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11.05.2011

BIG Halloween Day!! Part2.../ハロウィーンの日!! パート2...

Around 6 o'clock we headed out for Trick or Treat!! We met up with the Mooney's in a neighborhood right by Dave's college(CSULB) that's supposed to be known for family friendly neighborhood... At first no one was there and not many houses were decorated so I was starting to feel doubts, but then we were walking into the neighborhood and we started to see tons and tons of kids trick or treating...:-) Madison and Liam quickly got the system down and they were not afraid to go knock on stranger's doors, but I think Liam was more brave and took a lot of initiative banging on doors for Madison like a brave fire fighter so that was very sweet...:-)
6時頃デイブの大学院の近くにある住宅でムーニー家と待ち合わせをして、トリックオアトリートの開始!最初は全然ガラーンとしていた近所もどんどん子供達でいっぱいに:)マディソンは消防士のリアムが一緒にいてくれたお陰で勇気が出たのか二人で戸をノックして回りました...

We planned on the Snow White dress but she wanted to wear the Belle dress again... but she kept it on the entire time so that was a big relief!
白雪姫のドレスを計画していたんだけどベルのドレスを着たがったマディソン、一回も脱ぎたがらずに着ててくれたのでパパとママは大満足でした!

Checking out their very first treat...:-)
お菓子一つ目を確認しているマディソン...:)

These must be hand made ghosts... Pretty cool!
手作りのお化け...なるほどこれは良いアイデア!!

Two very brave trick or treaters...
二人で勇気を出してトリックオアトリート...

I'm not sure if this is the video where Madison gets tricked by Liam and starts saying "Apple treat!!" instead of Trick or Treat!! but super cute nonetheless!
このビデオがそうか思い出せないけど、途中からリアムに惑わされてアップルトリート!!と言うようになってしまったマディソン... でもかわいさはかわらないけど大丈夫!


BOO!!
ブー!!



The four witch ladies had this photo area set up for the trick or treat families so we took advantage of that for sure! Madison was really into pumpkins this year:-)
魔女のおばさん達が写真撮り場所を用意してくれていたので、早速使わせてもらいました:)


Madison and I had to do a lot of this and at the end we had to trick or treat for some tissues as we ran out of our non-soaked tissues...
私とマディソンはこればかりしなきゃいけなかったので、最後には乾いたティッシュが切れてしまいました...


This house was really nicely decorated and the kiddies could not take their eyes off the talking magic ball skull...:-)
この家はハロウィン屋敷で子供達はこの喋るガラスのボールに呆然...:)


I could not believe I did not take a picture of it for the record but we actually took Ellie with us and she did great... Her poopy bag actually came in handy to transfer so many of Madison's candies she got as they got pretty heavy for Madison to carry around...:-) All in all it was a very successful Halloween for the Kleins and can't wait for the next year...:-)
写真をすっかり撮るのを忘れてしまったんだけど、エリーも一緒に今夜来たんです... エリーのうんち用の袋(未使用)も余分なお菓子と飴を入れるのに大活躍です...:)

9.23.2011

Madison and Liam at the Galaxy/リアムとギャラクシーのゲ−ムへ行くの巻き

Last Friday I was able to get a couple extra tickets to the Galaxy game so we were able to take the Mooneys!! Since I have to be at the game hours early Madison and Anna walked over to the Mooneys and was able to get a ride with them...Madison of course wore her matching Beckham jersey that Liam had given her...
先週の土曜日、僕がギャラクシーの券を2枚余分に貰う事が出来たのでムーニー家を誘って一緒に見に行く事が出来ました。僕はいつも通りに早くスタジアムに行ってゲームの準備をしなきゃ行けなかったのでアンナとマディソンはムーニー家と一緒に登場...もちろんリアムに貰ったおそろいのギャラクシーのユニフォームを着て...
So cute we show it twice...
とても可愛いのでもう一枚...

I think this may be sideways, but the kids are having fun before going through the gate...
横写りでごめんなさい、でも嬉しそうに走り回っている2人...


It worked out great that Anna had Jacqueline and Patrick to keep her company because this turned out to be the busiest game I had ever had...I was able to squeeze in five minutes to visit and happened to catch a gooooaaaaaaaalllllllll!!!
いつも以上にとても忙しくて全然一緒に座る事が出来なかったのでムーニー家が一緒にアンナとマディソンと居てくれて良かったー...5分間一緒にゲームを見ていたらゴール!!!!


Bonus Pic: Madison not foreshadowing her future mode of transportation...
ボーナス写真:マディソンがオートバイに乗る振りをしてる...

