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Worthy of Emulating

Kenzo was still holding onto a solid 38.5 degree fever this morning, so kindergarten father's open house was out. We were both bummed out for kind of the same reason. Dads' open house day includes lunch; specifically, hamburgers, hot dogs, and potato chips. I was sad about missing out on overeating hamburgers and hot dogs and Kenzo was sad about missing potato chips.

We made the best of it. Kenzo got his potato chips at home for snack time. Papa had a frozen Thai noodle thing for lunch and is gonna have to wait until his next chance for hamburgers and hot dogs.

He spent the morning with me watching Netflix and playing halfheartedly in the living room with the energy he could muster up. We did a video call with grandma and Auntie Misty, and even though he wasn't his usual energetic self, he told me afterward that he was really happy to see them. It had been a while (too long a while) since we did family Facetime calls. We (I) have to be better about that.

Osamu, on the other hand, was out with mama having a tremendous Sunday. He got to play at the Izumi Chuo kids play room, go to the library and check out books, have a fancy lunch date, and go shopping. 

Oh and Nanakita Park, too.

When they got back Eri somehow convinced both of them to head upstairs for a nap and I took the opportunity to head out and get my steps in. It sprinkled a bit ahead of bigger rain tonight, and it wasn't as cool as I thought it would be so I over-layered and got kinda sweaty, but it didn't matter because I was in awe over the return of autumn to Sendai.

Sendai is the city of trees. It really is a particularly lovely city, and the ward (borough) I live in is, in my biased opinion, the best.

Osamu picks up a lot of things from mama and papa. I do my best to try and only do and say things in the boys' presence that will be worthy of them emulating.













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