We woke to pouring rain, an earlier than expected arrival of a tropical storm. This is the first rain in Tokyo for a couple of months. Unfortunately, that put paid to our planned playdate at the splash pools in Hon Shiba, so Jo invited Bettina and me, and kids, over to her place. She also laid on lunch, which was extremely good and must have been hard to put together at such short notice.
I had put Emily in knickers straight after breakfast and decided to grit my teeth and leave her in them for the time being. Just as a precaution I got her to sit on an open nappy in the buggy, though nothing happened on the walk over to Shibaura. On arrival I got her to sit straight on the potty and she stayed there for ages as she was determined to squeeze out a wee before she would get up. She stayed in pants until we left at two and had several successful visits to the potty and only one slight dampening of the underwear. I bottled it as we were about to leave though and she accepted a nappy without demuring. I am really plesaed with her progress but the pace is a little fast, for me at least.
When Bettina and I came to leave there was nothing short of a deluge outside. I was drenched from the waist down immediately, while Emily made a big fuss just because her toes poked out under the buggy rain cover and she didn't like them being wet. We dived into Starbucks for respite and a snack and luckily when we girded ourselves to leave it began to peter out a bit.
At home, I brought out paint pots and brushes and Emily had her first painting session at home, which of course she enjoyed immensely.
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