The New Sanno

Mike had a dental conference this past week in Tokyo. It was at the navy hotel downtown called, The New Sanno. It's a pretty nice hotel that military members can stay at for a really reasonable price.   

Anyway, Mike went down on Monday and we came down on Wednesday. We hung out in the room a lot. But Thursday we went to the zoo. Here are some pics from the week.

 On Wednesday at the conference, they had a dinner for the attendees and their spouses. We didn't know what it would be like and didn't really have a babysitter so I didn't go. Maybe next year if Mike goes to this conference we'll plan a little better and I'll go. It looked fun.

 Japanese drummers

There was a ton of food. This was just a small bit.

They had some form of Japanese martial arts going on.

The next day I took the girls to the Ueno Zoo. Annabelle really likes elephants, but wasn't in the mood for posing.

Apparently she really likes birds as well.

This is the kids' petting farm. They have this mouse box where you can hold and play with mice!

She kept getting close, but never would hold one.

They had another area with chickens and goats that you could pet.

Eedie wasn't scared at all.

She kept going right up next to them... even tried to sit on this one.

Looking at the pigs.

This man gave Annabelle a brush and showed her how to use it on the goat.

You could even hold the chickens!

Annabelle was trying to chase this chicken.

The man tried to let her hold one, but she got scared and took off.

It was pretty cool getting to see the hippo.

This guy stayed like that the whole time... made me wonder if he was real or not.

I think this might have been the biggest turtle I have ever seen. It doesn't look as big in this picture but this guy was huge!

I had been craving some Mexican food, so we went to a place called "La Jolla" close to our hotel. It was pretty good... still looking for something like good ol' "Casa Fiesta" from the college years.

This was at a store near our hotel. The train toy on the foreground cost around $200!

We walked in the other night to find Annabelle and Eedie both reading.

We dyed some Easter eggs for Family Home Evening this week.

Eedie patiently waiting for the eggs.

Annabelle likes to beat on things. I'm afraid she's going to want to be a percussionist. But with Eedie, we might have a wind player on our hands. She kept going around blowing into this tube, making whistling sounds, having a good old time.

We got the sparkly kit this year. Don't know that they turned out that great. The crazy one in the back is Mike's "dino" egg. I think next year we might opt for the Monster ones... the ones with the hair. Those are fun!

And an update on the sweets fast... it's been 4 1/2 weeks... only 2 1/2 more to go! It still stinks. I still want treats, but I can tell that it's probably going to shock my system when I eat them again. I had some of Eedie's yogurt and actually couldn't eat much, it was too sweet.

Anyway... that's all for now!