Famous Dave's BBQ/有名デイブのバーベキュー

Today we said a premature farewell to our meatless month with a trip to Long Island for Famous Dave's BBQ...it was yummy. We each had the double meat lunch platter...Anna went with spareribs and pulled pork while I went with spareribs and brisket...as previously stated it was yummy :-) Oh yeah, Madison had yogurt and puffs...with a dessert of breast milk in the car.
今日肉抜き献立１月の終わりを祝うのも兼ねて、ロングアイランドにある“有名デイブのバーベキュー”というレストラントにお昼を食べに行って来ました。アンナはスペアリブとプルドポークを注文、僕はスペアリブとブリスケットを注文...さすが有名デイブ、おいしかった〜！そしてマディソンはヨーグルトとパフをレストランで食べて、帰る前に車の中でママのミルクを貰いました：）



One of my favorite parts of Famous Dave's was the on table spool of paper towels...nothing annoys me more then running out of napkins at a BBQ joint...well not possible at Famous Dave's!
このレストラントで気に入った事と言えば、テーブルの上に置いてあったペーパータオル。バーベキュー屋さんで大量にナプキン置いてないの嫌いなんだけどここではその心配無し！
Friday night we put Madison in her jumperoo and she seemed like she was in a good mood...I was on the computer and I suddenly noticed there was a lack of movement coming from the jumperoo...I examined closer and found the following result...
金曜日の夜、マディソンをジャンパールーに入れてコンピューターを使っていたんだけど、ふと動きがないなと見上げるとマディソンをこの状態で発見...

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!
わああああああああああああ!!!!

積極的か待ってるか/Be Proactive or Be prepared

去年に一回言ってある通りもうすぐマディソンのファンを増やす為のスピーチのブログを書こうと思っているんです。だから、そのブログを読んでからファンに成るか、今すぐ右下にある"Follow"のボタンを押すかは読者の皆さんにお任せします。お母さんとお父さん、聞いてる？今コンピューター壊れてるから駄目かな〜！？このブログを読んでコメントしているのはアリソンだけじゃないよね：）あとオクラホマでちょくちょく読んでいる人が知りたいです。だ〜れ！？
As I mentioned sometime last year, very soon I will be posting my first of the year recruiting speech to make you one of the fans on this blog FINALLY!!... So you can either wait to become one after you read my soon to come recruiting post where I will be listing all the "Pros" of becoming Madison's fan or go ahead and scroll down and click "Follow" button now... It's your choice, Mom and Dad Iwai, Mrs. Novak, Angela, newcomers Robert and Holly, we know you are out there :-) Don't tell me Alyson is the only one who reads and comments on our blog;-) Also I'm curious who is the big reader in OK area...? Please come forward! Are you Chellie?

それじゃあ、このファン募集の前スピーチをこのと〜ってもカワイイマディソンのお風呂の写真で終わる事にします！ねっ、この子のファンに成りたくなるでしょ!?
Okay, to end this pre-recruiting post I will put a really cute picture of Madison during her bath time! See? Who does not want to be her fan!?!?

私のポートフォリオサイトを紹介/Introducing My Portfolio Site

このサイトはマディソンの育児や成長や一日一日の活動とは関係ないんだけど、やっと写真を数枚載せる事が出来たから紹介します。今まで、杏奈って何やってるんだろ〜と思った人はこのサイトに行けばその謎が解けるはずでしょう：）まだ沢山載せなきゃいけない写真があるけど、まあまあのスタート！
I know this is nothing to do with Madison's growth, development, or her day to day life but I finally got to put somethings up on my other blog site that I am using as my temporary portfolio site, I thought I would post it here so if you are interested in what is it that I do you can find out here... I have so many more to post there but it's a good start:-)

可愛いお目め！
Pretty eyes!!

ジャンパールーで歩行練習...
Madison having fun practice-walking in the Jumperoo...

ドーナツを持ってハイハイしながら変な口をしてこっちにくるマディソン、そしてマディソンにアタックされるママ！
Madison crawling with rings and then deciding to attack Mommy!

