30 July 2009

A foray into the searing morning heat to Appi Azabu bore fruit as I met a nice British mum, Anna, who has two children. She's been here since January but I haven't bumped into her before. We exchanged numbers and I hope I can show her Meguro pool and maybe some other jidokan.

After lunch I took Emily to the pool again, to meet Bettina and Jo. This time the water was a very comfortable temperature as it had been warmed by the sun all day. There were at least thirty kids there, up to about 5 years old; Emily was happy with all their laughing and shouting to keep her excitement level up. Thanks to their example she was also keen to use the water slide this time, and went down repeatedly with me holding one hand. She was also more confident in the water and took her feet off the bottom lots of times, relying on the flotation of the armbands. She must have been worn out after an hour: I know I was!