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9.20.2009

Boston Weekend/週末はボストンへ

No trip to the United States is complete without a trip to Boston, so on Thursday night we headed up to my parent's house near Hartford where we enjoyed a delicious seafood dinner at the Chowder Pot! My Dad enjoyed demonstrating his lobster skills for Anna and her Mom...a yummy time was had by all!
Then on Friday we headed to the Hampton Inn in Cambridge, Massachusetts where we had reservations for the night.
東海岸に来てるついでにボストンまで週末を使ってちょっと行ってくる事に:)デイブが金曜日休む事ができたので木曜日に夕方リンダとスティーブに家に向かって出発、そして次の朝にボストンへ...

It turned out to be a perfect location for our Boston adventure as the Green Line was right across the street and took us straight to the Prudential Center where we ate at the Cheesecake Factory for starters...
ボストンで泊まったホテルの場所は緑線の駅も真正面となかなか良かったです。ついて早速プルーデンシャルセンターにあるチーズケーキファクトリーって言うレストランにお昼を食べに...食べ過ぎてお母さんとあすかには夕ご飯にもなっちゃいました...

and had fun with the mirrored booth.
鏡の壁でちょっと遊んでます。

After lunch/dinner we headed to Newbury Street where we enjoyed the stroll through all the shops...while the ladies were in H&M daddy put on Madison's new sweatshirt and got her to go to sleep...it was awesome!!
お昼/夕ご飯の後はニューベリー通りを歩いて少し買い物...H&Mで女3人が買い物してる間にパパはマディソンに新しくバアバが買ってくれたパーカを着せて寝かせる事に成功!!やったー!!

After the shops we went through the Boston Commons and enjoyed the public gardens, which I thought I took some pictures of, but I couldn't find them, so just picture us with pretty flowers behind us.
買い物の後はボストンの真ん中辺にあるボストンコモンズって言う公園を通りながら花がたくさんある庭を見たりしました。デイブはここで写真を撮ったと思ってたみたいなんだけど、あれっ、あすかが撮ってたのかも...

On Saturday we drove to Newbury Street so we could get Asuka a pair of earrings that had caught her eye the day before for her birthday and then we hit the Wrentham Outlets on the way to my Aunt and Uncle's in Townsend Mass for a family party to celebrate the graduation of my cousin from nursing school. There we played a rousing game of croquet...not pictured is me...the victor!
土曜日あすかが昨日行ったピアスのお店に戻りたいって言ったのでそこまでチェックアウトした後戻ってあすかの誕生日に杏奈達から買ってあげる事に...その後はレンサムアウトレットに寄りながら行く事になっていたデイブの従兄弟のキムの看護学校卒業パーティーへ。したの写真はみんなでゲートボールをしている様子。

Also Madison took her first ride on a swing...
これはマディソンの初めてのブランコ...

Madison did not seem impressed :-)
つまんなそうなマディソン...:)

On Sunday morning, after worship, we headed out to introduce Okaasan(means Mom in Japanese) and Asuka to fruit picking in Glastonbury, Connecticut. Recently we found out that Madison actually likes her generic Baby Bjorn carrier so Anna harnessed up for the orchards.
日曜日に朝、教会の後お昼を食べて果物狩りに行く事に...最近嫌がらない赤ちゃん用の抱っこ紐にマディソンを入れて歩き回る事に...

At Belltown Orchards they send a tractor around that takes you to different sections of their orchard for the the different types of apples...we took the photo opportunity of course...
この農場ではトラクターに乗りながら果物狩り、種類ごとに止まってくれるので採りたいところで降りたり乗ったり。もちろん写真を撮ったよー...

Poor Madison, we put her in the carrier facing outside but the head support part was totally in her face and couldn't see out unless I folded it over:-) Cute nonetheless!
かわいそうなマディソン、外が見えるようにって外向きに抱っこひもに入れたら全然前が見えない状態... ママが押さえてないと見えなかったよ:)

The Bosc Pears were our first stop and Anna's Mom wasted no time giving them a try :-)
一番最初に採ったのは洋梨、お母さんが味見中...固過ぎって言ってたけどもったいないからって最後まで食べていたけどね ... お母さんらしい:)

Asuka had the theory that the higher ones would be better, which usually meant she called me over...here she tries it herself...
高いところにある果物の方が甘いと信じこんでいるあすか...でもデイブに採ってもらわないと届かなかったのです...この写真は自分で採ろうとしている様子...

Two bonus pics from the weekend...one Madison's tummy time...
今週末のボーナス写真...一枚目はソファの上でうつ伏せで首を持ち上げる練習中...

And two...one of my favorite pics...
そして二枚目は...僕のお気に入りの一枚...

This concludes our trip to Boston weekend...hope you had a good time!!
これでボストンへの週末旅行はおしまい...気に入ったかな!?

1 comment:

  1. 1. I can't believe you disclosed that you ate ate at a chain restaurant! I guess that is the American experience, right? :)

    2. Cool shirt Dave! Looks familialr

    3. Those pouch carrier thingies are great (our is also NOT the bjorn brand). But they're nice if you need your hands around the house even.

    4. Looks like super fun! I'm glad that ya'll had a good time!

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