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5.12.2010

Baby food recipes to remember...

I figured this would be a good place to keep my recipes that I came up with for Madison and when our number 2 comes along I can easily locate and use them... If you have a baby at home feel free to try these recipes, Madison really enjoys them! I wanted to add pictures of these menus but not sure I will be making them again since Madison is eating more and more of what her daddy and mommy eat lately... Oh well!

Mango Banana Oatmeal
1 cup Oatmeal
2 cups Water/Milk
1/4 tsp Salt
1 Banana(diced or Sliced)
1 Ripe Mango(Diced)

1. Boil water/milk and salt in a medium sauce pan.
2. Add Oatmeal and cook for about 5 - 10 minutes until soft.
3. Add Banana and Mango, stir and cook for a few minutes.
4. Use hand blender or food processor to create the texture you want.

Baby Banana Bread

3 tbsp Apple Sauce
1/4 cup Sugar or no sugar
1 Egg
1/2 Vanilla
1/2 cup Rice Cereal
3/4 cup Flour
1/4 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/4 tsp Salt
1 Container(4oz) of Yo Baby Yogurt(I use Banana Flavor)

1. Mix apple sauce and sugar in a bowl.
2. Mix in egg and vanilla.
3. Add all the dry ingredients.
4. Add yogurt and mix until well blended.
5. Use muffin tin or small bread pan and bake at 350 degree for 20 - 25 minutes.

Chicken Veggie Risott0

1 Chicken Breast
1 Small Onion-diced
1 Small Carrot-diced
1 1/2 cup Cooked Japanese Rice
1/4 cup Breast Milk or Formula or Milk

1. Cook chicken in 3 cups of water.
2. Take the chicken out, reserving the hot water in the pan. Once the chicken cools a bit dice the chicken breast.
3. Add onion and carrot in the pan and cook for 5 minutes.
4. Add Rice to the pan and cook until the rice soaks up the water and becomes risotto like consistency.
5. Stir in diced chicken and breast milk/formula/milk. Stir and finish!

Chicken Ball Tomato Soup

1 lb Ground Chicken Breast
1 Onion-diced
1 Egg
3 tbsp Bread Crumbs
3 tbsp Milk
(Salt and Pepper)
1/2 cup water or more
2 medium carrots sliced or diced
1 Can Tomato Sauce
1/2 cup chicken broth
2 Bay Leaves
2 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce


1. Saute Onion and combine bread crumbs and milk in a small ball. Discard extra milk that the bread crumbs didn't soak up.
2. Combine ground chicken, sauteed onion, bread crumb mixture and salt and pepper in a bowl.
3. Make the meat mixture into small balls and brown outside with a bit of oil in a pan.
4. Start cooking carrots with 1/2 cup of water or more to just cover all the carrot pieces.
5. Transfer the meat balls into the carrot pan as they are browned. Once they are all in there add tomato sauce, chicken broth, bay leaves, and worcestershire sauce and cool for about 10 - 15 minutes.
6. Done once the carrots are soft enough for your baby to eat:-)
7. Serve it with soft cooked rice or bread.

5.09.2010

My 2nd Mother's Day:-)/私の2回目の母の日:)

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!! Last year at this time we had been parents for just over a week...what a difference a year makes...Madison and I beat Mommy out of bed so I was able to get her into her new Celtics jersey...she looks soooo cute!!
母の日おめでとう!!去年の母の日は、ママになってたった1っ週間しか経ってない慌ただしい時...1年間でこんなに変わるなんて...ママより先に起きたマディソンと僕はマディソンの新しいセルティックスのジャージーを着せて準備する事が出来ました...と〜ってもカワイーイ!!


Mommy enjoyed her little Celtic fan...
ママとパパのお気に入りのセルティックベイビー...

