Stuart went to help Scott out at the annual Obon yesterday.  After Stuart left home in the morning, I took the boys to Ikea to buy something I needed.  They had fun checking out the model rooms, but they got tired by the time we went through the first floor.  At the end, we also stood in the worst checkout line and it felt like forever before we paid for the few items.  With this long delay, I got tired of waiting and changed our plan to take a break at home first.  The boys had a good sleep in the car; we then had a quick lunch and some game time before we headed out again.  We arrived at downtown San Jose and we finally found a parking spot.  We walked a few blocks and made it in time to watch the afternoon Taiko show at the Obon Festival.  It seemed to be a lot more crowded this year, and the boys managed to get a spot to watch between the gaps among people.  The show was definitely more fun to watch if you could see the drummers better, but the boys enjoyed watching and later tried to imitate the rhythm on my tummy.  After the show, we headed into the food court to find Stuart.  We said hi to a few people and the boys were shared some beef teriyaki skewers to enjoy.  Afterward we headed over to the child booth area.  The boys had fun playing some arcade games and they especially liked the “Grab Bag” booth when they could finally win some little toys.  Stuart was exhausted and was filthy with BBQ smoke, so after we walked back to the cars, he headed home while I took the boys for some frozen yogurt.