Today we got immersed in a little Okinawan Culture. Gabriella's school had an event with another school IAC celebrating Mu-chi. Mu-Chi is a sweet rice dough steamed in leaves. The dough is made from sugar, mochi rice powder and water. Then you knead the dough until it is as soft as your ear lobes. Then you place your dough on the leaf and tie it with a stem into a little tamale like shape. Mu-chi is eaten for good luck and as a prayer for health and longevity. Along with the making of Mu-chi the kids got to play a few japanese children's games. Gabriella even got to be the monster in one similar to red light green light. The picture above is a game similar to red rover. Greg was able to join us for a while and enjoyed watching Gabriella interact with the other children. The IAC school also had some delicious Yakitori and soup which we all enjoyed. On the walk home Gabriella and I stopped at Jusco, one of our favorite places and bought a few things from the Hello Kitty store. I'll have to upload a picture of her in her new Hello Kitty pajamas.
Okay- I had to touch my earlobe while reading this to get the visual. Such an odd analogy but I totally got it.
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