18 April 2010

Again Emily slept through, except for missing her teddy around 4am; again I had to go in and pick him up off the floor. I don't want her to suss out that she can escape her room, but I did show her how easy it is to reach down and pick up lost toys, though I doubt she will be capable of that when only semi-conscious and in complete darkness. She keeps saying 'I haven't got a playpen' and 'I haven't got any bars', which makes me feel a bit guilty.


In the morning we all went to play at the Onarimon playground for an hour in the sun. I then parted from Nick and Emily as I had to rush home to prepare for my afternoon out: having tea with a few of the girls at the Shinjuku Park Hyatt (where Lost in Translation was filmed). He and Emily had lunch at David's Deli then went to Tamagawa for the afternoon, where they were joined by Wako and her family. It looked as though they had lots of fun.





Our reservation at the hotel was in the 41st floor tea lounge, and we had a good table as Helen had cheekily lied and told them that it was Steph's birthday. I thought the Y3,200 (22 pounds)price for the three hour tea was quite decent as we had a steady stream of tea, coffee, savoury offerings and gorgeous cakes and scones, though each was only bite-sized so I probably didn't eat as much as I thought I did.


Back at home I found a very tear-stained and blotchy Emily wolfing her tea, having had nothing for 5 hours and being extremely tired; after a busy day she had thrown a bit of a wobbler on their arrival home. More tears in the bath curtailed the usual tubtime and she was into bed and away before 7pm.