Things our Boys Notice

We have discovered that we are slipping back into our Japanese ways without even realizing it. Sometimes it takes the boys to notice these things. The other day Willem was listening as Christy was talking to one of the preschool teachers about the previous week's lesson, which the other teacher had missed. Willem, who had been at the class, wondered why Christy said "Maybe we sang the ABC song and read the story about Samuel." Later he asked us why Christy would say "maybe" for something she knew very well she had done. We explained to him that in Japan it is not usual to speak in such definite terms. Although she was speaking in English, Christy phrased it in the way the Japanese do, but she didn't even realize that she was doing it until Willem pointed it out. I wonder how many of these idiosyncrasies we will bring back to the US with us when we return.