Weekend in Niigata

Last weekend we went to Niigata to play in the snow at Pingu's house. We had a lot of fun even though daddy came down with a nasty bug on Sunday and left Mama to sled alone with the kids. We left Friday around 5 on the shinkansen and the kids loved the train ride. It had been awhile since we had been on the shinkansen, and the K Man is at such a fun age to enjoy the trains. We had dinner at the hotel and then got ready for bed. Saturday we slept in until after nine and nearly missed breakfast. Once we were all dressed we headed to play in the snow. Both   kids loved sledding and we played outside most of the day, coming in for lunch. We enjoyed dinner and got to see the mascot of the hotel, Pingu, which was a huge delight for the kids. Saturday night I took Miss M to the onsen and she loved it. The K Man stayed back with daddy   and tried on yukatas. On Sunday, daddy was not feeling well  which is a bummer because we were planning to put the kids both on skis this day. I guess there is always next year. While daddy rested, I took the kids to play in the snow. We were back in Tokyo by 4, resting and relaxing from a very fun  weekend.