Me lo he pasado bien He visitado Atami con mis amigas. Éramos cinco adultos y tres chicos. Nos hemos alojando en una habitación ancha, por eso hemos podido parar juntos. Atami es un sitio famoso de los baños. Hemos podido fletar un baño por una hora en el hotel. Desde el baño, hemos visto una buena vista del mar y montañas. Como había muy bien tiempo, disfrutaríamos la vista mucho. Mi cosa favorita fue que charlamos con mis amigas después de los chicos se durmieron. Ha sido una noche muy agradable.

I got stuck X( 1. Study English and Spanish everyday 2. Doing exercise to stay in shape I made my New Years resolutions on the beginning of the year. And just a week past since then. I got stuck. I have two small children, and recently childcare center was't open because of the New Year vacation. Spending all day with small children needs lots of energy. Also, my daughter is at rebellious age. I try to study ( and exercise) after they fell asleep, but I am too tired to do so. My battery is completely dead. I feel impatient with myself. But at the same time, I know the importance to not to give up. I should try to keep improving even just a little.

Un jardín botánico ¿Alguien podría ayudarme con mi español? Ayer tuvimos buen tiempo. Fui a ver mi tío con mi hija y hijo. Fuimos al jardín botánico juntos. Hemos visto las rosas de colores vivos. No solo de las rosas sino de las dalia estuvieron en plena floración. Como las flores fueron muy hermosas, nos hemos divertido mucho en el botánico. (It was a good weather yesterday. I went to see my uncle with my children. We went to a botanical garden together. Many kinds of roses were in full bloom. Also, dahlias are at their best. We enjoyed that a lot.)

Una excursión Tengo una hija. Tiene 4años de edad. Hoy fue de excursión de guardería. Hice una comida para llevar. Normalmente no come mucho, pero se ha comido la comida. Me alegro de que no haya dejado la comida. ( I have a 4 year old daughter. She went on a trip today. I made a lunch box for her. She doesn't eat much usually, but she ate without leaving anything. That is great news for me.)

To pronounce correctly "L" and "R" of English I misunderstood. I was arrogant. I've been thinking myself I have no problem with English pronunciation. None of my English teachers pointed out my pronunciation in my school days. So, when I mixed up the "L" and "R", we did not have any trouble to communicate. I became thinking that it is not a big problem to mix up "L" and "R". But, thanks to my tutor and teacher from Italki, I realized my thinking was a huge mistake. I dealt with the pronunciation training lightly. When I think about it, my school days teachers were very trained to Japanese students' pronunciation. And they were accustomed to presume meaning from contexts. Now I got many tips from my teacher to train myself to pronounce "R" sounds correctly. I tell myself to practice out loud at least 10 times a day!

Terrible four I have four years old girl. And I often have terrible time with her. Generally, it is said that two years old children say no no no to everything. Three years old children compared to devils. Four years old children compared to angels. My child is not like that. Of course sometimes she is kind, and behave good. However she behaves badly in most essential points. Last week, my family did a photo model for a magazine published for a company members. When the photographer and his staff about to take our photos, she suddenly became a bad mood. And then, she yelled out. It was so hard to deal with. Is every four years children like that??? Child-rearing is really difficult.