THURSDAY

Sotaro went to an American junior high today. Then he went to school with Tanner for the last hour of Tanner's school. The 6th graders thought Sotaro was really cool. After school, the girls gave Sotaro a snack that he has never tried before. POPSICLES! I found out that Sotaro loves grapes so he really liked the grape popsicle. He also likes peaches (momo) in Japanese. He ate momo yogurt during breakfast.


After a snack, Tanner showed Sotaro how to play Guitar Hero. Sotaro had never played it before. He was really good at it!



Then Sotaro's teachers came over for a visit. Our house was selected to have his teachers visit. It was really fun to meet them.

Tanner, Sotaro's teacher and Sotaro with Tanner's snake.


The Teachers, Tanner and Sotaro

After the teachers left, Sotaro and Tanner jumped on the trampoline.

We then went to Cornbelly's. We went to the cornmaze and played games.

Sotaro ate a corndog and LOVED it!

Riding bikes

When we came home Sotaro gave us more gifts. His family made us beautiful placemats. I started to cry when he gave them to us because they were so beautiful and his family made them for our family. When we signed up to have a Japanese student stay at our house, I NEVER imaged that this experience would be so wonderful. Sotaro is such an amazing person and I am already sad about him leaving on Tuesday. I really hope he can come visit again someday. We would LOVE for his family to come too. It is so wonderful having him here!