It was even warmer again, hitting about 25C. In fact, I actually felt a little uncomfortable despite a strong breeze. Doesn't bode well for the summer heat and humidity ahead.
Emily added another word to her vocabulary: 'narna' for banana. I've been encouraging her to say it for ages and finally my efforts have borne fruit (pardon the pun).
We met Jo and Isy for a brief playdate at the playground that runs alongside the railway tracks at Tamachi, as they were flying off to Australia in the evening for 3 weeks. Emily got her fill of choochoos, with one passing every minute; after 10 minutes she stopped pointing at them and exclaiming. Some of the play equipment was in a massive sand pit, so the two of them could walk around safely while we chewed the fat. Emily wandered off with several buckets and spades owned by the other children playing there, and I thought it is about time she had her own set as we often play in sand now.
Afterwards I took Emily to nearby Pokke. She seemed a bit scared of some of the staff and I wondered if she remembered being there with them in daycare on Tuesday afternoon. Instead of the usual singsong at closing time there was a special event: enter four ladies dressed in floral dresses and with flowers in their loose, long hair. They did a few Hawaian dances, watched quietly by nearly all the round-eyed children. The Japanese love all things Hawaian, so it's not that surprising. One child was not at all in awe though: Emily wandered up to stand right in front of them on a flat cushion and tried to copy them, grinning toothily at 'her' audience, before making a racket with a toy truck.
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