We decided to rest early the night before coz we had to depart by 9am. Unfortunately Chucky decided to make a visit that night. The boy woke up quite a few times and even at 2.30am to play. Then again at 5am, where he decided enuff sleeping, it was wake up time....sigh....he just made noise till we both had to wake up by 6.30am..still sleepy. We were gonna be needing lots of coffee.
So anyway when Uncle Sako came off we went, heading to the Farm first. However, trips aren;t trips without the usual hoo-hahs, in this case a terrible jam. Apparently everyone was headed to the farm too?... So we got stuck in jam for like 1.5hrs. There are certain recipes for disaster when you're with a baby IN A CAR:
1) Non moving car
2) Sleep deprived baby
3) Baby being forced to be strapped in a car seat
4) Baby who does not like sun
Yup, not a good combo. Gabe started to get really whiny and fussy. In the end after what seemed like an earful of whines, he fell asleep for a short while, but i think the sunshine kinda got to him, waking him up
Pee time was a frequent event (with me being there), so we stopped at a seaside rest area first, where we could take some nice photos before we continued our journey
We finally reached the farm after 3+ hours. In between had the urge to just turnaround and skip it, but thankfully we didn't coz it turned out to be a really really nice place. Saw the usual farm animals. Gabe i think was pleasantly entertained, just bummed by the sun shining on him..yes he dislikes sun, squints everytime and tries to turn his face elsewhere...my snow white. Tons of people there but the whole greenery and scene was breathtaking. The even had a mini amusement park. And best part was lying on the grass eating our delicious ice creams. Gabe enjoyed this part the most.
At the Entrance
In his usual one leg up on stroller pose, not looking too happy
Ok i think for Gabe this is the 2nd Best Part...or maybe 1st. He has this bad habit now of pulling hair, anyone's hair. Especially mine, so i lose i think a few every few hours. And he just loves doing it, no matter how you scold him. So he got the big chance today to do a similar thing, just well, on grass. Same technique, same concept. And he did a great job. Smiled all the while and seemed so content. Think was also the fact that this was his first "real outdoor" environment. So pluck pluck pluck he went, and boy did he get a kick out of it.
Then, his next fave part. Ice cream eating. Greedy boy shared with Daddy and even pulled Daddy's hands to bring ice cream to his mouth...And yes he looks sleep n tired coz he was.
Did we enjoy the trip even with the traffic? Yup, we sure did
Ohh gave Gabe 100yen to sit on this ride. He was so still from beginning to end, guess it kinda scared him a lil
And here's Daddy with his Bone-Sausage...yes the sausage has a bone..yummy yummy
And to end the farm trip,a cute souvenir
Because of the traffic jam, our time was running short. We left the farm at 4pm and had to rush to the Seaworld before it closes at 7pm. Unfortunately, yes we met with traffic again along the way, but made it there at 5.45pm. So since we were already there, we decided to go in and make the most of it. Probably due to it being late already there weren't that many people there. And coz it was after 5pm, we paid only 1000yen per person. Seaworld Kamogawa wasn't as big as i expected it to be. And by the time we got there, all the performances by the killer whales and dolphins were over..what a bummer. That was supposed to be the highlight. Sigh, so we just went around and managed to catch the Beluga performance. Gabe was not interested at all, cried for his milk instead. So after taking some photos it was near closing time. On our way out pass the dolphin pool, we managed to see them for awhile. So cute and intelligent, one even swam past us twice to say hello by clapping!!
Gabe's expression, good huh...he's saying Sharks are scaryyyy
The I'm Still Sleepy Look
Daddy giving Gabe a hand to get a closer look at the jelly fish
And finally Uncle Sako n Daddy..
Gabe's clothes today, all courtesy of H&M...ain''t he lookin cute?
We were bushed by the time we got back home at 12am...next time, we'll need to plan carefully during long holidays, but then, no matter how you plan, it'll still end up with jams right? Sigh...But we enjoyed this trip much. We'll be back to the farm again ....
