so with AT gone.. we needed an adventure.
address in hand, we catch a taxi I hand my paper to the driver.. then END up at a house????? SO LUCKY that AT answered his phone.. I told him I was trying to get to that bath house that I heard was by the next station.. SWEET save.. told the driver where I was wanting to go..

BATH HOUSE..


I HAVE no idea what to expect ( just nakie NAKIE).. AT sometimes just mutters "blah blah BLAH.. " no real explanation.. SO I WILL FIND OUT MYSELF

even though we are a bit wound up from getting there ( taxi drops us off in a place that is GOOD for HIM to slide right back into traffic... its RUSH hour and we ARE RIGHT NEXT to cars that can be compared to the freeway and its starting to sprinkle.. so I am on high alert rushing my duck to safety).. truly and I are at battle of who's in charge.. trues, I am rushing so we don't get you warriors sick!!I


I have noticed when there are times I think I might SCREAM.. I start to sing my commands.. in a soft tone with a look of PLLLLLLLLEAAAAAAAASSSSEEEEE or start singing hello hello we welcome you today HELLO.. as a calming thing.. I will also say shhhhhhhhhhh shhhhhhhhhh as I am REALLY trying hard to dig deep NOT to raise my voice or get mad at you.. as we ALL are getting stretched NOT really knowing what to expect:)

SOOOOOOOOO we walk in.. right away I get that this is a AAAAAAAHHHHHHH, relaxing, ZEN place for people.. so I start putting the reins on..

so remember NO shoes up here.. they are telling us to put them in a locker.. help me boys..

remember we need to be respectful... use our whisper voices

remember that their are other customers.. please don't be all over all the space STAY RIGHT by mom so the others may come up to pay

since when do we climb up on counters.. I am just paying.. NO need to hop up here..

please don't start undressing RIGHT at the counter we haven't even paid or walked up the stairs to the locker room.. be STILL just a second longer...

alright you took your jackets off, could you please hold them and stop using them as swords:)

lets go walk upstairs.. FETCH more stuff to carry as now we all have bags with clothes and towels.. I ask the towel girl.. where do I go?? both the clerk that showed me where to go next and towel girl have a blank look.. I CAN understand that they say
do you understand English?? no do you?? they run to get some one that knows a tiny.. SWEET thats all I need.. I am NOT about to go to the WRONG locker room and see things I WILL NEVER be able to get out of my sweet head.. OR BETTER freaking go to the co ed place and them NEVER BE ABLE to get a white nakie mom with her sweet nakie monkeys hanging off her out of there heads:)

so she guides up the stairs to the right locker room, shows us our locker.. enjoy..

you ALL just start going ape..jonah overly excited to bust off his clothes... hold UP.. ORDER, ORDER.. how I am going to get all our warm/snow gear fit into this TINY locker.. while you guys are busy throwing everything around.. DUDE order, there needs to be some order.. plus your being LOUD.. drawing more attention than necessary.. hold ON.. mom is trying to look around to see what to do.. WHILE not looking like I am starring cause of the nakie!!
dude I am just trying to see is this where we really take it all off?? what door do I go out.. where do I shower first.. as I KNOW this must be done first... do I have to wash my hair or can I just keep it up.. if I don't wash it.. will that not be consider clean enough to sit in the public bath..

truly don't take off your diaper yet..

OZZY being perfect.. DUH

jonah now putting on the outfit they handed us, doing karate

tad deciding to join in..

DUDE stay in our space.. I still have my bottoms on. I am not ready.. I trying to think.. at this point everything is just shoved, pounded into the locker..
then a sweet nakie lady saw.
you alright?
wheres the restroom??
nakie lady ask "you" or "them"
nakie lady shows me restroom..
THEN OFFERS
"do you want me to watch them.. "
"no, I am okay "( NICE nakie lady)
"are you sure.".
"yes thank you"
we all go into the stall together..
USE IT NOW boys.. DO nOT be going in the bath.. I"LL DIE
so then I come back

lets DO THIS..

tad my pro, finds the door.. you ready..
rip off diapers stuff them in the locker as I see a trash but don't dare put my diapers in it.. always a trick here
( which btw even asked AT the other day.. do you sometimes just cheat and put the trash where you know its doesn't go"
answer YES)
so we go in.. there are showers to clean your self off.
we each take a seat.. trues, ozzy and mom
jonah starts blasting the shower head all over the place.. jonah BE mindful of the others:) LUCKY it was not many others..
tad figures EVERYTHING out on his own.. knows to shampoo, cond and wash.. just a situational solver:)
mom, trues and ozzy hogging the shower head to clean and keep warm WHILE having to keep push the handle as it shut its self off..
again look over at tad, he has figured out to push the button then put the bucket underneath the faucet to fill it up then dump it.. then fills it and puts his feet in it..to say "I am just relaxing while waiting for you to finish" oh REALLY mr. JAPAN
I look over and ask the nakie ladies
"excuse me"
"hair no pretty, pretty OK"
ALL in broken japanese..
they smile and say OK


so we's clean lets head to the bath..

I play a game of "who can get in WITHOUT making any ripples.. believe it or not.. tad won over and over.. jonah needed to be reminded that this is not a place to be a fish:) not bad just softy swimming.

trues JUMPED from the side.. I softly gave her a strong reminder!!!!
mean while I have made a nice old lady friend that clued me in
"no towel in bath" ( I had bought a small towel to keep wet and wrap ozzy in)
"sorry"
" ok Japanese make mistake too" all with a warm smile..
I LOVE IT when people take the time to tell me.. we don't do that, we do this.. rather THEN a stare of I should know better
mean while not knowing if the stare is "you got a lot of kids" "you got a booger " "you need to quite it down"
JUST TELL ME:)

but she engaged with you kids asking your ages.. just very soft and KIND!!!!!

we had fun.. time to head out..

the nice old lady friend was dressing up as she watched me dress up the kids.. we were ALL over the place.. so much I couldn't even sneak a pic ( which you know I MUST be busy to not even be able to sneak out my iphone).. I was trying to stay calmly zoned.. while a 2 year old was being a MAD 2 year old?? a nakie baby needed to be a dressed baby..

old lady all smiles.. she was so cute and broken english said of the children
"so well behaved.."
" you so strong mom.."
"I admire.. "
"you no cry" ( the "no cry".. at the time.. I thought YEAH I could have cried.. but no need for tears!! but as I thought about it, I think she was telling me ozzy was good baby.. which is dead on.)

so sweet and tender to me. I felt it and appreciated it.. ALL THE WHILE WE BOTH ARE BUCK nakie!!!!!