6 March 2009

What a grotty day! Heavy rain all day, with unremittingly leaden skies. Despite the conditions I took Emily to Yurakucho as I needed to do a spot of shopping. She was frustrated sitting in the stroller, so I let her loose in a shop for the first time. Big mistake. She made a beeline for a colourful display of sweets in tubes and with one swipe she wrecked it. I hurriedly put things back as near as possible to how they were and hoped no-one had seen and thought me stupid for letting her walk unfettered in a store. Luckily Muji sells kids clothes and toys, and they had a small playarea for children to handle sample toys, so she was happy with that for five minutes, before she began delving in a basket of shoes. They also had a very nice restaurant, and we took a short break in there. Short is the operative word: as soon as Emily had scoffed her snacks (and half my cheesecake) she made it clear that she didn't want to sit there anymore. So much for a relaxing rest with a coffee. Those days are over for the time being. It was easier when she was small and I could get her to nap on the breast while I rested.