マディソンのする事.../Things Madison does...

今日は最近マディソンがする事でニコッてしてしまう事を紹介...
There are things Madison does that makes us smile so we want to share some of them today...

1．今日教会に行った時、新しいオムツ２枚とオムツ替えのシーツを口に入れたりして遊んでたんだけどオムツ１枚を横にちょっと置いたんです。もう要らないのかな〜と思って(グチャグチャにして欲しく無かったし)オムツを動かして見えなくしたら急に振り向いて“あれっ!?何処行っちゃったの?後で遊ぶように取っといたのに〜！”って顔...ちゃんと覚えてたんだ〜！
1. Today when we were at Church she was playing with her extra diapers and disposable changing pad, she put one of the diapers on the side and kept playing with the other one... I thought she was done(I mean I didn't want her to destroy one but two diapers) so I moved it beside me where she couldn't see... She looked to the side where she had left her diaper and made a look like "Where did it go? I was saving it for later!"...

2．何でか分からないけどビーンズ達の餌が入っているお皿が大好きなマディソン。マディソン用のおもちゃはた〜くさんあるのにわざわざそっちの方向(おもちゃの反対側)へ行こうとする変な赤ちゃん。マディソンの顔に“どっち行こうかな〜?ビーンズ達の餌！”って考えてるのがバレバレ...そしてそこに向かっている時に何処からか(対外ベッドの下)慌てて来るエリーがいつも急いで餌食べてます！
2. We do not know why but Madison LOVES the Bean's kibble dishes! So even though she has tons of toys that are for her and laying on the floor she make a conscious decision to go for the kibbles! You can see her thinking, "which way should I go? Yeah doggy kibbles!" then Ellie will come out of her hiding(underneath our bed) to the dishes and try to eat them as fast as she can so that Madison can't have any!

3．何かに掴まって立っている時に座りたくなったら慎重にゆ〜くっり腰を下ろして床にお尻をつけるの...と〜っても真剣な顔！
3. When she is standing up and wants to sit down she slowly lowers her butt and successfully lands her bum on the floor... Very serious thinking involved!

4．もうハイハイ出来るから部屋から部屋と検索しまくり：）
4. She can crawl well now so she goes from room to room exploring:-)

5．テーブルの椅子に２段棒が入っているんだけど、下の棒はビーンズ達の噛み後でいっぱい。上の棒はマディコングの噛み後でいっぱい！
5. Our dining chairs have two rows of bars across and the bottom bars had been chewed on by the Beans when they were teething and top bars have now been chewed on by teething Madikong!

6．エリーとココに靴下を引っ張らせてあげるマディソン...しかもその時笑顔...
6. Madison lets Ellie and Coco pull off her socks... and smiles...

アリソンからのリクエストの写真...新しい髪型!
As per Alyson's request... My new hair!

くすぐったがりマディソン！/Tickle Me Madison!

今日はナツエさんとコナちゃんとパネラでお昼の待ち合わせ...平日のお昼なのにとっても混んでいてビックリ！今度はもう少し変な時間に来た方が良いみたい...でもコナちゃんとマディソンは良い子にしていてくれたので良いお昼になりました！

Today we got together with Natsue-san and her daughter Kona-chan at Panera for lunch... We didn't expect the kind of crowd that we had at 12:30pm but wow that place gets packed for lunch! We will have to pick odd time for our next get together but both our girls behaved and we all had a great time!

と〜ってもくすがったがり屋のマディソンのビデオを紹介：）
What a ticklish girl! We finally got it on a film:-)

夕ご飯日記/Dinner Journal

夕ご飯日記：

Dinner Journal:

土曜日：ドミノの新しいピザ生地とソースを試しました...おいし〜い！
Saturday: Trying out Domino's new crust and sauce... Very delicious!

