくる

Oh cool. Bye! I'll see you in a little bit because I'm going to go get rocks.

行ってらっしゃい！

Ok, go get them!

あった！

Awww, oh my!!

- アナ！ - パパ！

Hi Anna! Hi Daddy!

- ママとジョシュアはあっち - アナはそっちで ベッカはこっちです

Mommy and Joshua over there, Anna over there, and Becca way over here.

みんなバラバラです でもサラはここにいます！

Everyone is spread out! And then there's Sarah. Hi Sarah! She is right here. Yep.

帰るよ！

Ok, lets go!

会議中なの！

We are having a meeting right now!

持って帰るの？ なら袋に入れて 帰るわよ

Are you not taking those? We are. Ok, then put them away, lets go!

ちゃんと分けよう

Lets make piles of it so we know.

- ベランダで？ - 今日は少し遅くまで使ってもいい？

On the outside by your balcony? Yep. Can we like stay out there a little bit longer?

ちょっとだけよ 終わったらお風呂よ

A little bit then you guys have to take a bath. Ok.

カメラの代わりに 大量の石を担がされています

My camera got kicked out of my backpack and now it is full of rocks!

自粛中に増えた体重を 落とすには良い運動です

Good training for daddy. Good way to loose some weight. Some of this quarantine weight.

- それ重い？ - 赤ちゃんと同じくらい

How is that Anna? Is it heavy? Um hum. Just like a baby.

赤ちゃんと？ アナと同じくらいじゃない？

Just like a baby. About as heavy as you are probably.

- 違うよ - 違う？

No. No?

割れちゃった？

Whoa ho. That sounded like it cracked!

- 石を整理してるの？ - そうだよ

Are we sorting our rocks? Yep!

- 私のベットだよ - お家の中に入れるの？

Look, this is my bed. Oh, that is going to be the bed for the house?

これは牛だよ 牛に見えるでしょ？

This is going to be a moo moo cow. Because it looks like a moo moo cow.

ランチタイムです！

Alright, lunch time!

自粛期間中はみんな一緒に ご飯を食べれるのが嬉しいです

One thing that has been super special with everybody home is having meals together. That part has been really nice.

マインクラフトの 結末を知りたいな

We need to get the conclusion to the Minecraft rock story.

- 祈るわよ - じゃーん！

Ok, lets pray. Tada!

絵の具を塗るよ

Painting rocks.

ついにこの瞬間が来ました！

Painting rocks! The moment has arrived!

- 石を全部整理したの？ - もちろん

Have you decided what each one of them is going to be? Yep, yep.

これ見て

Look at this.

楽しそうだね 絵の具が付かないように！

Looks fun! Try not to paint yourself.

絵の具が足りない

I need to get paint.

- いいね！ - 私のベットだよ

Cool! With my own bed.

赤ちゃんが寝てる 可愛い！

A baby in a bed. Aweee So cute!!

サラは何してるの？

What are we working on here Sarah?

- 日本語の宿題だよ - 日本語の宿題？すごいね

My Japanese homework! Your Japanese homework? Alright.

ほらね "ライター・サラ" だよ

There. Reutter, Sarah.

このページが終わったら 今日の数学は終わりよ

Then after this page we will be done for today, ok? With math.

子供達もルースも 今朝はかなり頑張りました

The kids got a lot done this morning. Ruth was working with them a lot.

さすがに退屈みたいです しかもお昼の時間です

And now they are getting bored and it's just about lunch time.

ここからが楽しいですよ

So now things really get interesting.

「借り物競走」と保存して 送信するわ

So we are going to send it. Save it as scavenger hunt.

借り物競走を計画してるの？

Ohhh, putting together a picture scavenger hunt huh?

デビー叔母さん シルビア叔母さん プリ叔母さんに送るわ

Ok, and mommy is going to send it for Aunt Debbie, Aunt Silvia and Aunt Pri.

- みんなやるの？ - かもね

So all of them are going to do it? Maybe.

ジョシュアの車を数えてるの

We are trying to count all the cars that Joshua has.

これは壊れてるよ

Yep, and this is a broken one.

そんなに持ってるの？ 信じられない

Look at all the...there is still so much stuff in there dude! What in the world!

