Shopping Outings and the Sickies

Saturday morning the kids and I got up and ready for the day while we waited to return home from his business trip.  Once he was home and changed we headed out for lunch at Mos Burger and shopping for household items, specifically curtains.  Kurt's coworker told him about the "big box" store Nitori, that had some good prices and variety.  The closest store is on a close-by man made island, Odaiba,...so off we were on our little adventure.

We actually teleported there. lol (see picture above) 

Since we were on a shopping mission, we didn't have much time to see everything Odaiba had to offer, but we can always go back. Pictured behind Kurt and the kids is one of the world's largest ferris wheels.

We mainly hung out inside "Venus Fort" - a huge shopping mall decorated in the style of a 18th century South European town.

The bottom floor was more a family friendly area - the store we needed to go to was there along with a Sanrio (Hello Kitty) store, arcade, etc.

The main floor had tons of high-end fashion stores and fancy restaurants, while the top floor had a few outlets...including a Levis Outlet which I found interesting.

Logan inside the mall.  The ceiling actually changed and got darker as the sun started going down.

Kelsie at Hello Kitty's Kauai Paradise

We found a Lego store!  Logan was in heaven.  We broke down and bought him a small Star Wars Lego set since he's been without most of his toys for quite some time.

While at Nitori we were able to purchase curtains for our living room and all 3 bedrooms, a large living room rug, a clothes drying rack, dishwashing tub for our sink (we just have one large sink, not divided), hangers, a paper towel holder, soap pumps, laundry basket and organizer, etc.  The prices were great for Japan and the items seemed like high quality, so we were very happy.

Monday we had to venture back to Ikea.  When our order came last week one of the couch covers that arrived was floral...not what we ordered.  So we exchanged the cover and bought pretty much the last of the house items we need (besides those in our shipping container).  

So this is what our living/dining room looks like for now.  The rest of our shipping items will be arriving on Saturday morning. Thank goodness!  My back has been dying since I've been on an air mattress since the beginning of January (minus the week we were in the hotel).

So now that we're somewhat settled of course the kids are totally sick.  We've all been semi-sick with minor colds since we arrived, but Tuesday night a stomach bug arrived. :(  Kelsie puked all night and all the next day.  She was able to keep her dinner down tonight - her first meal in almost 2 days.  We thought maybe something she ate at a Chinese restaurant or some fish Kurt made her for breakfast made her sick...until Logan started throwing up this morning.  Ugh.  And of course it had to coincide with one of Kurt's business trips.  He's been in Osaka today and will be in Nagoya tomorrow.  I'm really hoping Logan gets a good night sleep and will be on the mend by morning...but we'll see.

btw Also thought I'd show Logan's numbering skills.  He woke up from naptime yesterday before Kelsie and left his Nintendo DS in the room with Kelsie.  Since she was so sick, I told him he couldn't bother her and had to find something else to do...and this is what he came up with. :)