June Fun Has Begun

June has come in full swing here in Tokyo with the rainy season in full force. Last Thursday the weather forecast called for rain and it said rain for the next ten days. Thankfully that has not really happened but it has been foggy, humid, and constant rain clouds lurking even if it does not rain. We went to Disney a few weeks ago. Daddy took off work and we had so much fun. We closed the park. I want to devote an entire post to this one day when the pictures from the big camera are uploaded because it was one of our best Disney days ever, so I will not say much here. However, I did snap a few pictures on my phone of some very happy and tired children on the train ride home, which will be in this post. Last week we ventured to the local gas museum. They had renovated it a bit so they had some new attractions. Miss M loved the convenient store game. They set up a mock Lawson's store and you were given a basket and list of items to buy. She had to walk around and find the items and pretend to pay for them. She also enjoyed the exercise bike and of course making fried rice on this oversized wok. It is such a fun little place to go to, and it is close to our house and FREE! The first Saturday of the month our church holds a bento project where we pass out bento boxes (think fancy lunch boxes with hot meals rather than pb and j) to homeless people who live near the Imperial palace. We try to go as much as we can but had not been in quite some time. On this particular day, it was raining and had rained all day the day before. We knew the kids needed to get outside so we strapped on rain gear and went. The kids had a BLAST playing in the rain, and even were photographed by a Chinese tour group as they basically swam in the puddles. I wish I had taken a bar of soap and just bathed them there. On this same night, the women of our community group enjoyed dinner at a New Mexican place called Mucho. The atmosphere was so cool with changing lights and the food was pretty delicious. It is hard to find good Mexican food here so the husband and I will definitely go back on a date. Finally the other pictures on this post are of our building/lobby. Why you ask? My friend in NYC wanted to see how big our lobby was. She and I are always comparing city life with one another and vent to each other on the days we get really really frustrated of living in the city. I thought I would share these with you as well as you may find it fun to see. I hope each of you are off to a fun-filled summer!