7 February 2010

I wanted Nick to have a decent lie-in, so in the morning I took Emily to Onarimon park/playground. It was so windy as we left home that I feared she would hate it there and refuse to play, but on exiting the station I found that there was not as much wind there and it was quite warm in the sunshine, so we ended up staying more than an hour. It was the first time I had been there, and I thought it had a good variety of play equipment, though after half an hour she just wanted to collect sticks and leaves anyway.

After lunch we went to Isy's birthday party, which they held at their apartment.

The children played quite nicely together, though there were a few battles over popular toys. It is hard for a 2 year old not to get possessive when her territory is invaded, even by friends. Jo put on a good spread (don't know how she does it with Isy and Cooper to juggle) and she had made a large cake in the shape of Lisa (for non-parents, Lisa and Gaspard are cartoon dog characters). Stop-press: apparently Olly made the cake after her first attempt failed, and she decorated it.

Things got a bit fraught when Isy opened the Hello Kitty dolls' house that I got jointly with Bettina and she pushed the other children away when they wanted to touch it.

It was time to leave anyway, and we took that as a signal that we ought to make tracks.