Citizenship Day Extravaganza!!/アメリカ国籍取った〜！

March 16th, 2010 was a long time comin'! Even when you marry an American Citizen your road to citizenship is not very simple as we found out...after proving...our devotion to each other, the fact that we have been living together the past five years and speeding tickets from eight years ago were paid, Anna was allowed to become a citizen of our fine country yesterday.
２０１０年３月１６日、待ちに待った日!アメリカ人と結婚しただけじゃそう簡単には貰えないアメリカ国籍はこの過去６年間の結婚を証明し、８年前に学生の時に貰ったスピード違反券を払った事を証明し昨日やっと手に入れる事が出来ました。

It began with an early wake-up call and an 8:30am appointment at the Courthouse in Brooklyn. For an interesting three hours that included a field trip of 35 sixth graders watching a judge speak for at most five minutes and then 194 people being called up to claim their certificates of citizenship.
まず朝８時半にブルックリンにある裁判所に集合。３時間手続きをしながら待った後、研修に来た６年生の子供達とともに裁判官の５分演説を聞き１９３人の外国人達と一緒に国籍証書みたいなのを受け取り式は無事終了。

The courthouse happened to be located right around the corner from the Brooklyn Bridge so we took the opportunity to check another item off our list of things we want to accomplish in NYC as we walked the Brooklyn Bridge across to Manhattan...it was nice.
この裁判所はブルックリン橋のすぐそこにあったのでマンハッタンまで歩いて渡る事にしました(私達のニューヨークでしたい事の一つだった)。よかった〜。


Anna had me attempt to eat the Bridge...I found it humorous...
橋を食べるようにってアンナに言われて...面白い...
Then Anna tried to pinch the bridge and all of its suspensions...I guess...
アンナは橋を丸ごと捕まえてみてた...のかな...
The bridge as we approached it...
橋に近づいている所...
The view across to the Manhattan Bridge and Midtown...
橋から見えるマンハッタン橋とマンハッタン...
The other side...Downtown with Lady Liberty in the distance...
反対側は...ダウンタウンと遠くにある自由の女神...
A little bit closer to Lady Liberty...visiting her island is still on our list of things to do...
自由の女神に近づいたかな...自由の女神のある島に行くのはまた今度...

Not on our list to do is what we witnessed this construction worker do which was scale down the Brooklyn Bridge with no attachment...
見たくなかったんだけど見ちゃったのは工事の人達が何も着けずに橋の外を歩いていた所...ヒャ〜！！

After our bridge excursion Anna looked up where her waffle truck was located and after I pointed out that today was Tuesday and not Wednesday we headed towards its proper location uptown...AND FOUND IT!!!
橋を渡り終わった後ワッフルトラックがいる場所をアンナが探して、曜日がこんがらがっていたアンナに火曜日の場所を探してもらって歩き始めたら...見つけた〜！！！

Anna was a little disappointed that the boss guy she had seen on Bobby Flay's Throwdown wasn't there, but she still enjoyed it....
テレビに写っていたボスの人がいなくてアンナは残念がっていたけどそれでも嬉しそうだった...
And the Liege Waffle was yummy too!!
リージワッフルはと〜ってもおいしかった〜！！
After our international snack we knew we had to go American for lunch and were lucky enough to stumble upon Five Guys Burgers and Fries which we had always wanted to try...
ベルギー産のおやつを食べた後はやっぱりアメリカのお昼を食べなきゃと、たまたま通りかかったファイブガイズのハンバーガーとポテトを食べてみる事に...(これも実は私達のする事リストに載っていた）

Madison thought it was delicious as well as Mommy degreased some french fries to share with her...Daddy wasn't too pleased, but it was Mommy's day!! Lily, you've got some competition in the FFFC (French Fry Fan Club)!!!
油と塩気を取れるだけ取ったママはマディソンにポテトを初めて味見させててマディソンも気に入ったみたい...パパはちょっと怒ってたけど今日はママの日!!リリー、ポテトファンクラブにマディソンも仲間入りしたいみたい!!!

Outside our apartment, after returning home, Anna snapped a few photos to further prove that spring is on the way...as if the gorgeous weather wasn't proof enough!!
家に帰った後、家の前の庭に咲いていた花の写真を撮りました。ほら、春はもうすぐ...この良い天気でもう分かっていたよね!!