If Mona Lisa's Smile Looked Like This....

I had my final lesson at Madara elementary school yesterday. The kids drew a collaborative portrait of me during our last class together. I was put in a chair at the front of the room and told not to look at what was being drawn behind me. The kids took turns drawing my features.

I was a little worried that my scraggly chin hair had gotten unruly, but when I asked Yukimi about my beard she said she had made a mistake and stopped before she did any more damage. Yuji picked up the marker first and had the hard task of creating my nose. To be fair to him (and me) he didn't have any other features on the paper to reference my honker, so maybe it wouldn't have looked so big if my other attributes were a little larger in scale. Anyway, it's a wonderful portrait. I love it.

From left to right: (Front) Yusuke, Yuji, Yuka, Yoichi, Kaori. (Back) Erika, Me, Yukimi.