Scene from Hamlet

Taylor's 3rd Play

Taylor was in his third play, Hamlet. I am sad to say I didn't take any photos of the second one. I was hoping to get photos of him from a friend, but haven't. So, with great regret, I will tell you I also don't have any pictures of him in this play either! No, I am not a complete idiot, it's just that I was so focused on videoing it for Eric, that I forgot to take photos. So that is why I've included the video on the blog, and no photos. Taylor played the part of Hamlet's father's ghost. He loved it and really got into his part. There was a moment of hilarity when at the moment of his first appearance, he didn't come out at his cue, which was the word "midnight". So the character Hamlet said to someone else, "Are you sure it's midnight?", then when no Taylor appeared, Hamlet said, "I guess we'll just have to wait." We in the audience were smothering our giggles when Taylor finally appeared. I couldn't wait to ask him what happened because he new all his cues and lines perfectly. It turns out that the school photographer was behind the scenes taking his photograph. When I gave the photographer a hard time about distrupting the play and making Taylor miss his cue, his reply was, "It's okay, I got a great shot of Taylor." As the French would say, "C'est la vie!" (That's life!)

Spring Break

We began our Spring Break with a day out in Nagoya. The kids waited in line for over 2 hours to get their portraits drawn by these art students for free. It is in the typical Japanese anime characters, the kids loved it and will treasure them always! Although Erika was upset with the fact she looked younger than the other two in their pictures! They were very cute. Erika's friend Dani came with us for the day. We also saw the building called "Oasis 21". It is a weird artform, basically a clear enormous platform with a pool at the top, with about 5 inches of water in it. The fountain is located at Central Park and was beautiful also. We visited Nagoya Castle, which is the largest wooden castle in Japan. It even had huge rock walls surrounding the acreage, which was originally the moat, impressive!

Spring Break