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matsuri

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Today I went to Kenny's day care to participate in a little festival that they put on for the kids.

We had a great time. Kenny caught three fish with a magnet on a string (the fish were made of scribble-coloured paper and had paperclips for mouths). Then he tried bowling and knocked down one whole pin! Then it was time to shoot a soft sponge dart from a squeeze-gun and Kenny got 50 points—the highest!

After that it was time for popcorn and mugicha (wheat tea), the traditional 17:00 snack in Japan. And we coloured a drawing of a tram, and we got a balloon with a touch of water in it to give it some momentum.

Then we went to get hamburgers because it was only 17:00 and Mari wouldn't be home for hours. He spilled his drink at the burger place.

From there, we went to a park, and when I asked him, "Do you have to pee?" (he'd been doing the little boy 'tug') he promptly peed. Thankfully there was an old pair of pants in the bag of clothes from the day care.

Kenny was quite pleased with events.