July 28th has finally come!! Madison woke up excited to go pick Jiiji and Baaba up and wanted to dress up for them with her bunny ears:-)
待ちに待った７月２８日がやっと来ました〜!! マディソンも張り切ってうさぎの耳を付けてお洒落をして空港に行く準備オッケ〜!!
Just like what we did for g-pa and g-ma Klein Madison made a special poster for Jiiji and Baaba... She is getting really good at tracing...
私の書いた日本語をちゃんとなぞってお出迎えポスターも完成です...
大学院の最後の授業からデイブが時間より早く帰って来れたので、親子３人揃って空港へ迎えに行く事が出来ました...
We probably waited over half an hour so we were starting to worry but they are here!!!!!
Jiiji and Baaba time!!!!
来ないなーと思いながら待っていたら、来たーーーーーー！！！！！
じいじとばあばだーーー！！！！！
It's been over two years and Madison got shy for about 10 seconds but she warmed up pretty fast as usual... Good job Madison:-)
２年ぶりの再会に最初の１０秒間は恥ずかしがっていたけど...直ぐに仲良し：）
Baaba was soooo happy to be able to see Madison in person again...
ばあばはマディソンの顔が見れてとっても嬉しそう...
Let's go home~!
じいじとばあば、無事に到着しました。よかった〜！
They are already holding hands and everything... Cute:-)
車の所まで３人で仲良く手を繋いで歩いている...
After we get home we took a short break then time to see all the goodies they brought from Japan!!
家に着いた後ちょっと休憩した後はやっぱり、お土産の時間〜!!
These clementines are the sweetest and most delicious ever!!
このみかんが甘くてと〜ってもおいしいんだよね〜！
Madison got pretty sandals... She has been wearing them all the time since then:-)
このサンダルはマディソンがすぐに気に入って、その日から毎日履いていました：）
Anpanman Japanese Alphabet toy will help her language skills!
このアンパンマンのおもちゃを使って日本語頑張らなきゃ！
There are so many other things that we got that I didn't take pictures of but we now have a life time supply of Anpanman tooth brushes for Madison...(everyone kept buying them individually without knowing so that was funny...) Thank you so much family~!
この他にもいつも通り沢山のお土産を岩井家と河西家の家族から貰いました〜！
どうもありがとう！！：）マディソンは多分アンパンマンの歯ブラシ一生分あるな〜：）
Baaba accidentally mixed two sets of powders that belonged to two different learning candy making toys so we ended up with a weird mixture but Madison didn't seem to be disturbed and enjoyed eating all of it...:-)
ねるねるね〜るねとグミの木の粉を混ぜてしまって(ばあば作)、変な食べ物を作ってしまったけど、気にせず一生懸命食べていたマディソン：）
Before going to bed Baaba got to read the ten little lady bugs(in Japanese) to Madison...
夜寝る前にばあばに絵本を読んでもらいました...
夜寝る前にばあばに絵本を読んでもらいました...
First week that they were here I didn't take time off so not many pictures were taken but I know the Olympic games, walk to the playground, visiting the duck pond and daily swim in the pool kept them busy along with getting over the jet lag...
The best part of the week was that Baaba made dinner for us and Dave was especially happy for the karaage(japanese fried chicken) and curry she made... He couldn't get enough of it and I know he wanted her to make more... and I got to eat my mom's cooking which I miss so yeah I couldn't get enough of it either...:-)
最初の一週間は私が仕事に行ったので、ほとんど写真は無しです。でも、沢山写真を撮っていたお父さん達から写真が届き次第特別号を書くので読んで下さーい：）丁度じいじとばあばの到着と同時に始まったオリンピックを見たり、近くの公園に行ったり、アヒルと鴨にえさをあげに行ったり、毎日プールに入って遊んだりとのんびり過ごしたようです：）
この一週間はほとんどの夕ご飯はお母さんが作ってくれたので、デイブはお母さんの唐揚げとカレーを大感激しながら食べていました。私も懐かしいお母さんの手料理が食べれてうれしかったよ〜！
As you know we have so many plants and trees to take care of and our daily watering is very important so while Dave and I go do that Jiiji and Baaba are often on Madison duty and while they try to figure out what each other is saying they somehow came up with new games... One of which is called "toss the Barba papa to each other while yelling out the name!" game which Madison got a huge kick out of and was laughing endlessly while playing it...:-) or Madison would make Jiiji take a nap by putting a blanket over him then go somewhere and come back to check on him... Baaba's phone has a setting where when she opens it up 3 or 4 pictures of Madison show up on the screen one after another and she loved seeing her baby pictures and kept doing it...:-)
毎日2回デイブと私は木や野菜の水くれをしている間に、３人で新しいゲームを作って遊んでいました...これがその一つ、“バーバパパを投げながら投げる相手の名前を叫ぶゲーム” ...：）マディソンはとーっても気に入ってケラケラ大笑い：）
その他のゲームは、じいじにブランケットを掛けて無理矢理お昼寝をさせると言うゲーム：）あと、自分の部屋にじいじを閉じ込めたりしていた事もあったかも... ばあばのケータイを何回も閉じたり開いたりして自分の赤ちゃんの時の写真にうっとりしたり...
