2 May 2010

Nick had to do more study for the SA exam, but Emily and I went to Asukayama park again. This time we had company, as I had offered to show it to Julia and Charlize. Unfortunately, Julia was feeling rough (only three weeks to go now), so in the end it was just me, Cliff and the two girls. They had a good time going there on the underground, aggravating the other passengers by squealing a lot. Once in the park they spent half an hour or so trying out the various pieces of play equipment, then we adjourned into the shade for a picnic.

It was a beautiful day with dry air and about 25C. We finished off with a good session in the splash pools, and after the initial intake of breath when I walked into the cold water I found it very refreshing to potter around in the ankle-deep water with Emily.

Returning home on her current favourite train, the Keihin Tohoku (aka ' the blue train'), we chilled out on the balcony with Nick for a while, then he took a flagging Emily off to Hon Shiba while I did some chores and generally went off duty, as I had found my four hour stint quite tiring. This is when I feel guilty that I am an older mum as, despite my reasonable level of fitness, a 20-something would presumably be able to cope much better.