I've been told I'm not the best blogger, I won't deny it. Truth is we haven't been up to all that much until recently. Last week we took the kids to meet Mickey Mouse for the first time at Tokyo Disneyland. Walter and I are both from California and have family who even lives in Anaheim, but our kids first trip to the land where magic and make believe can't be beat, was in Tokyo, Japan. Too funny! They had a great time and so did we. The icing on the cake of course was meeting Mickey. Genna even gave him a kiss. For those who might wonder if there's a big difference, I'd have to say there really isn't too much. We picked the right time to go and this was absolutely key. The crowds were small, lines were short, and we were able to see pretty much everything we wanted to. Gabe even got to ride Thunder Mountain, one of my favorites! When I think about it, food options were probably the most significant difference. The sit down restaurants all have set menu choices and were priced around twenty five dollars per adult, and fifteen dollars a child Gabe's age. The less expensive restaurants, while Walter and I would have enjoyed them, did not appeal to Gabe and Genna yet, or one and not the other. The favorite option seemed to be french fries. Not even the Mickey Mouse shaped pizza won our kids over. Truly though, one doesn't visit Disneyland for food alone, and a great time was had by all!
In other news, we took a trip down to the Asakusa area today with friends, who helped Walter and I purchase dol sot bowls in this kitchen district. After that, we had lunch, Starbucks, at the Skytree mall, an adventure in itself. Our friend told us parking is really tight, only spaces for one hundred cars, so we were lucky being able to park there. We had lunch at Starbucks because honestly, it looked to be an hour wait for every restaurant there. There were plenty of people but we all agreed nothing compared to what a sunny day would have looked like. Thus, we were quite thankful for the rain and a smaller sea of people to maneuver through. It was pretty amazing to look up at this tower, have to stretch your neck all the way back, and realize you weren't even able to see halfway up the structure. It reminded me of hiking Mt. Fuji; everyone kept thinking the top was in sight but it actually never was until you were basically there.
Everything else is going well. We've got a little mover on the way for sure, I think Grayson is just excited to get here and play with Gabe and Genna. Otherwise, can't promise when I'll update again. I'm just not cut out for daily blogging I guess. Love to everyone!