エリーもじいじとばあばが来るなりじいじの横に座ったりばあばに食べ物貰いに行ったり２人の訪れを楽しんでいる様子でした。
Finally Friday came! so we took them to Yogurtland to celebrate... I guess we paid for it and when we started to eat my parents kept saying how expensive these things are and not knowing why they were saying that I told them that's because you put huge fruits in it, etc... but then when they told me the total was over $20 I told them there is no way it cost us that much and had Dave fish out the receipt... What they thought was the total price was the total weight and I believe it was like $7 total so we got a good laugh out of it...:-) and yes they loved Yogurtland...:-)
とうとう金曜日の仕事が終わり、その夜はヨーグルトランドと言うお店をデザートに紹介。ここでは１５種類ぐらいあるフローズンヨーグルトの中で自分で食べたいのを好きなだけカップに入れてその上に好きなトッピングを乗せて、重さを計ってお金を払うと言うお店。２０ドルもかかったと思ってビックリしながら食べていたけど実はそれは合計の重さ(２０オンス)で、実は５人で７ドルぐらいだった：）
そして次の日の土曜日は朝７時にディズニーランドに向けて出発進行!!
３０分後に駐車場に到着で、これからトラムに乗る所です。
First we went into California Adventure because the Radiator Spring Racers' fast pass sells out by 8am for the day and we really wanted Jiiji and us to experience it without having to wait in line for hours... The line was already long, but Dave stood in it for us and the rest of us got to go through an empty park to the Monster's Inc ride which had absolutely no wait at all... And always take pictures where we can...:-)
まず最初にカリフォルニアアドベンチャーへ入って、デイブがカーズランドのレーサーへのファーストパスの列に並んでくれている間に、私達はモンスターズインクに乗ったりトローリーへ乗ったり。記念撮影は欠かさずに撮らないとね：）
Once Dave was able to meet up with us we headed to Disneyland to Fantasyland.
デイブが無事ファーストパスを取り終わった後すぐにディズニーランドへ入って、ファンタジーランドへ直行。
On our way we stopped to take a nice family picture in front of Sleeping Beauty's Castle:-)
そこへ行く途中にみんなまだ元気が有り余っているうちに眠れる森の美女のお城の前で家族写真を一枚：）
Since Baaba and I don't like anything that goes in a circle the guys took the princess out for a spin:-)
くるくる回るのが嫌な私とばあばは写真の係です：）
They were moving pretty fast but my genius camera was able to capture a pretty nice picture!
すごい！回っているのに綺麗に撮れた！
Next up was the Casey's Circus Train thing right next to Dumbo... Usually this ride has a long line so we jumped at it when we knew we could make the next group... Off to a relaxing train ride:-)
その後は直ぐ横にあるケーシーのサーカス列車に乗って小さな旅：）
After that we headed to Toon Town and right away Madison spotted Goofy and wanted to go say hi... so we did...
その次ぎに行ったのはトゥーンタウン、早速そこで見つけたグーフィーと一緒に記念撮影。
Madison is excitedly leading Jiiji to the Roller Coaster...
じいじを走って案内するマディソン...
Yay! Going on a roller coaster with Jiiji!
今日はじいじとジェットコースターに乗る事が出来た〜！
Another family picture in front of Mickey['s water fountain:-)
ミッキーの噴水の前でも記念に一枚：）
Exploring Donald's house:-)
ドナルドの家を見学中の３人：）
Officially meeting Mickey in his house and another family picture!
もちろんミッキーともちゃんと撮らないとね！
Jiiji finally got to try a huge turkey leg! I guess they don't have that over in Tokyo Disneyland:-)
じいじは念願のターキーレッグを食べる事が出来ました：）
After we said bye to Mickey we headed to Autopia and got ourselves fast passes then hopped on the train to kill some time before our fast pass time started...
ミッキーに会った後トゥモローランドに向かいオートピアのファーストパスを取った後、列車に乗ってディズニーランドを一回り、ファーストパスの時間を丁度潰す事が出来ました：）
Madison and Daddy in first, Jiiji is second then baaba and I went last... Everyone ready!
一番先頭はデイブとマディソン、次にじいじ、そして私とばあばで行きま〜す！
Jiiji was struggling to stay in line the most...:-)
じいじが一番ヨロヨロ運転していたような気がする...：）
When we were waiting to go forward at the end Madison peaked her pretty head so I wouldn't miss the cool photo opportunity... Can you spot Dave!?
最後に止まっている時に顔を出してるマディソンとデイブの目...
After Autopia we went back to California Adventure to attempt nap time and to take a coffee break but she wasn't able to with all the excitement so we gave up and headed to the Little Mermaid...
オートピアの後はカリフォルニアアドベンチャーに行って一時休憩/マディソンのお昼寝を試みる、が寝れそうに無かったので諦めて移動を開始する事に...
ばあばが買ったチョコレートタルト：）
Another no wait ride of the day:-)
リトルマーメイドの乗り物は待ち時間無し：）
After the Ariel ride it was time for us to try out the racer! Dave and I took Jiiji first since we can't really try to convince Baaba to try it if we don't know what it is... IT WAS REALLY COOL!! So after a lot of convincing Baaba decided to give it a try...
