The Countdown/カウントダウン

Well the countdown is officially on to two events...one we are looking very much forward to and one we are not!! Seven days until Anna's Mom and Sister arrive from Japan!! They come in next Saturday and we could not be more excited!!! Three days until I go back to work and we could be more excited :-( It is definitely going to be an adjustment for all parties, but let us not dwell on that yet, but make the best of our remaining three days...yesterday we took another trip to Jones Beach because we love it!!! Can't you tell from Madison's face :-) Tomorrow we shall go back again!

二つの出来事についてカウントダウンが始まりました。一つは楽しみにしている事でもう一つはその反対!アンナのお母さんと妹のあすかが来るまで後７日！！次の土曜日に来る予定でとってもワクワク！デイブの学校が始まるまで後３日：(　生活習慣がまた変わっちゃうけど大丈夫かな？まだ３日間はそれを忘れて最後まで夏を楽しもうと昨日またジョーンズ海に行ってきました。マディソン嬉しそうでしょ！？ハハ！

It is getting to be that time of year where the water takes a little getting used to...but don't be fooled Madison also got two very nice naps in listening to the sound of the waves...it also gave Mommy time to cruise the seashore where she found an oyster shell that still had an oyster...unlike the lady who was collecting them like gold, we rescued ours back into the water.
だんだんと海の温度に慣れなきゃいけないこのごろです。２回も海の音を聞きながらお昼寝をしたマディソンのおかげでママは海辺でまだ生きてる大きなハマグリみたいな貝を見つけました...誰かに食べられるといけないからちゃんと海に帰してあげました。

But then we went to Whole Foods on the way home and bought clams to go with our supper...where is the sense in that!!
家の帰り道にホールフーズで夕食用にアサリを買ったと意味ないじゃん！！

Today Anna had to be fingerprinted on her road to citizenship so we stayed home and decided to walk over the 59th street bridge and into Manhattan. Then we walked 14 blocks down to a lovely Japanese restaurant on 45th Street where we enjoyed the following lunch specials...you can guess who had what...
今日はアンナが指紋を採りに行かなきゃいけなかったので遠くには行かずにマンハッタンまで歩いてお出かけする事に...走って歩いて３０分後にマンハッタンに到着。４５丁目にある炙り屋錦之助にお昼を食べに行きました。どっちを誰が食べたかわかるでしょ？

I had the fanciest teriyaki chicken and a yummy salad...I donated the miso soup, egg and weird pickles to Anna...
デイブはテリヤキチキンとサラダ...みそ汁と温泉卵と変なお漬け物はアンナにあげました。

Anna's meal was staring at me all lunch...freaky!! Madison was worried because she knew she would be having what Mommy ate in a few hours :-)
アンナのお昼は食べてる間ずーっとこっちを見ていた。ちょっと怖い!!マディソンも少し心配そう...ママの食べた物を後で食べる事になるからね：−）