5 AM, a surprise from my daughters

5 o'clock this morning.
I was woken up by the sound of my daughters sneaking out of their bedroom.

They were whispering about something, and then I heard the sound of the refrigerator opening.

At that moment, I remembered my eldest daughter asking me yesterday, 'How many minutes do you grill fish for?' I had assumed it was something that came up in her home economics class, but my mother's intuition kicked in right then.

I stopped my husband from rushing to get up, and I quietly watched the situation from under the covers...

And then I fell back asleep. Haha.

A while later, my daughters woke me up, saying, 'Mom and Dad, wake up already!' The way they said it sounded exactly like me, which was a surprise. Haha.

When I got up and went to the dining table, a breakfast of rice, miso soup (leftovers from last night), fish, and natto was laid out.

By the way, the fish was a little undercooked.
But I was so happy that such things didn't matter at all.

Then my second daughter added one more thing.

'Mom, the miso soup you made is as delicious as the one Dad makes!'

...I had mixed feelings about that. Haha.

Lately, my daughters have been talking a lot about school.

My eldest daughter is about to start club activities.
After much deliberation, she decided to join the track and field team. Of course, studies are important, but I especially want her to cherish the time she spends being passionate about things she can only do right now.

My second daughter has sports day coming up soon.
She says the whole class has been having strategy meetings almost every day to win the relay race. For now, I just want her to tell me what leg she's running. Haha.

The things we parents can do for them are decreasing.
Or rather, I want them to decrease. Haha.

But I want to continue supporting them with all my might.

As I was thinking about that and watching their mouths as they talked happily, they suddenly asked me a question.

'Mom, how many years older are you than Dad?'

I am eightyears youngerthan him!!!!!!!!!!

That woke me up more than breakfast did.

I hope today is a day filled with smiles for all of you as well.

Thank you for reading this far,
thank you very much ^ ^