In this picture my parents are in the far side of car in the front... I'm glad Jiiji got to go twice thanks to Madison not being tall enough but old enough to need a pass...:-)
アリエルの後に待ちに待ったレーサーの時間！まずデイブとじいじと私で３人で挑戦しました：）凄い面白い！最初はヤダって言っていたばあばだけど、せっかくだからって何とか説得する事に成功しました。
だから、このしゃしんはじいじとばあばが奥の車の前の座席に座っている所...
When we were waiting for my parents to come out Dave spotted someone... Justin Bieber (we think)!! I don't really care for this boy but someone may be a big fan of him so I snapped some pictures:-)
そして、じいじとばあばを迎えに行くと、何とそこを歩いていたのはジャスティンビーバーだった！私はどうでも良いけど、誰か好きかなーと思って写真を撮ってみました：）
I guess my sister's family watched a special on the Cars Land in Japan and wanted us to bring back this cone souvenir cup so my parents got to drink its' contents first:-)
さやかからの注文で買ったコーンの形の飲み物入れに入っていたコーラをじいじとばあばが頑張って飲んでいたよ：）
Another going in circle kind of ride so my mom and I got to sit out plus once it started moving I had hard time following them since they moved kind of weird but I got the beginning part!
これもくるくる回り過ぎるからばあばと私はコーンソーダを買いに行ったり、ビデオを撮ろうとしてみたり、でも動きが速すぎて難しかった！
We got to see the Pixars Parade for the first time! They feature water spraying to help us cool down and the facial expression of Madison as she awaits for the water spray were much more exciting to look at!!
ピクサーパレードを見ながら降って来る水を受けるマディソンの表情が可愛いでしょ!?
After the splashy parade we went back to Disneyland once again for the Soundsational Parade. We were early enough to secure a bench so we sat there and relaxed and my parents got to go shopping a bit...
パレードの後はまたディズニーランドに戻って、ミッキーの花畑の前で写真を撮った後、ミッキーのサウンドセーショナルパレードの時間までお土産の買い物をしたり、おやつを食べたり...
After the parade we went to the World of Disney store and Jiiji and Baaba got Madison a princess Bell doll which she picked out...
パレードの後はダウンタウンディズニーのお店で、お買い物：）
マディソンはばあばとじいじにベルのお人形を買ってもらって大喜びです。
When we were checking out the sales guy asked Madison for her autograph since she is a princess and I guess they have a special princess autograph book and to my amazement Madison took her time and scribbled her name...:-)
お店の人にプリンセスのサインを頼まれて一生懸命時間をかけてサインをしたマディソン：）凄い上手に“何か”を書いていた...；）
After all this it was almost time for our 8:00 dinner reservation(late I know but only time available) at Goofey's Kitchen in the Disneyland Hotel for Character Dining... Before we were seated we had a photo shoot with the chef Goofy...
買い物の後ディズニーランドホテルへ到着して、そこで予約をしてあったグーフィーのキッチンでキャラクターダイニングの夕食をしました：）レストランに入る前にグーフィーと記念撮影...
Buffet style dinner was much better than we had expected and worth the price...:-) And the characters were all popular ones so I was very surprised... And Madison did great! She knew the name of each character and was happy to see all of them:-)
バイキング形式でご飯を食べている間いろんなディズニーキャラに会う事が出来ます...：）しかもご飯は思っていたよりも結構おいしくてびっくり！
When Chip came around for the second time Madison was in the bathroom so Chip waited for her by holding Madison's Mickey...
マディソンがトイレに行っている間にミッキーと写真を一枚...
Madison gave Pluto a kiss:-)
プルートにキスまでしちゃってたマディソン：）
After the delicious dinner we got to ride the monorail for the first time and went back into Disneyland this way... When we got out the fireworks were just starting out so we got to watch them from a private platform of the monorail without the crowd... Since Madison didn't take her nap this is where she went down for the night... She did great though:-)
夕ご飯の後モノレールに乗ってディズニーランドに戻ると、丁度花火が始まりました。でも、お昼寝をしなかったマディソンは疲れて一足先におやすみです...
Fantasmic started around 10:30pm...
ファンタズミックの始まり始まり...
After Fantasmic we were exhausted but we didn't want to fight the crowd so stayed around and my parents got to go ride the Haunted Mansion and the Pirates of the Caribbean together for the first time in a really long time... By the time we left the park it was after midnight but I have to tell you it was a really fun 16 hours we spent at the park... And that will be our record for a long time... 16 hours... Who wants to top that:-)
夜１０時半開始のファンタズミックを観た後１１時頃、結構空いたディズニーランドを楽しむじいじとばあば：）２人でとっても久しぶりにホーンテッドマンションに乗って来たりカリブの海賊に乗ったりと結局ディズニーランドを後にしたのは夜の１２時過ぎ、今までの記録を超える何と１６時間もディズニーランドリゾートで過ごす事が出来ました！みんな家に帰るなりクタクタでベッド直行、でも本当に楽しかったなー：）
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