7.06.2011

July 4th Weekend in Reverse/独立記念日の週末を逆から

July 4th ended with a trip to the Galaxy game as I had to "work." I had gotten Anna and Madison the cheapest tickets so that we could be together on the 4th, but then at the last minute the Galaxy were able to give free tickets, so Madison and Anna were bumped up to the third row of the family section...which came with free thunder stix...very nice!! After the game there were fireworks which were very nice as well...
今年の独立記念日は、僕がサッカーのゲ−ムで働かなきゃいけなかったのでアンナとマディソンに一番安い座席を取って一緒に過ごすつもりで居ました...でも最後の最後で無料券を貰える事になったので3列目の家族用の区間へ変更:)しかもこの座席には無料でサンダースティックと言ううるさい音を出せる応援の手助けが...そして、試合の後は独立記念日ならではの花火、直ぐ目の前で迫力満点で凄いのが楽しめました:)






Anna got out the uniform, which was a gift from Liam's family who somehow were given doubles, early in the morning because we didn't want to forget to put it on her, but as soon as she saw it she screamed "soccer ball" and had to put it on...it miraculously stayed clean through breakfast...
リアムの家族から貰ったベッカムのユニフォームを朝早く出し過ぎたアンナ、”サッカーボール”て叫んで早速着たがったマディソンだっだけど、何とか無事朝御飯のしみを付ける事無く着続ける事が出来ました...

This is some sort of tantrum, but we thought it made a cute picture...
これは写真を撮られたくなくてスネているところ、でも何となく可愛い...

Sunday after worship it was off to the famous Liam's 2nd birthday party at Jacqueline's parent's house in Downey, California...
日曜日の教会の後、ダウニーに住んでいるリアムのおじいちゃんとおばあちゃんの家でリアムの2才の誕生日会へ...
It was a pool party and party we did :-)
プールパーティーだったので、もちろんプールを満喫:)
Unbeknownst to us, but knownst to others, the oldest operating McDonalds can be found in Downey so we had to stop by...
これを発見して本当にビックリ、世界一古いマクドナルドがダウニーにあるなんて...だからちょっと何か買ってみました...

Anna was fascinated by all the ancient artifacts...hence all the pictures...
本当に昔の看板とかメニューとかを珍しがって見ていたアンナは写真をいっぱい撮って...




Saturday we foolishly attempted a drive to the San Diego Zoo...once we got about 2/3 of the way there we decided to pull off in Oceanside and eat lunch while watching the surfers...then we headed to a Dairy Queen we knew existed for dessert...there Madison enjoyed her first solo ice cream cone...she did a pretty good job at not letting much escape...
土曜日、サンディエゴ動物園に向けて出発したのは良いものの3分の2の距離行った所で渋滞で全く動かない状態...なので急きょオーシャンサイドと言う海辺でサーファーを見ながらお昼休憩そして、直ぐそこにあるダイリークウィーンでデザートを食べました...ここでマディソンは自分一人で子供サイズソフトを食べる事に挑戦...なかなか上手に食べる事が出来ました...






Happy 4th everybody...hooray for independence...P.S. whenever Madison sees a flag now she screams "fireworks" we will work on our history lessons at a later date.
独立記念日おめでとう...マディソンはアメリカの国旗を見る度に“花火!!”と叫ぶ様になってしまいました。歴史は学校で学べば良いよね。

6.26.2011

First Week with Daddy/パパと過ごす週1週目

So Week 1 of Daddy Daycare was a success...Monday we went to the pool and practiced soccer...
パパお子守り役の一週間目は何とか成功に終わる事が出来ました...月曜日はプールで遊んだ後サッカーの練習...

Tuesday we walked to the aquarium and then Grace and Chris came over to keep Madison (and Ellie) company as I had to go to college and Anna wouldn't be home for a few hours...
火曜日は近くにある水族館に行って来ました。そしてお昼寝の後グレースとクリスがアンナが家に帰るまでマディソンのお子守りをしに来てくれました。僕は大学の授業へ...

Wednesday we revisited the pool then Anna picked us up and we went straight to Bible Class (with a quick stop at Panda Express, quickly becoming a Wednesday tradition)...no pictures.
水曜日はまたプールそして夕方アンナが仕事から帰りがけに僕とマディソンを拾って、パンダエキスプレスと言う中華料理のファーストフード版の所でご飯を食べた後教会へ...写真無し。

Thursday we went to the playground and met Liam and his mom, Jacqueline and then went to the pool again...
木曜日は近くの公園でリアムとリアムのママ、ジャッカリンと待ち合わせそして午後はまたプール...

