On Friday night, I received an email from Adam's ships' family support group about a Japanese sports day off base and if we were interested, we could meet at the main gate. I decided to check it out even though I didn't really know what it was about (this is becoming normal for me). We ended up being the only Americans and were guided to a close by gym by a Japanese woman and her three year old daughter. When we got there, we got a list of events and were very kindly greeted by one woman who spoke some English. We took part in relays, songs and games with about 100 Japanese kids and at the end, they had planned on singing Head and Shoulders in English and asked Alec to sing it in the microphone which he loved. One race he especially like was where they took goody bags and strung them up on a line and the kids had to get the bag without using their hands! It was very cute and a good cultural experience. The people here are just amazingly nice.
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