Hina Matsuri Celebration

(This photo is from Thursday, March 3rd)

Miriam's preschool class celebrated Hina Matsuri today.  Hina Matsuri, or "Girls' Day", is a Japanese holiday to celebrate and pray for health and success for girls.  The class all learned a song for the celebration, but when the Kotos (the stringed instruments in the photo) started playing, most of the kids became too distracted to remember to sing.  :)

As a bonus, here is Miriam singing the "Hina Matsuri" song at home

Enoshima Aquarium

(This photo is from Wednesday, March 2nd)

Today we headed to Enoshima Aquarium with a pretty big group of friends.  It was fun to mix up the "friend groups" a bit, and it was fun to hang out with everyone.  The aquarium is one of our favorite places to visit for a nice, leisurely morning+lunch outing - it's not too big and not too small, and not too far to drive (about 40 minutes or so).  My favorite part of the aquarium is the jellyfish room - they are such eerily beautiful creatures, as long as they're in behind glass.  :)