Friday we drove Mommy to work, enrolled Madison in two day daycare (a tryout of sorts to see how she does) at a Japanese daycare about halfway between home and Anna's work (but a bit out of the way) and then went straight to soccer practice for Madison through the Parks and Recreation Dept.
金曜日の朝、ママを仕事に送った後7月中だけ週2日で通う事にしたスイカ幼稚園のサマーキャンプの月謝を払いに行きました。その後サッカーのクラスに直行。
It was Madison and 8 or so other kids with their parents and all showed exceedingly more skill then our Madison. The "coach" wanted us to practice dribbling, but Madison only has kicking the ball as hard as she can down, so that did not go well...
マディソンも入れて9人の子供達とその親達が来たんだけど、みんなマディソンより断然上手い。先生は子供達にドリブルをして欲しかったらしいんだけど、今の所マディソンが出来る事と言えば思いっきりボールを蹴る事...練習成るのみ!

But when goal scoring was the final activity you better believe she did well :-) Videos are below at the end.
でもゴールにボールを入れるのが目的になった時は、マディソンもやっと練習の成果を見せる事が出来ました:)ビデオは最後の方にあるからね〜:)

After picking Anna up, we went to have dessert with Liam's family. While the adults were chatting we noticed that the kids had gotten cozy on the couch all by themselves...
アンナを迎えに行った後、ムーニー家に寄って一緒にデザートを食べました。大人達がいろんな話に夢中になっている間に、ソファの上に座って毛布も掛けて勝手に居心地良くなっていたお似合いの2人...

So that was our week...I admire Anna even more now for being able to go nine months without a car...it is not easy...next week will be Madison and my last carless week as we are renting one the weeks of July 4th to the 15th and then will be looking at purchasing a new car as Anna (who is really enjoying her job and doing awesome of course) will plan to go full-time in mid-July.
こんな感じの一週間目でした...今更ながら9ヶ月間の車無しで過ごしていたアンナにはとても関心...思ったより難しくてビックりでした...来週もう一周間は車無しだけどその後は2週間車を借りてその後はアンナが7月半ばに正社員(仕事はとっても上手く行っていて、本人もとても楽しんでいるみたい)に成ると同時に新車(良い中古車)を購入予定です。

Saturday (family day) found us of course at our favorite family hangout...Disneyland!! Now that it is summertime they have added a parade which was a lot of fun. Madison also loves the new Little Mermaid ride as the "fishy" is quickly becoming one of her favorite characters...
土曜日はもちろんディズニーランドに行かなきゃね!!夏の季節が来るなりパレードも始まりまた一段と楽しめる物が増えたディズニーランドです。マディソンの特にお気に入りなのはリトルマーメイドの乗り物...

Here Anna was trying to figure out what we should do next so she put her hand on her chin and said "Hmm." Our little copycat quickly put her hand to her chin and said, "Hmm." It was very cute.
この写真では、アンナが次何しようかーって考えている所を早速真似している僕達のコピーキャット:)
Madison's two favorite parade floats...
マディソンのお気に入りのパレードの乗り物の二つ...





Here are the videos of Madison's first soccer practice...we can only go up from here :-)
そしてこれは、マディソンの初めてのサッカークラスからのビデオ...これから上達しか出来ないでしょう:)








If you listen closely at this last video, Madison is singing "Yo Ho Pirates" as she runs a round...a definite indication that we spend too much time at Disneyland :-)
このビデオで聞き耳を立てるとマディソンが走り回りながら歌っているのは、カリブの海賊の歌...ディズニーランドに行き過ぎの証拠です:)

6.19.2011

The Times They Are A Changin'/クライン家に大きな変化が

So let's back up about two weeks and tell you what's been going on...
まず2週間ぐらい逆上って何が起きたか話しましょう...

Two Tuesdays ago I(Anna) had a tooth extraction and was in a lot of pain. The strong pain killer called Vicodin was making me really nauseous to the point of throwing up so I was trying to get by by taking 200mg of Ibuprofen which didn't help much(I found out later that I was supposed to be taking 800mg but didn't know to do that for about a week so you can imagine the pain...) Well I kept telling myself this pain is just a part of recovery and went on with my life and even had Jacqueline and Liam over for lunch on Thursday and a storytime and lunch with Erina-san and Sana-chan on Friday...
2週間前の火曜日、奥歯を一本抜いたアンナは沢山の痛みと戦っていました。お医者さんが出してくれた強めの痛み止めを飲むと凄い気持ち悪くなっていたアンナ、だからイブプロフェンを800mg飲んでも良いと知らずにたった200mgずつ飲んでいたアンナは、これは普通の痛みなんだと自分に良い聞かせながらいつも通りの生活をして、リアムとジャッカリンと遊んだり(木曜日)エリナさんとサナちゃんと遊んだり(金曜日)しました...

