A boy and his cat

Muffles demands attention ...

as does August.

Lindsey's busy Monday (A day off of school since they were there Saturday for the school festival), shopping with classmate M and her host sister:

I'm guessing L bought all of these.

This looks delicious.

Mayu said, "Oh, good. L found a Starbucks."

L and her host sister, Himeka.

Classmate M on the shopping trip. After L posted these pictures on Facebook, his mom messaged me because she heard there was an earthquake in Osaka, Japan. She googled the location and found that it's 500 miles away from Akita where the kids are. Phew. Just said she felt she had to reach out to another parent whose kid is on the trip. We had a nice chat. She was happy to see this picture because she hasn't heard much from him. Boys.

And what a coincidence. I went to the Jewel to grab a couple things for dinner and the song on the radio was "Call Me" which is the song the kids chose to perform in Japan.