That makes three Mondays in a row that we've been rained out, right? April weather is so unpredicatable in Tokyo. Yesterday I got sunburn in the blazing heat of Setagaya koen and today, it's back to woolly jumpers and central heating.
Anyway, the kids didn't care either way. They jumped, bounced, whinged, fought, sang and ate like troopers. A very big THANKYOU, MERCI BEAUCOUP and ARIGATOUGOZAIMASU to Yolande and Huge for sharing the world's biggest birthday cake with all your playgroup buddies. We all really enjoyed it. How many okawaris were asked for?! Also THANK YOU to Kimiko who brought another cake which we didnt even get to!
I'm going to go see Rie in Toho Byoin tomorrow and bring her the lovely card we made. I'm sure she'll like it. There are some very cute drawings there by the kids:)
And finally, as everyone was getting ready to leave this morning, I was given the very best Japanese lesson. I've often heard the term "ishokenmei" and seen the kanji (which my computer can no longer type:() but I didn't really understand the meaning. Today, Joe kun was battling with his zipper (see the photos on picasa!) and Yukako said "ishokenmei"...... Bless him, he was struggling for ages and ages. Now I get it:) Yoku Gambatta ne..... but even more so. Thank you Joe sensei:)
See you all next Monday and let's hope the rain stays away as I want to make a big KOINOBORI. See you then.
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