And we took a nice timer shot with our new camera...
タイマーを使って記念に家族写真を撮って...
We then gave Mommy the rest of her gifts for being such a great Mom...
1st running pants and socks that Mommy picked out yesterday...
ママに残りのプレゼントを開けてもらいました...
まず最初に昨日ママが選んだマラソン用のタイツとずり落ちない靴下...
2nd was a gift from Me...
そして次は僕からのプレゼント...
Lastly, a gift from Madison...
it is a set of five canisters for Madison to put her hand print into the first five years of her life...I "secretly" did year 1 with Madison last night...I guess I thought Madison would just put her hand in there and keep it steady and not just try to grab the plaster of paris while it was still soft, but boy was I wrong...I look forward to a much easier year next year, but I don't think it came out that bad...she just wasn't very happy with me once we were finally done...in fact I had to use year two's plaster of paris for our second try.
そして最後にマディソンから...
マディソンの最初の5年間の手形が作れる物なんです...昨日ママの隙を見つけてマディソンと作ったんだけど、ただ手を入れて何もしないと思っていたら大間違い...手を入れるなりグチャグチャしたいし思ったより難しく結局一回やり直して来年用の粘土を使うはめに。
So that concludes Mother's Day for the most part...we went to church...Mommy get a little nap in and we made Chicken Pot Pie for dinner together...it was a nice day.
これでだいたい母の日は終わり...教会から帰って来た後ママは少しお昼寝をして家族みんなでチキンポットパイを夕ご飯に作りました...良い日にでした。

Now we have some bonus pics from the last couple of days...first the incredible t-shirt that Anna has made Madison for next weekend's Cystic Fibrosis walk in Worcester, MA.
さて、ここからはボーナス...来週参加するシスティックファブローシスの行事用にマディソンに作ったTシャツ。



Second, we have Madison and I lounging at McCarren Park during one of my school's recent baseball games...they won and are now 11-0! Some of my co-workers enjoyed Madison as well.
そして、先週パパの学校の野球試合を見に行った時に撮ったパパとマディソンのリラックスショット...11試合全部勝利の絶好調のシーズン。
Lastly, Madison tried out her new "big girl" front-facing car seat in the house before we put it in the car yesterday...at first it appears she doesn't know what to think...
そして最後に、マディソンの新しいカーシートを車に取り付ける前に家で練習してる様子...最初は少し不安みたい...
but she warmed up quickly.
でも、すぐに嬉しそうになった。
Hope you had a great Mother's Day with your family!!
他のママ達の母の日どうだったかな!?

5.06.2010

我が家の賢い子!/Our Smart Toddler!

誕生日会の次の日に早速貰ったおもちゃで遊んでいたマディソン... パパが一回使い方見せたのかな!? 一人でマイクに向かってマディソン語でしゃべっていたんです...っと言うか、唸ってるだけか:)一人で良い子に遊んでいたからそれだけで十分感動していたんだけど、ここまで出来るとは!さすが1っ才のマディソンは違うね!
It happened the day after Madison's birthday when she was playing with her new toys... I think Daddy showed her how to use it 0nly once but all of a sudden she was talking Madisonese (or just a noise in this case)through her microphone!! Just the fact that she was playing so good by herself impressed us enough but who would have thought she would be using the microphone in the proper way! Our toddler is already surprising us with her smarts!


このビデオ一つじゃ足りない人はこのビデオもどうぞ;-)
For those that just can't get enough Madison;-)


今日のボーナスピックは火曜日のマディソンの1歳検診から...
Bonus Picture from Madison's 1 year check up on Tuesday...

5.03.2010

Madison's 1st Birthday Party!!!!/マディソンの一歳の誕生日会!!!!

May 1st, 11:19am to be exact...what a difference a year makes...Madison sits and anxiously awaits her birthday guests....
5月1日、朝11時19分...1年の違いは大きい...良い子に座ってパーティーのお客さんを待っているマディソン...
She is very excited...
とっても興奮しているみたい...
She takes a moment to pose with her Mommy and Daddy...
着替えて早速ママとパパと写真を撮りました...

And enjoy her balloons which flap in the breeze...
外に置いた目印の風船が揺れているのを見ながら...
Madison begins to wonder when the fun is going to start as she is held by Grandpa...
スティーブおじいちゃんに抱っこされながらパーティーはいつ始まるんだろうと気になっているみたいなマディソン...
She enjoys a little alone time in her Princess tent before everyone arrives...
みんなが到着する前に一人でテントで遊んでいる主役...
Madison enjoys her happy birthday song courtesy of Gma and Gpa's bear
which even knows her name...
おじいちゃんとおばあちゃんがくれた熊のぬいぐるみのハッピーバースでーの歌に合わせておどっているマディソン...


