I seldom have to take care of the two kids by myself, and today was the longest that I was on solo duty.  Stuart had to help Scott out at the Obon Festival starting at 11am.  I decided to take the boys out at 10am when we were ready; we went to Toy R Us to look at toys and to pick up some kid clothes for presents.  The boys and I had a good time looking around for a long time; the only hectic time was keeping the boys nearby while paying for things.  We then went next door to Target for a few more things.  At the end we went for a quick lunch at the “nuggies station”.  We even had to take a family trip to the bathroom for Logan to do his business.  It was definitely a chore keeping everyone’s hands to themselves while inside the stall.  After the entire three-hour outing, we returned home and all took a nap.  When Logan woke up, he told me that he dreamed about sleeping with daddy .

    Logan was so excited to go to the festival and to meet up with daddy that he asked to wake Connor up (who was sleeping for >2 hours).  We finally arrived at the festival after a long walk from where we parked our car.  The festival seemed to have a very good turn out this year.  The taiko (Japanese druming) had started, so I decided to let the kids watch that before meeting up with Stuart.  I managed to carry the 70lbs total weight so the boys could see the show through the crowd.  We then went inside the crowded food court to find Stuart and to see hello to other people.  Stuart was able to be excused from his duties, and spent the rest of the time with us.  We sat down to have some food before going to the game booths for the boys to play.  It was so crowded and warm that we felt tired after just over an hour, so we left to wrap up the busy day.