日曜日：サーモンとホタテのソテー、リゾット、カリフラワーグラタン
Sunday: Sauteed Salmon & Scallops, Cheesy Rissott, and Cauliflower Au Gratin

月曜日：レンズ豆のスープとサラダ
Monday: Left Over Lentil Soup and Salad

火曜日：混ぜご飯と海老野菜炒め
Tuesday: Steamed Rice and Shrimp Stir Fry

水曜日：ポテトピザと誕生日デザート
Wednesday: Yukon Gold Potato Pizza and Birthday Dessert

パパお誕生日おめでとう!!!!!/Happy Birthday Daddy!!!!!

今日はデイブパパの誕生日で〜す！３１歳に成っちゃいましたー。お祝いはディズニーでしたいからいろいろしなくていいって言われてるんだけど、ママは食べ損ねたポテトピザを自分で作ってみる事に。。。そしてお洒落に飾ったデザートだけの静かな誕生日。なので、パパの写真をいっぱい載せて行きま〜す！
Today is Daddy's 31st Birthday! Yay! As per the birthday boy's request we are waiting to celebrate his birthday until we get to Disney World so I'm not supposed to plan anything big(so I didn't!)... Well, I thought since he didn't get to eat the Yukon Gold Potato Pizza at Fivepoints I would give it a try! Then I will plate up a nice dessert dish that he will like to end the meal! That's it! so rest of the post I shall fill with all of Dave's 30th year in review pictures.

去年の誕生日はママの作った“デイブのニューヨーク冒険の本”を使ってあちこち歩き回りました。ここは、“海の幸”を選んだデイブの行き先！“山の幸”を選んでたら何処行ってたんだっけ〜！？寒かったけど楽しかった！
So last year I went all out for his BIG 30th with a "Choose Your Own Adventure Book!"that made us go all over the city from one adventure to another! This was one or our stops after Dave chose to go with "Ocean Goodness!" I can't remember where the book would have taken us if Dave had chosen "Mountain Goodness" though... Anyways, we had such a great time!

赤ちゃん教室でオムツの替え方を練習中。
Dave is learning to change Baby Klein(She didn't have a name yet) doll's diaper.

赤ちゃん巻きを教わった後家でビーンズ達を使って練習してみました。
After the class he then practiced with the Beans... Sorry for the little nudity:-)

外が暖かくなって来たらビーンズを連れて公園へ。
Once outside warmed up we hung out at the park on the weekends.

マディソンの誕生日!!
Madison's Birthday!!

寝顔もとっても可愛い。
Kissing his precious daughter.

パパの指握ったの〜！
She grabbed his finger~!

疲れて一緒に眠っちゃってる...
Exhausted Daddy taking a nap together...

プラザの前で休憩中...
Taking a break in front of the Plaza...

父の日にお祝いにきてくれたデイブの生徒達。
For his first Father's Day, some of his kids from school came to celebrate with us.

夏休み中にマディソンを学校に連れ出して...
Introducing Madison to her first gym while on Summer break...

紀伊国屋でママとお昼の待ち合わせ。
Meeting up with Mommy during lunch at Kinokuniya.

ブライアント公園でお食事中。
Lunch at the Bryant Park.

コニーアイランドと水族館へ行って来ました。
Got to visit Coney Island and the NYC Aquarium.

フェリ−にのって自由の女神と一緒に...
Riding a ferry and taking a picture with the Statue of Liberty...

大好きなジョーンズビーチで！
At his favorite Jones Beach!

風が強い日のジョーンズビーチ。
Another day(windy day) at the Jones Beach.

絵本読んでたんだけど２人ともよそ見中：）
I thought they were reading the book together but...:-)

楽しいステューを発見！
So glad to have found Stews!

綺麗な景色を満喫...
Taking in the beautiful view...

ナイアガラの滝は綺麗だね〜！
Another beautiful view of the Niagara Falls~!

デイブかかし！
Scare Crow Dave!

ブロンクス動物園でハイチーズ！
Daughter and Daddy picture at the Bronx Zoo!

もちろんハロウィーンの写真：）
Of course the famous Halloween picture:-)

長〜い列に並んでパレードの風船を見ました！
Standing in a LONG line to look at Macy's parade balloons blow up!

ココキーズでフロートを食べてるデイブ...
Enjoying a Rootbeer float at CocoKeys...

