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今日は子供の誕生日。
Today was my son’s birthday.
たまたま幼稚園も秋休みだったので、わたしも休みを取った。なにがしたいかを尋ねると、貨物列車を見に行きたいとのこと。いつもどおり、さいたま新都心まで行ってきた。平日の電車見学は久しぶり。
Coincidentally, he was on autumn break from kindergarten, so I took the day off to spend time with my family. When I asked him what he wanted to do, he said he wanted to watch freight trains at Saitama-Shintoshin Station. So, as per his request, we went there. It was the first time in a while that we’d gone train-watching on a weekday.
お昼はラーメンがいいというので、いつものところへ行ってみると券売機の故障で食べることができず。結局、ショッピングモール内にある別のラーメン屋さんで誕生日ランチを済ませた。
For lunch, he wanted ramen, so we went to our usual ramen shop at the station. However, their ticket machine was out of order, so we couldn’t eat there. Instead, we went to another ramen shop in the shopping mall on the other side of the station for his birthday lunch.
帰って誕生日プレゼントの金太郎のプラレールを渡した。予想以上に大興奮で、買ってあげてよかった。 遊ぶのに夢中になってしまい、夜寝るのが遅くなってしまったのは言うまでもない。
When we got home, he found his birthday present—a Kintaro freight train toy. He was even happier than I expected, which made me happy too. Of course, since he loved playing with his new Kintaro train, we ended up staying up later than usual.
To be continued.