On Thursday I got a phone call from an agency and she told me the company that I interviewed with on the previous Friday wanted me to start freelancing for them on Monday... I was happy at first and even arranged next week's Madison sitting with Jacqueline who happened to be there when I got the call... But then I got really depressed thinking about leaving Madison with someone besides Dave although Jacqueline is absolutely the perfect choice for Madison since she has a son, Liam who is about two months younger and they play with each other every week so obviously very comfortable with each other AND a big plus, she is a pediatric nurse!! Just the thought of having to drop her off somewhere and go to work was really hard on my heart and remember my mouth pain was getting worse as the weekend approached...
その木曜日の日、先週面接に行ったばかりの会社から電話が来て月曜日から働けるかと言う事...まず最初は嬉がっていたアンナ、早速そこにちょうど居たジャッカリンに来週マディソンのお子守り(デイブはもう1週間学校に行かなきゃいけない)を頼んでと準備着々... ところがマディソンを誰かに預けて一日中仕事に行くと言う事を実感し始めてとっても寂しい気分、でもデイブ以外の誰かにマディソンを預けるとしたらジャッカリン(同い年で毎週遊ぶ息子のリアムのママで、ママに成る前は小児科の看護婦)が一番目の人なんだけど...でもムーニー家にマディソンを置いて仕事に行く事を考えたら胸が痛くなる毎日...しかも歯の痛みは日に日に増していった...

Friday, before Anna headed back to work, Madison had her two year check-up where she got to put on this cute, but slightly strange gown...
金曜日に2才検診に行ってマディソンは可愛いガウンを着れて嬉しそう...
Madison checking out her belly...
お腹を出して見ているマディソン...


Friday night we had tickets to Sesame Street Live at the Long Beach Convention Center just a few blocks from our place...while it wasn't Broadway, Madison seemed to really enjoy herself!! We have a video of Madison wrapped in streamers from the end of the show, but unfortunately the videos aren't loading right now...
そしてその夜近くの劇場までセサミストリートのミュージカルを見に行ってきました...ニューヨークで見慣れていたミュージカルとは断然違うけど、マディソンは気に入ったみたい!!



The pain got unbearable by Sunday and finally Dave had to call the on call doctor to let him know of the complication because I suspected Dry Socket from all the research online. He told me that I needed to come see him in the morning...:-(
痛みが我慢出来ないくらい増した日曜日の夕方、とうとう僕は治療したお医者さんに電話そして、次の日の朝にお医者さんに会いに行かなきゃいけなくなりました...:(

On Monday(first day of my new job), I dropped Madison off at Jacqueline's which went better than I thought, no tears from either of us, definitely not from Madison as she was very happy to see Liam so early in the morning... Then I had to drive myself to the oral surgeon's office and he confirmed that I do have dry socket and stuffed the hole with something that smelled and I was off to my new job... I did warn the new boss that I will be late but I ended up only being 15 minutes late so I was pretty happy with how the morning went. Then I got to work right away and stayed busy until about 6. Since this was Dave's last week he had a short day everyday so he was able to go pick up Madison around 1:30 then take her home for her nap(and his nap I'm sure) while I produced some bacon...:-)
そしてとうとう来た月曜日、マディソンをジャッカリン家に送って(思ったよりあっけない、リアムに会えてとても嬉しそうなマディソンからも私からも涙無し...)歯医者さんのところへ直行、変な匂いのする物を歯を抜いて出来た穴に埋めて治療終了。会社の人には送れると言っておいたけど、結局はたったの15分遅れでした...:)早速グラフィックデザインの仕事を初めて6時で終わり。この週がデイブの学校の最後の週だったからデイブは毎日1時には終わりでマディソンをお昼寝の時間前に迎えに行く事が出来ました...:)

