The weekend in pictures/週末報告

As I said in the previous post, this weekend we took our first road trip as a family of five to attend the funeral of my mom's cousin's wife near Boston and to spend some time at my parent's house in Connecticut and visit with my Dad, Brother, Sister-in-law and nephews (my Mom was off visiting her other granddaughter in Idaho...you can read all about her trip and Madison's cousin Lily, in my sister-in-laws wonderful blog at alysonklein.blogspot.com
今週末は前のブログでも言った通りにコネチカット州の家族に会いながらボストン間でデイヴの親戚のお葬式に行く事に...
The drive up was one of the longest in the five year history of drives to the folks place...not only was the traffic horrendous, but so was the company in the car...we started with Coco in a dog carrier on the driver's side seat and Ellie Bean in the back with Madison and Anna...it took the girls about an hour to calm down and just as they did we hit the traffic...we ended up stopping at a mall in Trumbull, CT to re-energize and regroup.
コネチカットまでの道は渋滞で今までで一番長くかかった上にエリーとココは車の中で泣きどうし！途中で止まって休む事に...

One cute moment on the first half of our trip was when Ellie rested her head on Madison's car seat...both eventually fell asleep.
旅行の前半でおこってとても可愛かったのはエリーがマディソンのカーシートの淵でマディソンと一緒に寝っちゃったところ...

At the mall I tried to tire out the girls by walking them around outside while Anna took Madison inside the Target store...upon leaving we decided to give Coco her freedom and put both girls on the front seat...this was rough for a little while and then this happened...
途中で寄る事にしたモールでアンナとマディソンがターゲットで買い物をしている間エリ−とココを歩き疲れさせようとがんばってその結果がこれ！

It was so cute...Anna took this picture from the back seat. They did so great and the traffic began to lighten up...we made what should have been a two hour trip in just over four hours...but in the end it felt like one of our best trips ever!!
アンナが撮ったこの写真可愛いでしょ？その上渋滞も軽くなって２時間で着くはずが４時間ちょっともかかってしまったけど結果的には悪くないドライブに...：）

The next day we had planned to drive to Boston ourselves, but our nephew Grant fell ill so my sister-in-law Holly had to stay home with him so my brother Robert and nephew Carter invited the three of us to ride with them...
次の日の朝、アンナとマディソンの３人でボストンに行くはずが甥のグラントが風邪を引いて残念ながらホーリ−と家に残る事に...なのでロバートとカーターと一緒の車で行く事に：）
Carter was all smiles with his video game, but his back seat mate was a little noisy for his liking on occasion so Carter started to hum a lullaby he remembered his daddy singing to him as a kid to try to calm down Madison...it was so sweet...later we found out he was just humming to keep himself from going insane from Madison's screaming, but it was still really cute.
ビデオゲームが大好きなカーターはご機嫌でもマディソンの機嫌が悪くなってぐずりだした後マディソンのために子守唄を歌ってくれました。っと思っていたら実はマディソンがうるさかったから自分の気をまぐれさせる為に鼻歌歌っていたらしい...なーんだ！

After the funeral, my Mom's sister, Aunt Gail, filled in for Grandma and introduced Madison to her extended family of Great Aunts, Uncles and Cousins. Everyone took turns holding Madison, and she did very well with all the attention.
お葬式の後来れなかったリンダおばあちゃんの代わりにリンダの妹のゲイルおばちゃんがマディソンをデイヴの親戚に紹介してくれました。マディソンもみんなに会えてよかったみたい：）
Once we got back to Connecticut Dad treated us all to pizza at a local park.
コネチカットに帰ってきた後は公園でピザの夕飯。

Here we have Grandpa, our sister-in-law Holly and our nephew, Grant, who gets camera shy when he isn't feeling well.
スティーブおじいちゃん、ホーリー、甥のグラント...風邪引いてるとき恥ずかしがりやになるみたい...
After dinner we found sometime to play tennis even though we didn't have the proper shoes...
ちゃんとした靴を履いてないけどピザを食べた後テニスをする事に...

Anna working on that backhand...
後ろ手でがんばって...

Carter has been taking lessons...Roger Federer watch out!!!
レッスンをうけてるカーター...なかなか！

My brother Robert and Carter dared to take on Anna and I.
アンナと僕にのこのこと挑戦するロバートとカーター。

Grandpa was on Madison duty...first he woke her up...
マディソンのお子守り中のおじいちゃん...マディソンを起こして...

Then he fed her...good job Grandpa!!
ミルクをあげた...上出来おじいちゃん！！

It is quite possible that the family members that enjoy a trip to Grandma and Grandpa's house the most is Ellie and Coco...they have so much fun running around in the yard and house...Anna and I took the opportunity to give them a bath in Mom and Dad's spa tub...don't worry we cleaned it afterwards!!
おじいちゃんとおばあちゃんの家に来るのを一番楽しみにしてるのはエリ−とココの気が...いつも裏庭と家中を楽しそうに走り回ってまーす。今回はお客さん用にある大きなお風呂に入れてあげる事に！

Ellie and Coco show off the wet look.
びしょぬれのエリ−とココをお披露目。

See the doggy paddle in action.
水泳中。

Can we go play now?
遊びにいってもいい？

On Sunday, after worship, we went to a local outdoor shopping center and had lunch with the family and some friends from church...after lunch we went to a couple shops and Carter got to push Madison...

日曜日に教会に言った後近くのショッピングセンターに家族友達とお昼を食べにいきました。その後少し歩く事に...
Whenever she started crying he would quickly try to put her pacifier back in her mouth...he is a great big cousin!!
マディソンが泣き出すたびにパシファイヤーを口に入れてくれたカーターいいお兄ちゃん／いとこだね！

Madison surrendering after a weekend that definitely wore her out.

忙しかった週末で疲れちゃいました！降参！