- 良い一日でした！最後はポップコーン… - 足を出しなさい！

We made it through the day, we had a good day and what better way to finish the day.. Hey, foot out of the popcorn!

家族とポップコーンを食べながら Life in Japanの最新話を見ます

Then having some popcorn with the family and watching the newest Life in Japan.

3 2 1 始まるよ！

Three, two, one! Here we go!

ここは僕の憩いの場所です リフレッシュできる場所です

This right here is my happy place. I love to come out here and just refresh. Do you have a happy place?

皆さんは憩いの場所はありますか？ 心が休まる場所です

Is there a place close by that you can go to and it's like an escape? A place of rest. A refuge.

雨が降り出した時 外にいたの？

You guys were out when it started to rain?

- そうよ！ - 出かける時は降ってなかったのに

Yes! When we were going it was not raining and then it started to rain so hard!

帰り道はずっと降ってた！

And it rained almost the whole way!

楽しみだね！

Oh my goodness!

新しい絨毯です

It's time for a new rug here, huh? Yes!

ベッカ ほうきでここを 掃除して

Becca get the broom and sweep this over there.

ジョシュア どいて

Watch out, move Joshua.

アナは映像作家みたいだね

Anna the videographer.

これ気に入ったわ

Oh, I like this!

アナ先生って呼ばなくちゃ

The "Annaographer".

もっと？

More?

- 僕が引っ張る - 待って ジョシュア

Here, I can pull it. Wait, wait Joshua, not yet!

これを引っ張るわよ

We are going to pull this in.

ありがとう アナ

Thank you Anna.

- やめて サラ - 絨毯をテスト中です

Stop Sarah. Are we giving it the test? The lay on the floor on the rug test?

そうだよ

Snow test.

今日は日曜日です 日曜日と言えば教会です！

It's Sunday, Sunday, Sunday which means we have church. Church!

その後はママがカフェでお菓子を作るから みんなで行こうね

And then we are going to go out so mommy can bake some things at the coffee shop and have some special time together, huh?

コーヒーショップでピザ！

Pizza at the coffee shop! Yum!

「僕は読むのが苦手だったのに 隣の子はスラスラ読めたんです」

"So where I was really struggling to read, this person was as a child just reading things really quickly."

ママの妹でしょ？

Your sister.

「その瞬間 僕はその人と自分を比較して すごく嫌な気持ちになりました」

"And right away, what do I do? I start comparing myself to this other student, and I feel terrible."

ママがお菓子を作るので みんなでカフェに来ました

Alright today we came to the coffee shop so mommy can bake.

- ルースの魔法が始まります - バターよ

Ruth is doing her baking magic here. Butter.

他のみんなは ペパロニ・ピザを食べています

And over here we are having pepperoni pizza, oh yeah!

ベカは最近習った曲で みんなを楽しませています

Becca is serenading us with one of the songs that she's learned.

サラは踊ってます いいね

And Sarah's dancing? So nice Sarah. Very nice.

- 工具が足りないわ - 何が足りない？

I need some different tools. Like what?

- カメラさん - 何ですか？

Camera, camera. What dude?

- 僕のだよ - 本当だ

I got this. Oh yeah, you sure do, don't you.

- アイスキャンデーだよ - 良かったね

I got a popsicle. Popsicle? Thats cool.

- ダンゴムシを見せようとしたの - そうなの？

In the last video I was trying to find a rollie pollie and say hi. Oh, are you? Ok.

もう見つけた？

Oh you found one already.

- 逃げようとした - 帰りたいんじゃない？

He tried to get off. I'll bet. He wants to go back to his home.

楽しみだわ

I'm excited about this. Yeah!

ルースのストレス発散方法かな？

I think Ruth is relieving stress. Hahaha.

端を全部切りました 次はやすりをかけます

The edges are all cut and now we are going to sand this puppy down.

- やすりをかける？ - やすりをかけるよ

Sand this puppy down? Sand the puppy down.

ダンゴムシも手伝う？

Maybe sand the Rollie Pollie down.

入国管理局に向かいます ビザが更新されたみたいです

So we are driving to the immigration office. We got word that our visa renewals came in.

何年更新されたか分かりません 1年か3年か…5年だといいですが

But we don't know how long they are for - 1 year, 3 years, 5 years we are hoping.

意外な展開になるかもしれません

We'll see. It's going to be a big surprise.