Despite all of the pouring rain throughout the day, this year we ended up getting invited to a BBQ at the Matsunaka's house (DJ's teammate)! Matsunaka was nice enough to invite all of the Gaijin (foreigners) on the team over for some celebration. All of us found a way to dress up in red, white, and blue and try our best to feel like we were at home.
We hung out in the courtyard where there were people who BBQed food for us all night long. They BBQ everything from beef to chicken, different types of sausages, tongue (yes cow tongue), and corn on the cob. They would just throw all of the food in the middle of the tables and people would just take their chopsticks and eat what they wanted. A little different, but good! Along with all of the people there who cooked us food, there were also women who were there to look after our kids. We are still uncertain whether they were there just to watch our kids or if they were friends of the Matsunaka's but whatever the case may be they definitely entertained the children. At one point during the night, after DJ finished feeding Brady his dinner, a little Japanese lady came and took him right out of his arms and whisked him away in the house. It was a nice and scary all at the same time. Nice to be able to socialize with adults, but scary having your baby upstairs with a stranger! Tessa had a blast playing with all of the kids and being entertained. The upstairs was set up as a huge play area for the kids to run wild, which they did.
Even though we would much rather celebrate at home, we sure had a great time trying our best to have a somewhat normal 4th here in Japan!
Brady's 1st 4th of July!
All decked out in Red, White & Blue
Hanging out in the courtyard eating all the yummy food.
Tessa trying to convince Daddy that it was not time to go home yet :)
Happy 4th of July!!!
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