７番電車に乗ってクリスマスライトを見に行く所...
Waiting for 7 train to go see Christmas lights in the city...

Failed B-D Lunch.../誕生日ランチ失敗...

Anna is being a little too hard on herself with this title as the lunch was still very yummy, it just wasn't exactly the way she planned. One of our favorite shows right now is "The Best Thing I Ever Ate" and the pizza episode mentioned a Yukon Gold Potato pizza at a place in the East Village called 5 Points Restaurant. So Anna made reservations for this afternoon to celebrate my birthday since I had the day off thanks to Dr. King, but due to the holiday they instead served a special brunch menu all day and the pizza was not one of the items...Anna was very disappointed...it was sweet. The Mac and Cheese(the best I've ever had) and Burger with fries(Pretty up there also) we shared turned out very yummy.
アンナは自分に厳しいけど計画通りには行かなかったランチはとても美味しかったよ。最近ハマっているテレビの番組が“今までで一番美味しかった物”って言う番組でピザ特集の日に出た５ポインツって言うレストランへ有名なポテトピザを食べに行けるように、僕の誕生日をお祝いする為にちゃんと休日の今日を選んで予約をしてくれたアンナだったんだけど、国民休日のせいで特別ブランチメニューが出る事のに...とーっても気を落としてしまったアンナだけどその代わりに注文したマカロニチーズとグラスフェッドバーガーは今までで一番おいしい！っていう結果：）またピザを食べに戻って行く計画です。

Where is my Yukon Gold Potato Pizza!?
僕のポテトピザはどこ！？

Where are my puffs!?
マディソンのパフはどこ！？

On our walk from the restaurant to Anna's hair salon there was a lady with a teenage boy crossing the street in our direction. As they got closer I noticed that the lady looked a lot like Susan Sarandon even though she was all bundled up and then she asked the teenager something right by Anna and I and there was no mistaking that voice...we had just crossed paths with Susan Sarandon...by the time I told Anna who was concentrating on Madison, or something like that...Ms. Sarandon was gone. It was still kind of cool.
レストラントからアンナの美容室へ向かっている途中に横断歩道で向こうから歩いて来る男の子とおばさんがいたんだけど、だんだん近づいて声を聞いた途端間 違いない！スーザンサランドンだ〜！マディソンを見ていたのか全然気づいてなかったアンナに言ったけど既に遅く、その２人はもう遥か遠くに...でもす ご〜い！

Soon to be seen in the major motion picture The Lovely Bones as well as the East Village

The rest of the day...three hours...was spent watching Mommy get her hair done... Since Mommy hadn't gotten her hair done in a year and a half and wanted to look nice for our up coming trip to the Disney World and today was her stylist's last day before she has to go back to Japan to work in her other hair salon for a month... She got to try Digital Perm to get a really nice natural soft curl in her hair which is really popular in Japan right now:-) well to be honest an hour of it was spent sleeping in a surprisingly comfy couch and some was spent walking to McDonalds for a hot chocolate...but the rest of the time was spent watching Mommy getting her fancy hairdo.
そして、午後の３時間はママがパーマをかけて貰っているのを見る事に...本当は、最初の１時間はバガブーとソファでマディソンとパパはお昼寝、そしてマディソンが起きた後はちょっと近所のマックまでホットチョコレートを買いに行ったり。それ以外はママの髪がクルクルなるのを見てました...何で今日ぱーマかけなきゃいけなかって言うとママの美容師さんはニューヨークと日本の青山に一件ずつお店があるんだけど、１ヶ月置きにもう一人パートナーの人と交代で行ったり来たりなんです。だから明日から日本に行ってしまって２月の終わりまで帰って来ないのが理由でママ達がディズニーワールドに行く前に髪綺麗にしようって...日本で今流行っているデジタルパーマで緩い自然なフワフワパーマをかけてもらいました：）これで何もしなくてもラクラクに可愛い髪型に！

Almost done~!
もうすぐ終わり〜！

It may be a bit hard to see but here is the bonus video of the day...
よく見えないかもしれないけど、ボーナスのビデオ...