Then we repeated this for another four more days... And I wish I took a picture of Dave's car we rented for the week which was a pale blue beetle because it was the cutest thing... I never got to see the inside or how the tall Dave, a car seat and Madison fit inside that but I was told they fit quite nicely...:-)
そしてこれを後4日間繰り返しました... そしてこの1週間借りていたデイヴの車の写真を撮っておけば良かったな〜、特にお母さんの為に...:)黄色じゃなくて水色だったんだけどビートルに乗っていたんだよ...中を一度も見る機会が無かったからどのくらい広いのかみれなかったけど、どうやって背の高いデイブが入ったのかやマディソンのカーシートが入ったのかは今でも不思議です...:)

I LOVE Jacqueline!! She texted me a picture or two of Madison and Liam playing during the day so I can chuckle and keep going at work knowing she is having a great time there:-)
ジャッカリンってとっても良い人!!毎日仕事中に私のケータイにマディソンの写真を送ってくれたから、マディソンが楽しんでいるっていうのを知りながら、仕事に集中する事が出来ました:)

Monday: Madison and Liam went outside to kick some soccer balls... By the way her Daddy&Me Soccer is starting this Friday for 8 weeks so you can expect some adorable pictures and videos soon...:-)
月曜日:マディソンとリアムは外でサッカー...そして、来週の金曜日からサッカーのクラスに8週間行く事になっているので、可愛い写真とビデオをお楽しみに...:)

Tuesday: They played with play-doh... It's kind of embarrassing but I hadn't introduced Madison to play-doh before this day so this was her first time at it but looks like she was being pretty creative...:-)
火曜日:粘土で遊んだみたい...恥ずかしながらこの日まで粘土で遊ばせた事が無かったので、上手に遊んでいたよと聞いてちょっとびっくり...:)理由:粘土食べちゃいそうだから。

Thursday: Painting Day...Madison created a precious painting of her hand prints for Daddy and another work of art for Mommy...so sweet!!
木曜日:水塗り絵の日...手形の作品をパパに、スプラッターのすごいさくひんをママに...なんて思いやりのある子!!


Friday: Jacqueline took Madison and Liam to see a horse her mom's friend owns and I couldn't believe it when I saw this picture of Madison sitting on a horse on my phone! Jacqueline said Madison did better than Liam and I'm so proud of her!!
金曜日:ジャッカリンが知り合いの持っている馬を見に2人を連れて行ってくれました。すっごい、マディソン!ジャッカリンによるとマディソンはリアムより断然平気で楽しんでいたらしい、感激!!

Saturday we headed to Disneyland for the early morning shift and were very pleasantly pleased by the lack of crowds...we rode Pirates of the Caribbean in 5 minutes and the new Little Mermaid Ride in 15 minutes...the longest wait was actually for our morning croissant and muffin :-) We also caught the elusive Donald Duck at California Adventure...Madison had her typical stage fright, but we gave her Mickey again and that helped a bit...she gave Mickey to Donald who hid him behind his back (Donald is jealous of Mickey), but then Pluto, who was next to Donald came over and snatched Mickey...it was very funny...
土曜日はもちろんディズニーランドへ朝早く訪問、朝早すぎたのか思ったより空いているディズニーランドにビックリ...カリブの海賊なんて5分待ちでした、しかも新しいリトルマーメイドの乗り物も15分待ちだけ...一番待ち時間が長かったのは朝ご飯のマフィンとクロワッサンの列...:)カリフォルニアアドベンチャーでドナルドダックを発見...急に怖くなってしまったマディソンはミッキーを連れてオドオド近づいたんだれど、ミッキーの大ファンではないドナルドにミッキーを取られてしまいました、でも横に居たプルーとのお陰でミッキーを取り返す事が出来てめでたし、めでたし...
We spent the afternoon playing our first bit of beach volleyball since we arrived in Southern California with some friends from church...it was brutally windy, but Anna was still able to show off her skills...girl has still got it!!
そして土曜日の午後は教会からの友達達とビーチバレーボールを楽しみました...風がとても強くて方向調整が難しかったけど、やっぱり私バレー出来る!!

Today: The Father's Day, started with a major Madison melt down when we tried to put her shirt on for worship...Madison has learned a few words as of late, such as "Mine," "No," and "Stop It..." So Mommy and Daddy are learning some words of their own such as "TimeOut" and "Oh, No You Didn't" followed by a snap :-) After Madison's meltdown we had a pretty routine Sunday choosing to get some much needed grocery shopping done after morning worship, since this is the one day we had to work with.
今日:父の日。教会に行く用意中マディソンが服を着たくなくてグズこねて大変...最近良く言う様になった、マイン(私の!)、ヤダ!、とかダメ!を連発... そしてその後は私達からのタイムアウト!...

BONUS PIC...Daddy's Little Girl...
ボーナス写真...パパの愛しい娘...