The Ome Train Museum

Thanks to our friend Amanda, a caravan of moms and kids drove to the Ome train museum for a fun filled day. Unfortunately, the directions from the base weren't very clear, and we ended up getting lost. So imagine, 6 vans filled with moms and kids pulling into a construction parking lot. Thankfully the Japanese workers took pity on us and after many attempts of trying to get directions, one man decided to escort us to the train museum himself. That's me in the picture, trying to decipher the map in Japanese! Anyway, thanks to the wonderful hospitality of Japan, we made it to the train museum. :) Erik loved sitting in the real train, watching the model trains, and riding the train rides, and even sitting in the play fire truck. All in all, it was a great day!

River

So, I am not the most "outdoorsy" person you will meet. So what if I prefer a bed and breakfast inn to camping in the woods? I don't know why my friends had bets on how long I would last at the river. I had a great time and stayed until 2:30 thank you. A respectable amount of time since we got there at 11:30. 3 hours is plenty of time to have Erik in the sun. :)

Tanabata Festival

The Joyner-Davis-Martyniak clan are at it again! We loaded up the six kids, plus two extra just for fun, and headed to the Tanabata festival in Fussa. We had a great time eating, drinking, eating, watching drummers, and eating some more. :) Fun, fun, fun!

New bike!

Erik and I went to Toys R Us to find a Thomas bike. You should of heard him when he saw the bikes. "They have them mommy, they have bicycles!" He picked out the Thomas tricycle. Now if we could only get the batteries to die, because I am sick of the Thomas song already. :)