マディソンはここの暮らしにだんだん慣れて、いろいろ覚えて来たみたいです...例えば、アパートの外に行く時は鍵を掛けなきゃいけないから最近は鍵を持つ事がマディソンの仕事になっています...(と言うか、鍵をあげないとすねるからなんだけど...)そして、エレベーターを動かしたり扉を開ける為に鍵をパネルに近づけるのがすごい好きらしく、ピーッて音が鳴る度に喜んでいます。あと、鍵の持ち方にも小さいながらこだわりがあるんです。まず、デイブの鍵を持つ時は車用のボタンを握って、そして私の鍵を持つ時はミニーの人形を握っていないといけないらしいい事...そういうこだわる所がママに似ているような...頑固な所は特にね...！
So Madison is getting really used to what we do here... For example, she knows that when we go out of our apartment we would have to lock the door and it has been her job to hold the keys(since she would fall down and throw a tantrum if she does not have the keys in her hand...). She LOVES holding the keys to a panel in order to move the elevator or go through doors within the complex:-) And she has a specific way in which she would hold her keys... when she has Dave's set of keys she would have to hold it by the car key button(where lock/unlock/panic/trunk buttons are...) and when she has my set of keys she would hold them by holding onto Minnie Mouse... She does not like to hold them any other way and I guess that's my personality coming through...:-) Yeah PURE stubbornness!
今日はデイブがオリエンテーションに一日中行かなければいけなかったので、学校が来週始まったらまた“一日中２人きりで過ごす日”の練習をしました。朝、２キロ弱離れている所にあるスーパーまでバガブ−にマディソンを乗せて走って行く事にしました。本当はその時マディソンにお昼寝をしてもらいたかったんだけど、残念ながら失敗したので買い物の後海辺の通路を歩いておやつを食べながらアパートに帰りました。その途中でやっぱり歩き疲れたのかお昼寝を始めてくれたので、そのままアパート着いた後２時間もの時間を使って壁に飾る用の絵を描く事が出来ました。午前中の計画は大成功！マディソンが起きてお昼を食べた後、外に出て海辺で遊ぶ事にしました。日焼け止めをちゃんと塗って外に出たんだけどそれでも日が強いかなーと思っていたんだけど、やっぱり自分でも暑すぎると思ったのか、１０分程居た後マディソンが一つずつ持って来た物(ビーサン、サンダル、帽子)を次々に私に渡して来たんです...そして、全部渡し終わったと確認した後トコトコとアパートに向かって歩き出しました...凄い!!でも２、３歩暑い砂浜の上を歩いた後、クルッと後ろを向いてダッコしてーって来たんだけど...あ〜もう可愛いすぎだね！
Today was our practice day of what it would be like once Dave starts his school in a few days since he had his orientation all day until about 4:30pm. So this morning I jogged while pushing Madison in her bugaboo to a near by grocery store called Vons about a mile and a half away then since I was not successful in getting Madison to fall asleep we took the beach path back while munching on some snacks... She eventually fell asleep in her bugaboo and I was able to paint while she took her 2 hour nap which was so great and after getting lunch we walked out onto the beach for some sun time... It was a bit too hot and although I had put on sun screen before we headed out I was thinking maybe we should head back inside... I guess Madison could sense the strong heat on her or something because after about 10 minutes of playing in the sand she suddenly picked up her hat and handed it over to me, then my flip flops one by one, then her sandals... And when she made sure everything got picked up she started walking back toward the apartment... How cute was that!? But then after a few steps into the warm sand she turned around and gestured for me to pick her up, but oh it was the cutest thing...:-)
部屋に戻った後、直ぐに水着に着替えてまた下に降りて来てプールでのんびり、そして２人きりの日は家に帰って来たデイブがプールに登場した時無事終了です。写真をすっかり撮るの忘れていてゴメンネーです！
After we went back up to our room we quickly changed into our bathing suits and headed back down again for some pool time! and our practice day was over when Dave came home and joined us at the pool. Sorry, no pictures today!
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