Back to New York... sort of.../ニューヨークへ戻る

On Monday we drove back to NYC... I mean we passed it on the way to Long Beach, Long Island to visit the Spitz family and stay with them for two days:-) Madison took a really nice-long nap almost the whole 2.5 hours that it took us to get to Long Beach so her mommy and daddy were very appreciative of a nice relaxing trip they got to have...
月曜日の朝に私達３人はニューヨークシティめがけて出発...前まで住んでいた近所の近くを通り抜けて目指すはそこからもう少し南東の所にあるロングビーチ...友達家族のスピッツ家に２日間お邪魔する事にしました。そこまでの約２時間半のドライブの間ちょうどお昼寝をしてくれたので、マディソンのパパとママはのんびりとドライブが楽しめて感謝感謝！

Soon after we arrived at their house we put on our bathing suits and headed out to the beach which was only 3 blocks away from their house. Although it took us a really long time to get our sandwiches made at a deli we got to the beach and they were very tasty! Worth the wait!
スピッツ家に着いて早速水着に着替えて歩いて２、３分の海へ出発。途中でお昼を買いに寄ったデリで注文したサンドイッチを作り終わるのに時間がかかったけど、とっても美味しくて待ったかいがありました：）

After lunch Daddy, Madison and I went down to the water and really enjoyed the warm water and waves:-) The difference in the temperature is sooooo huge! We were freezing our butts off at Hampton Beach in NH, but the water here was just perfect.
お昼を食べた後、親子３人で波打ち際まで降りて行って暖かい海水と小さい波を楽しみました：）ニューハンプシャーのお尻の感覚がなくなるくらい冷たい海水の温度との違いが凄くてちょっとショックだったけどね。

While at the Spitz' Madison enjoyed playing with their 16 month old, Harper and their two wicked huge and super friendly dogs, Kansas and Indy.
スピッツ家の１６ヶ月の男の子、ハーパーと２匹の巨大なワンちゃん達と仲良く遊びました。


Madison immediately found this toy of Harper's that reminded her of the one she always used to use in the church nursery...now if she could only learn how to turn corners.
このおもちゃよく教会で使っていたの思い出したのかここに来てすぐ懐かしそうにあそんでいました。もうちょっと上手に曲がる事が出来ればなー。

Harper plays hide and seek with Madison, but Madison gives up looking...

ハーパーとかくれんぼしているのかな、でも見つけるの諦めたみたい...

Breakfast time was especially cute as each child took turns copying the others...if one went for the milk, the other one soon did as well...
朝ご飯の時は特に面白かったね、交代でお互いのしている事を真似っこして...一人がミルクを飲み始めたらもう片方もミルク飲んでたね...

Harper is such a happy youngster and has the cutest smile...
とってもご機嫌のハーパー、笑顔が凄いカワイイね...

Here he is ordering one more waffle...
ワッフルをもう一つ注文中...

Madison, who hasn't really been around big dogs, showed no fear whatsoever and actually got quite close to Kansas, the affectionate puppy...
巨大なワンちゃんに慣れてないはずのマディソンだけど、全然恐がりもせず積極的なカンザスと仲良くなってたよ...

Quite close...I think Ellie and Coco will be jealous...
仲良くなり過ぎ...エリーとココがジェラシーしてるかも...

Harper was actually Madison's first ever playdate last summer when she was 3 months...then a picture was taken that made Madison look like a sumo wrestler compared to her two months older friend Harper...we blame the camera angle...take a look...
実はハーパーはマディソンが３ヶ月の時に一番初めての遊び相手として出会っていたのです...そしてこの写真はその時に撮った物なんだけど、マディソンが巨大すぎてビックリ。ハーパーの方が２ヶ月年上なのに...でもこれはカメラのアングルのせいだと思う私達...
We were happy to see they were a little closer in proportions this time...
今回はそんなに違わないでしょ？よかったねー...

Another reason for our trip to Long Island was to see two co-worker friends of mine and pick-up the last of our stuff that wouldn't fit in the car in June. One was the baseball coach for our school and the other was the handball coach. The handball coach was also a bowling coach for another school and I had always wanted to challenge him to a bowling match. So it worked out pretty perfect that the day we planned to meet it was also raining so bowling was the perfect activity...unfortunately Mr. Schorr, the bowling coach, proved to be pretty decent and even Mr. McCarthy, the baseball guy, proved better than me...that was not cool...oh well, I think we made a bowler out of Madison though as she did pretty well high-fiving everybody after they made their shots...it was cute.
今回ロングアイランドに来たもう一つの理由は、６月に引っ越した時に車に乗り切れなかった私達の荷物をデイブの先生友達の一人の家に取りに行く事が目的だったからなんです。この先生は野球部の監督で、もう一人のハンドボール部の監督(他の学校でボーリング部の監督も務めている)と一緒にボーリングをしに行く事にしました。デイブはボーリング凄い得意なんだけどやっぱり久しぶりすぎたのかな、高得点は出した物のショア先生には勝てずじまい...そして、全然うまくないと言いながら凄い調子の良かったマカーシー先生にも追い越されて完敗！まあいっか、マディソンはみんなとハイファイブして楽しんでいたから...