It was the Credit Suisse Family Forum BBQ in Odaiba. Nick went on ahead as they'd appealed for help to set up, and we followed after Emily's nap. I was quite stiff from the run as I walked to Shibaura Yurikamome. There were lots of babies and small kids there, but Emily was popular as always, and playing the crowds with lots of smiles and pointing and waving. An old man in a wheelchair was very taken with her and motioned that he wanted her to sit on his lap. I was a bit reluctant, as I think he was also simple, but decided there was no harm in it and he seemed to get a lot of pleasure from it. When the event wrapped up there was a huge amount of food and drink left over, and everyone was invited to take what they wanted home, so it was a bit of a free for all.
We returned to Shibaura on the boat. Emily fell over and got a nasty-looking abrasion round her eye, when she took a tumble from a step during a brief second's inattention from Nick. It looked worse than it was as she stopped crying as soon as we pointed out a seagull to her.
Nick went out in the evening to Shinagawa to meet up with Alastair, who was in Japan on a business trip. I was really pleased that they were able to hook up, as he has been craving the company of a friend, though it was a shame it was so brief. A pity that Alastair's two colleagues went along too. No doubt they'd have spent the whole time talking about Arsenal if left to themselves though.
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