Last days of Fall

I have been trying for days to upload another post, but I still can’t get it to work. I will try something different tomorrow. But for now..

I have some pictures from Friday. We had planned on going down to Yokosuka overnight, but then Steven had to work on Saturday. And he didn’t sleep well Friday night, so instead of a one-day trip down there, we looked up where else we could get a real tree: IKEA. It’s only 20-30 minutes away, instead of 2 hours. We left early, and arrived before they opened, so we headed to Showa Park, which is only a block away. Apparently it was a Japanese holiday, so it was packed...everything was. But we still enjoyed seeing the last changing leaves. And someone got her wiggles out. We did get a tree at IKEA. It is about the size of last years....everything is smaller here. But it is real. We did come home to discover that I put the tree stand in storage...or else we just can’t find it. I had no idea there would be real trees here! It is currently sitting in a cup of water propped up in the living room. We will probably have to order a stand, I can’t find any here so far. So there has been no actual decorating yet. But when we do there will be pictures!

Emma’s Charlie Brown Christmas tree that Connie sent Steven last year. 

I’m a terrible photographer. 

There were so many photographers taking pictures!

She wanted to run through the grass.

She was full of giggles!

Jumping on the bouncy thing. A lot more kids this time!

They had lots of vendors there for the Fall Leaves Featival. And fireworks at night. I was impressed with the ketchup and mustard in the same packet!

It was a long walk back to the car, so we got her a Churro to eat on the way.

She fell asleep on the way home, so we stopped by the wood shop for Steven to sign up for a class. She woke up while he was in there. I tried to get a picture of her sleeping, but got one of her waking up instead. 

DDdy took a nap and we watched Mary Poppins on tv. She really is magic: She got Emma to sit still (no cartwheels for 2 hours)! 

Emma and I went to Joyful Honda by ourselves today while Daddy worked. We also made blueberry pancakes for breakfast, but I have no pictures of that. Corn is a side dish here (at McDonalds). And she loved her toy! She did not love shopping at Joyful Honda the Saturday after a Friday Japanese holiday. 🤷‍♀️ I never seem to mind shopping.