I'm sure I could have at least one post a week with this title... here's one from last week...
School was closed last week for two days - Monday was a National Holiday (Sports Day) and Tuesday was a professional day (one of six during the school year!). So as not to sit around in the house for two days, we moms often get together and organize a fun day out and about. This holiday was no exception as many of us made a plan to go to a place we all affectionately call "Obstacle Park" - it's a great park with lots of wooden and rope climbing structures. On Tuesday morning we got up, packed our lunches, a change of clothes, and were ready to go.
Four families met at my apartment to load into three cars and begin the 30 minute trek to the park - made a stop at Starbucks on the way... Several more families were planning on meeting us there.
We arrived only to find that the park was CLOSED!!!! Apparently, the park, which is usually only closed on Mondays, closes on a Tuesday if the National Holiday falls on a Monday! How would we know that by reading their only written in Japanese website?? The most interesting part is that all of the employees WERE THERE... they just didn't have the gate open.
So what do you do when there are 8 families with about 20 kids between us who were ready to have some fun? You load back up, take your packed lunches, and go BOWLING and then to an AQUARIUM because you know that is open and has available parking. :) And since our kids have become just as flexible - they loved every minute of it!
I did have some great photos of the day... but as I was later trying to learn about some different features with my new camera... I deleted all of them. Just another way that I had to be flexible and not scream and throw my camera out the window.
The one thing I've learned over these past two years is you always need to have a back up plan, because there are many times when you just might not be successful with Plan A!
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