Shopping at 7-Eleven for obento.

It was a weekend. We had taken Richie for his HIB vaccination to the clinic. On our way back, we thought of dropping at the 7-eleven convenience store. In Japan you will find a lot of convenience stores like Am-pm, 7-Eleven, FamilyMart, Sankus, 3F etc at every nook and corner of the place. They are really convenient when you need to fetch yourself a sandwich or an ice-cream and you don't have much time at hand. In short the convenience stores are really convenient.

At the store, Richie noticed me shopping and thought of giving me a helping hand. Maybe he wanted to buy something for himself. ;) He picked up a big box of Obento(lunch box, a lil heavy for him). I told him to put it in the basket and he did so. Then he went on a lookout for more. He found something nice and at his arms reach. We checked out and it was noodles which he likes a lot,so we got it for him. Yes, he is already showing his preference for things. Then he also took cup of instant Miso soup(his favorite) and dropped it in his shopping basket. As he had observed us doing, you got to take the basket to the counter to bill the items. He lifted the basket with all his might and was trotting to the counter balancing himself.. At one point he lost balance and fell head over heels. The basket was on top of him. But luckily no harm was done and he was back to his normal self after expressing himself with sobs. Yes, actually children need to be distracted and they forget all about the bad incident which had happened. What happened next was interesting. He didn't stop at that. He ushered us to help him and then paid the bill too by taking money from dada.