Saturday, December 8, 2012

Kappa Zushi

Kindness Parking 
At our new ¥100 sushi store.  Hmm... I'm sure they don't really mean concrete floor....
It is a normal sushi-go-round, but if you order, a Shinkansen train comes out with your stuff on it. 
I love the Japanese 'sweet' potato... it has a candy glaze on it... Ha!  

This is our stack of plates when we were all done!  ¥100 plus ¥5 tax, each plate.

And here's the train....

Fire and Water Birthday Party

We are lucky that William has a classmate who he's become friends with.  His family are wonderful people, and we have been blessed having them as friends.  He helps train folks in the Navy for how to respond to disasters.   
On a ship, you attack a fire.  On land, firefighters can wait until it's burned down, or is less dangerous.   
Their command was having their summer family picnic. so they piggy-backed the birthday party onto it! 
They got to hold the hoses! 
My favorite fire fighter! 
Hose brigade! 
William was in kindergarten with this guy's daughter. 
This is Warren (birthday boy) with the funnest type of water!  :)
They had a pinata for all of the kids at the summer party.  That is a fire fighter's protected head cover turned backward. 
Matt was smart, and as soon as it started to break, he hauled it up and shook out the rest!
I just love the kid scramble to get the goodies! 
Then, a door opened, and a ton of water balloons rolled out, and the fight was on!!! 
Okay, so there is a facility to train on holes in ships.  The kids LOVED it!
They had a ton of fun pounding in the chucks to stop the water flow.

And then they'd start the jets from another hole... one was perfect for surfing on!  :)

Here are all the pipes from the outside.  It was a FANTASTIC birthday party!!!

Sprained Wrist

When we returned from Aomori, we dropped off Hallie and the kids, and William stayed behind while we returned the van to base.
We got a call on the way home that William had fallen out of a tree.
This is how he got bandaged up.  He was hurt enough that it ended up needing a real splint from the doctors.

He had a hard time doing some swimming things.  We ended up missing the social event that night.

Notice how he's not even paying attention?  Well, he loves the TinTin books.  I love them because they use big words, and it is fun to read for a kid.  He has the whole collection except 2 books, that he was able to check out of the library!  :)