We almost had a no hitter today, but luckily some fish saved us!
Today started like most days, but I didn't have to go to work, so it was much better. After a quick bite to eat, we headed over to the gymnasium where the "Four on the Fourth" race was starting at 0830. RJ and Ryleigh rode in the jogging stroller like true champions and about 34 minutes after starting the race, we came across the finish line. It was pretty hot, though, and humid so none of us were very comfortable. Amy was there to see us off and welcome us back--thanks, Aim!
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| As we were leaving the house. |
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| At the starting line. |
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| At the finish line. |
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| RJ wearing his birthday shirt. It's not yet his birthday, but it worked very well as a festive Fourth shirt so he got it early. Amy had this shirt custom made for his upcoming third birthday. |
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| Ryleigh in her festive Fourth outfit! |
After the race, I took a much needed shower and we loaded up our things and headed up to Tokyo. Our goal today was to go see an old Carousel which had once been at Coney Island but is currently at a park in Tokyo (Toshimaen Park). After about an hour and half of driving (and hitting just about every red light we could possibly hit) we got to the park...only to find that it was closed. It turns out that it's closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays--bummer. Strike one.
To make the best of the situation, we decided that we should go to the Tokyo Skytree. Japan's newest radio tower with several observation decks was recognized last November by the Guinness Book of Records as the tallest free-standing broadcasting tower in the world. Despite the recognition last year, it only opened up to the public in May. We thought a trip up the tower would be fun and worth our while. We got to the tower with no issues, got parked, got to the ticket line...only to find out that general admission tickets were not on sale yet. Only online reserved tickets were being issued with general admission tickets going on sale on July 10th--double bummer. Strike two.
We did not know before getting there, but as we were making our way up to the fourth floor of the Skytree complex, we discovered that there was an aquarium built into the building on the fifth and sixth floors. For the third and final attempt to make something of our day, we bought tickets and went into the aquarium. RJ was ecstatic. He was soooooo excited to be there and ran around for over an hour constantly exclaiming "Mom, look at the fish" and "Dad, come on. Let's go see this fish." It made his day and ours, too. Ryleigh even seemed to enjoy the fish, although she wasn't quite sure what all the hubbub was about coming from her brother.
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| Although you can't really tell, RJ was explaining how the shark said chomp-chomp-chomp. |
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| There was a nice penguin pool as well. |
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| RJ was enamoured with the fish in the big tank. |
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| Here's Ryleigh trying to figure out what those creatures were on the other side of the glass. |
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| Ryleigh being cute, and RJ yelling at the fish. |
Thank goodness for fish saving our day.
I hope there were no strike outs on your Fourth.
-Jip
Nice that the aquarium was a hit. Happy 4th to you all =)
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