Then the real party begins...Madison makes her grand entrance...
さあパーティーの開始...主役のマディソンの登場...
She admires her Jelly Cat and outfit from one of Dave's co-workers...Troy.
デイブと一緒に働いている先生友達、トロイからのジェリーキャットとお洋服。
She is so astonished at the sight of her Safari Little People she must brace herself on Mommy to keep from fainting...
このサファリのおもちゃに感激して気絶しそうなのかな、ママの膝にしっかり掴まってる...
The look of wonder continues...
不思議な表情続きます...
Madison thinks Gma and Gpa's gift tastes yummy...
おじいちゃんとおばあちゃんからのプレゼントはおいしいな〜
Here is Madison opening gifts...
マディソンがプレゼントを空けているビデオ...


The incredible smash cake that Anna made...it doesn't have a clue what is about to happen to it...
アンナが手作りしたマディソン用のあひるさんケーキ...これから自分に何が起こるのか全く知らないみたい...
The cake is put in place and Madison begins to think that this could be fun...
マディソンの前にケーキを置いて、これからどうするかな...
She gingerly digs in to start...
始めは少しずつ触ってみて...
She looks around as if to say, "Is no one going to stop me?"
周りを見ながら、“誰も私を止めないの?”
"Guess not...I am going for it!"
“止めないの?じゃあやっちゃうよ!”
"I like birthdays!"
“誕生日大好き!”
The aftermath...
その結果...
And now see it live...
here is part 1...the tentative entry...
ビデオでどうぞ...
パート1...様子を見ながら...


Part 2... This is getting really interesting...
パート2...慣れて来てだんだん面白くなって来た...


The cake for the guests...baked at BJs...designed by Anna...
お客さん用のケーキ...BJsから...アンナのデザイン...
And now, some of our guests...
そして、パーティーに来てくれたお客さん達...







ボーナス!先週の出来事から.../BONUS! from last week...

とっても知りたがりでうろうろしたいマディソンの活動範囲を狭くする為にたまに寝室とトイレの戸を閉めておくんだけど、寝室にある枕の上でお昼寝するのが好きなエリーは戸が閉まっていてがっかり...諦めきれずエリー必殺“後ろ足で立って前足で押す”をしたんだけど、トイレの戸とは違って全くびくともしない結果...その様子を見ていたマディソンは爆笑...:)
Sometimes we close out bedroom door so that Madison won't go exploring and stay in the living room but Ellie likes to snooze on her pillow in our bedroom so she is trying to get in there... She is trying her old stand on her back legs and push trick that usually works on our bathroom door but this door is really shut so it's not working out and Madison is getting a really good laugh from her trying...:-)


先週、たまたまブラックアイドピーズの歌を聴いていたらマディソンは踊らずにはいられなかったみたい!早速フリップで録画開始:)ピボットしながら回っているのが良いよね!
I was listening to One Tribe by Black Eyed Peas the other day and Madison started dancing as usual so I got it on Flip! She got one of the dancing techniques... Pivoting!



木曜日はと〜っても良い天気でちょうどセントラルパークでミートアップの日。今回は5組のママと赤ちゃんで大賑わい!みんな歳が近いから一緒に遊ぶ事が出来ました:)
On Thursday we had a beautiful day and it was a Meet Up day in Central Park Playground and this was a big turn out with 5 Moms and their Babies! All the babies are really similar in age so it was quite fun:-)
新しい友達、ダニエル君とカイトウ君。
New friends, Daniel-kun and Kaito-kun.




その日にたまたまユニオンスクエアの学校まで会議に行かなきゃいけなかったパパとセントラルパークで待ち合わせをする事が出来ました。マディソンは丁度バガブーでお昼寝を始めちゃったから家に帰る前にセントラルパーク動物園に寄って行く事に... 天気が良かったせいか活発に活動していたアザラシがキスしてる所を写真に撮る事に成功!日本の雪猿も忙しそうに動き回っていたよ。
Today Dave had to go to a school in Union Square for the day for a meeting so he was able to meet us at the park as Madison started her nap in the bugaboo... SO instead of going home we headed to Central Park Zoo for some animal watching... We got really cute picture of Seals kissing and Snow Monkey from Japan.