In the morning, with Julia having just given birth to daughter number two, we had a playdate instead with Lydia and Mia, who are new in town, though Lydia is a Japan old hand being married to a Japanese guy and having lived here before for six years. I met her at a TMG playgroup and she seemed really nice, so as Mia is similar in age to Emily I thought it would be good to meet up. They live close to us, in Mita, and Lydia had mentioned a playroom in Akabanebashi that we hadn't tried yet, so we agreed on that as a venue.
While we waited for them to arrive at the playground outside, Emily used the slides and then hopped onto a ride-on horse. A smaller girl came over and looked wistfully at the horse, and Emily very sweetly got off so she could ride it saying 'I'll get off so she can have a go'. I was very pleased with her generosity; it is the first time she has shown such consideration.
While we waited for them to arrive at the playground outside, Emily used the slides and then hopped onto a ride-on horse. A smaller girl came over and looked wistfully at the horse, and Emily very sweetly got off so she could ride it saying 'I'll get off so she can have a go'. I was very pleased with her generosity; it is the first time she has shown such consideration.
The playroom turned out to be small but very new and bright, with a great selection of toys, so I think we will be going there regularly in future. After about an hour, Emily and Mia began to interact quite nicely. It turned out she also likes Thomas a lot, so that should help them bond better. The two of them loved the little house we built for them out of foam blocks, and played happily in the ball pit too. Chatting with Lydia, it turned out that her family moved to Poynton when she was 13, and her brothers actually went to the same school as Nick. Small world indeed.
In the afternoon we met Jo, Isy (and Cooper !) at Starbucks. When the girls got too raucous we moved rapidly on to the pirate boat playground on Kaigan-dori. We only stayed half an hour or so as neither of them had slept so were prone to tears. This is the first time Isy has skipped a daytime sleep, so interesting times ahead for Jo.
I spent the evening feeling very mean as Emily went to bed on a sour note with me shouting at her. I had been on a short fuse all day and sometimes at bedtime she makes excuses to keep me with her. With a lot of chores to do it riles me to be held up, but that's no excuse for me to be horrid to her. I have to learn to be more patient. Where have I heard that before?!
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