Pooltime

Yesterday was observation day at M's school. G and I biked over to her school to watch her in swimming class. We're lucky that the school has a pool. The teachers keep the kids on a tight leash, not much actual swimming going on. Mostly kicking and gliding, with a little kicking thrown in. But the kids love it, so it's all good.

Her school is quite small, so the first three grades combine for swimming. They're very cute with their goggles and swim caps.

Poo in the Pool

It's about poo, so if you're feeling a bit sensitive, I'd move on to another blog.

Is it just my kid? She's 3, loves to swim. Been potty trained forever. Has pooped in the pool COUNTLESS times. Seriously, it's at least 4 times. I think she drinks the water a lot when she's swimming and the chlorine must be a laxative. That's all I can figure.

Today we were almost ready to leave when, oops! I dash her out, race to the locker room. She's so grossed out she kicks her swimsuit off, spraying poo everywhere. AAAAAAAGH!!! I'm so embarrassed, I don't know if I can ever go back there. I'm so glad we're moving. Can we ever go to the pool again?

Konbini

Saw this at the convenience store where I was 1-getting money out of the atm, 2-making copies, and 3-paying bills (gas, electric, health insurance). Now that's convenient.

I loved the design. Had to buy it, even though cherry soda=cough syrup. It wasn't horrible, but like a lot of things in Japan, it looks much better than it tastes.

Saturday Fun

Saturday was kid's day. We went to the community pool for two hours and the kids swam their little hearts out. Lots of families, kids, and weirdos with their booties hanging out of their speedos. Nasty. Thank goodness for oblivious kids.

While we were eating our onigiri, a nice old lady told us that the museum had a toy exhibit the kids could play with. We ate lunch then checked it out for another 2 hours. I took tons of pictures, but they've disappeared from the camera. The kids played with toys like these:
The manufacturer is Spielform. They're gorgeous, but spendy!

giveaway winners

Yay to rachel who said...

I have got to have one of these bags! How wonderful. I hope I win! yay! Cheers!

And to Lenna who thinks she doesn't know me well enough to sleep on my floor. She's wrong. But she does win a bag.

You can contact me through my profile. So exciting!!!

What should I give away this week????

From my clock, you have one day and 2 hours to comment. Good luck!!

Giveaway

I found these fun little canvas bags at the 100 yen store today. I went in for salt, but they didn't have any. So I got four Engrish bags, a file folder for primary, and some caramels. And since I have no need for four bags, I'm giving one away!

This fun apple bag is for the winner. Just leave a comment on this post by Saturday 11:59 pm Japan time and I'll randomly choose the winners. Good luck! (and I ship internationally, of course!)
Jesse just mentioned that I have no need for three bags, so I'll be giving away another bag as well. And of course I'll fill them with wondrous 100 yen treats (guarana gum, morinaga caramels, obento erasers...)