Jo and I had planned to take the children to Yokohama for a day out, and as Bettina was now back from her trip home we asked her to come too. Due to the three 'silver week' national holidays, both Olly and Steve were off for the week, so they came as well.
We went to Kid-O-Kid first. Isy and Tim hadn't been to one of their play centres before and seemed to like it as much as Emily does. After an hour, we had to drag them away so we could get some lunch. In a carbon copy of the previous week, we ate at Keke all-you-can-eat restaurant, where Minako had taken us before. Emily ate quite well, and loved chomping on slices of corn on the cob, though she tried to eat the core too. I was completely stuffed, and ate far too much tiramisu.
Isy fell asleep straight after lunch, but we had a lot more trouble with Emily and Tim. Walking around the waterfront park didn't do the trick and an hour later, Emily was still fighting her nap. Finally, she dropped off as I walked back to meet the others at Starbucks. She slept just long enough for me to down my daily fix of caffeine. Outside the cafe was a pedestrianised area with lots of room to run around, so we let the three of them do just that for a whole hour, with many squeals of excitement.
All in all, a successful expedition, though I did feel Nick's absence frequently, as I watched the two other dads having such fun with their little ones.
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