Today was a fun day. In the mid morning, I took Sean and Alyson to Akimatsuri held at Bellevue College. Mike stayed with Saya and Noah at home since his foot hurt. They participated in a lot of fun activities relating to Japanese culture and they genuinely enjoyed all of them. That made me smile big because at least they were able to experience what I did as a child in Japan. They did kingyotsuri (catching game of gold fish with paper scooper), yoyo tsuri (a game of picking up colorful water balloons with paper string), wanage (ring toss) and oshuji (Japanese calligraphy). They watched performances like okoto (Japanese string instrument), soran bushi (fisherman's dance) and wadaiko (drums), too. Aly and Sean could not believe their eyes when they saw Anpanman and Dokin-chan from their favorite Japanese show also. They were walking around entertaining children. We walked a lot, so they were very tired by the end .
By the way, all the children wore jinbei, a light summer clothing, all day today. They loved it! It was hot today and it kept them cool. I was surprised Sean wanted to wear it, too. I was going to put it on Noah, but he wanted to wear it. It was a tad small since the size was 3T, but he wanted to join the fun by wearing something different. They looked extra adorable!
Oh, and I did take Saya there after dropping the older ones off at home. I thought she might enjoy it since Sean and Aly liked it so much. She was more interested in picking up rocks and fallen leaves. She did spot Dokin-chan and she was shy at first. However, with a little warm-up time, she decided Dokin-chan would be her new Mommy. She followed her everywhere there after, determined to be in every picture others snapped of their children. When Dokin-chan squat down, little Saya squat down right next to her. She threw fits when others try go shake her hands. I had to distract her with apple juice to separate her from her new love. She is a funny girl. The girl in Dokin-chan's costume thought it was hilarious.
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