Went to meet Nick for lunch on a glorious autumn day. It was very warm in the sunshine though cool in the shade, with a clear blue sky. For the first time in months we returned to the place we used to meet, having abandoned it during the humid summer. Emily climbed up the steps on the slide, and found a stick insect on the wall. The warmth was perhaps responsible for a resurgence of biting insects, to which I fell prey as always.
After we bade goodbye to Nick I walked for an hour to Shirokanedai, as I had arranged for a free trial session at a place called KSpace. They run classes for babies, toddlers and children and I'd heard good reports of it from mums at TMG. We were in the 'crawlers' group; the class is limited to 8 babies plus carers, with two staff, who are entertainers more than anything else. The two young men were very good - I could imagine them being on TV. Nick asked me if they were like Legs Akimbo, the spoof drama group from League of Gentlemen! We sat around a huge drum, which Emily enjoyed bashing, and sang several short songs with actions. After 10 minutes free time to play with the myriad toys, they set up a bubble machine for a few minutes. Emily was transfixed by the bubbles and tried in vain to catch one. We finished with some more songs, all accompanied by the bongo. I was glad that she had slept on the way there, as she would have been upset by all the noises if she was tired. As it happened she seemed to have a great time, so I signed us up for a 10-week course.
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