Day One in Tokyo

 We woke up bright and early Tuesday morning!  The kids would have gotten ready at 3am, but we made them sleep until 5 something.  Once we were showered, bathed, and dressed we headed to breakfast at a place very similar to Denny's.  Kurt and I ate there while we were here in November.  The kids had fun because the kids pancakes came with a chocolate crayon for them to draw with.

Kelsie was a little stinker during breakfast, but I soon realized it was her nap time in the States.

As we were walking back to the hotel, we found a park. We stopped to let the kids get some wiggles out.  Next we went to the train station and worked our way over to our new apartment.  We were scheduled to meet our rental agent at 1pm to get the keys and sign some paperwork.  Since we got there a little early, we decided to take the kids by their Yochien (preschool/kindergarten).  At first the kids were very shy (especially Kelsie), but I think once they saw the kids reaction and Kurt helped them by translating they started to get excited (especially Logan).  The headmaster wasn't there, but Kurt was able to communicate with the other teachers (they don't speak English).  One little boy in Logan's class speaks some English and asked him, "When is your Happy Birthday?".  He was helping translate for some of the teachers.  Once the little boy spoke in English, Logan thought he understood all English...which seems to be becoming a pattern (and is really funny).

A little after one we met with Seiji.  He showed Kurt how to work some of the controls and let us know that we needed to wait around for the gas company to come by.  I packed some toys for the kids, but after playing for a little bit I could tell they were super tired.  We made the best beds we could with our puffy winter coats.

We sent Kurt to the store to buy some necessities (garbage can, soap, tp, etc) and waiting around for a different guy to come by that night.  We bought an iron, vacuum, and toaster off of craigslist...so the guy delivered it to us. Then we headed back to the hotel...