2014-02-10

snow and staying at home weekend/週末は雪、家でのんびり


As most of you know, we had a lot of snow this weekend in Tokyo!  They say about 25 cm of snow accumulated in about 30 hours, which is the most it has snowed here in 20 years.  It was quite cold and windy on Saturday, but it was much nicer on Sunday and kids had a great time playing in the snow in front of our house.

Yes, only in front of the house, because Basketball got the flu last week and he needs to stay home until Monday at least.  Luckily, his fever wasn't very high and he was so energetic that it didn't seem like he really had the flu!  By Saturday his fever was gone, so we let him play in the snow for a little bit.  Pineapple and I went out in the afternoon for some shopping and storytime at the library.  We enjoyed being out and about while we could.

So far, rest of us are doing well not getting the flu.  Pineapple is trying to stay away from the virus as much as possible by wearing a mask from when she gets up in the morning till she goes to bed at night.  She doesn't want to miss the school trip coming up this Thursday!

ご存知の方も多いでしょうが、この週末東京では雪がたくさん降りました!30時間で25センチほど積もったということで、ここ20年で最高積雪量だったそうです。土曜日は寒くて風も強かったのですが、日曜日は気温が上がり子どもたちが家の前で雪遊びをするには最適でした。

そう、家の前だけでの遊び・・・実はバスケットボールがインフルエンザにかかり、最低でも月曜日までは外出が出来ません。幸いにも、熱もそれほど上がらずインフルエンザとは思えないほど元気でした!土曜日までには熱も下がり、少しは雪遊びをさせてあげる事が出来ました。午後にはパイナップルと私で買い物と図書館でのお話会に出かけ、外の空気をしばし満喫してきました。

今のところ、家族内ではインフルエンザをまわしていません。パイナップルは朝起きてから夜寝るまでマスクをして、なるべくウィルスをもらわないようにしています。今週木曜日には遠足があるからです!

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