Elvis Impersonation Convention?

Well, our second day of freedom (Greg from work, Brady and I away from the base) was very easygoing. We ventured back to the shopping that Brady cut short the day before. We just walked around different shops then found ourselves in a Japanese grocery store. Greg was in charge of navigating the bakery and I looked at fruit then wondered around aimlessly not knowing what anything was. We ended up with a few new treats to try. Let me tell you, we had some of the best danishes. My favorite was a puff pastry with some sort of custard filling, then topped with blueberries. YUM!! We went down to the beach and just walked around for a little while. There was a very cute puppy in front of a shop and Brady cared more about the puppy than the water. On our way back to the car we caught the tail end of a parade! We didn't get close enough for pictures. The next thing we know, a large group of men dressed in some sort of traditional outfits walked up carrying large banners. Several of them had "Elvis" type hair styles, so Greg guessed maybe it was an Elvis impersonation convention! He is so crazy! There were several of these groups one dressed in red, one in yellow, and a couple other colors as well. Women were dressed in very fancy kimono's. Maybe it was a wedding celebration. It would have been nice to know what was going on, but we didn't ask anybody on because people around us seemed to be confused as well. When Brady woke up from his nap, we went to the park and then had ice cream for dinner! The ice cream shop had several different varieties of ice cream but both Greg and I had something familiar. Maybe next time we will be more adventurous. We are back to the daily grind and look forward to next weekend! I made dinner last night, but get very nervous because I don't want to make the building evacuate like Sat. night because I burned our food! That may be my good excuse for us to eat out more often :). We miss seeing all of our friends and talking to everyone on a more regular basis. It would be much easier if we weren't on such a different time schedule. I'm hoping at some point we will try the church service here on base, but without a nursery that could be a disaster. Keeping an 18 month old both busy and quiet at the same time is almost impossible. It may even be impossible, I have never been able to do it! Well, I'll write again when something besides going to the park happens.
p.s. Adrienne, thanks for commenting on all my blogs! It makes me feel special!!