It’s already Sunday evening here! Tomorrow, schools starts again. I officially can say that we survived Spring Break! And we had a great time with the kids.
Last week, I was determined that the facts that we cannot travel far, that there is NO ONE on our street for the kids to play with, and that the weather is not that warm are not going to ruin my spring break with the kids. So sometimes last weekend, I emailed a whole bunch of my friends and proposed an “itinerary” for our fun filled days with the kids.
On Monday we went to the Weasel’s Den (because of bad weather) and let the kids run around for a couple of hours. On Tuesday Robert had a day off—so it became a day dedicated of running a ton of undone errands—things that are sooo easy to do when you don’t have to take kids in and out of carseats. Robert also took the kids swimming while Mark had his nap.
On Wednesday—well, you already know. On Thursday, we headed to Towada, to the Horse Park (I don’t think it’s called Horse Park but that’s what Americans call it). It’s about 40 minutes drive from main base, but is so worth it! I think, eight moms came, bringing the “kid total” of 27! We had a fantastic time—even if the wind was crazy.
On Friday, we had another morning play date at the Statue of Liberty Park in Shimoda. Again, many moms came and we all had a blast. Roller slides are always a hit:)
Finally, yesterday, we woke up to a very gloomy weather and decided it’s the perfect day to go put on our funny 100 yen swimming caps and go to Misawa City Pool. The pool is located really close to the North Area where we live, if you just hop the base fence. Because we have to drive all around the base to the nearest gate, it takes about 20-25 minutes to get there. It’s literally in the middle of nowhere and you’d never guess it’s a swimming pool if you didn’t have directions. The pool was really fun for our kids because it has a rather mild but exciting slide. Wearing a swimming cap that hurts your head is not so fun—just ask Robert:) I still cannot figure out what the cap does since most Japanese still cannot manage to keep all the hair covered with it.
Finally, here is a glimpse of what kids do when they are having fun at home:) I need to be better at video recording them these days.
Lyana
