july 9th 2014

monday the little darlings went to school/daycare for 1/2 a day then chieko picked them up and brought them to me.. she realized that if she wanted to actually eat during her lunch break that that wasn't going to work, soooo... she told school that it was likely that they'd be absent for the duration of my visit.. yay...  they had eaten already so it was pretty much nap time when they got here around 1..but first we made cookies..

tuesday turned hot and humid... eeks.. it brought back memories of last august.. we took a walk to the little playground down the street but it was too hot to stay long.. one of the slides, (metal) was hot enough to burn flesh, so it was not an option for playing..we found a couple of frogs, one of which jumped onto ray's nose!! he thought that was hilarious!   leo ran to the edge of the playground when i blinked.. he was sitting under some low tree branches wearing a green tshirt so i didn't see him.. there are several ways for him to escape the grounds there but before i started to panic i saw him, just sitting there watching me.. the little "angel".. never responded to me calling his name... anyway, neither of them wanted to swing or climb so we headed back to the house after a short while... when we got back home i was unpacking my little bag with the water bottles and realized leo was not in the room... again, i called his name.. no response.. i thought i had locked the door when we came in (i am learning) but i must not have pulled the door tight because when i looked outside he was half way down the walkway... out i ran, barefoot, because this is japan and i had taken my shoes off, down the gravel (ouch) walkway...i caught him before he got to the rocky driveway.. he is laughing.. it's fun to be chased by an old lady who pees a little when she runs at full speed... we spent much of the afternoon, after leo's nap, playing in the playroom and reading....we went to the grocery store with chieko when she got home from work... the kid took off out the door there too... run nanny, run

today was too hot to even breathe outside, let alone go for a walk... the air conditioner went on before casey was out of the driveway... i tidied the house, although it was pretty tidy anyway... i took some stuff out to the compost pile and forgot to lock the door when i came back in... guess who noticed?  guess what happened?.. i didn't catch him till he was in the driveway this time.. double ouch...i brought some toys down from the playroom, we watched some dvds and went to the hundred yen shop (like the dollar store) when chieko got home today.. we needed drawing paper and glue sticks and dry erase markers..i spent 3200 yen... what?!... obviously i got more than paper...

tomorrow.. typhoon