Madison the Big Girl.../マディソン大きくなってきた...

On Tuesday I dropped Madison off at Liam's family's place before going off to my college class per our usual routine...but this Tuesday the Mooney's (Liam's family) had an addition to their home...a bicycle!! Madison took to it right away and while Anna and I were already planning on getting Madison a tricycle type contraption we quickly upped our game to the real deal!!
火曜日の夜いつも通りに大学に行く前にリアムの家にマディソンを預けに行きました...この日ムーニー家には新しい家族の一員が...自転車!!　見るなりお気に入り(リアムのにも関わらず)。アンナと僕は既に三輪車を買う予定でいたんだけど、長持ちする様にちゃんとした自転車を買う事に決めました！

While Madison can not officially "pedal" herself yet, she sure loves being pushed :-)
まだちゃんと自分で自転車をこぐ事が出来ないので今の所は押して貰っています...でも十分満足そう...：）

This being a Galaxy-less Saturday we got to spend the day with Liam's Family again out at his grandparents place where they have a pool with a real diving board :-) For some reason, Madison decided the diving board looked like fun and this was the result...
今週末は僕のギャラクシーゲ−ムが無かったので、リアムのママの両親の家に招待してもらってジャンプ台付きのプールを満喫しました：）なぜか知らないけどジャンプ台に興味を示したマディソン、その結果はこれ...

This continued at least a dozen times...I was afraid she would throw up, but she got to the point where she would jump off, "swim" to the stairs at the other end and then walk around to the diving board and do it all again...
これを１２回以上繰り返す事に...食べて直ぐ後でジャンプなんかしてゲ−したらどうしようと思っていたけど、そんな事も無しに最後の方ではジャンプした後自分で泳いで外に出ての繰り返しをするほど...

The other thing she has recently started doing is "exercising"...she has watched her mother and I do our 30 minute Jillian Michaels routine and has now decided she wants to join...but her jumping jacks are potentially dangerous in a small space :-)
後最近する様になった事は、“運動する”事...僕とママが運動するのを見るからなのか自分でも運動したいと参加すう様に...でもマディソン用にもう少し大きい所が無いと結構危険かも：）

Musical Madison/ミュージカルマディソン

Much like her Daddy...Madison Loves to Sing...She especially took a liking to Katy Perry's Firework...she kept asking for it to be repeated on our CD of random songs, so I made her a new CD where it played seven times in a row...she still asked for it to be repeated...crazily she also does pretty good at this other song we like called Keep Your Head Up which she hears much less often...
パパとそっくりでマディソンは歌を歌うのが大好き...特にケイティペリーのファイヤーワークはマディソンの大のお気に入りです...いつも運転している時に後ろから注文が来るのでマディソン用に７曲連続でファイヤーワークを入れたCDを特別に作ったんだけど、７曲終わった後ももっとーっていうほど...もう一つ歌うのが得意な歌はキープヨアヘッドアップっていう曲です...

We couldn't remember if we posted these yet or not as well...the first one she calls tootles (Mickey Mouse Clubhouse) and then fakes sleep...
これを前にも載せたのか思い出せなかったので載せておきます...ミッキーマウスクラブハウスのテュードルズを読んだ後寝たふりをするマディソン...

This one she is much more awake as she sings the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Theme Song...
ミッキーマウスクラブハウスのテーマソングに合わせて歌う目がバッチリ覚めたマディソン...

San Diego Weekend in Pictures/サンディエゴで撮った写真

As you know the 3 day weekend officially started with soccer practice...with Mommy present we were able to get more pictures...
知っている通り僕達の３日連休はサッカのレッスンから始まりました...ママが居たお陰で写真を沢山撮る事が出来ました...

End of practice cheer...Madison participated for the first time...way cute...
最後にグループで声を合わせて...マディソンも初めて参加...可愛い〜！

Sea World had a 4D Sesame Street Show which Madison didn't wear her glasses for, but still enjoyed..

シーワールドであったセサミストリートの４Dの映画は、メガネをかけなくてもマディソンは十分楽しんだみたい...

Blue Horizons Show...
mostly dolphins with a little cirque du soleil and pilot whales mixed in...

ブルーホライゾンショー...
イルカとパイロットクジラのショー...

San Diego Zoo
サンディエゴ動物園

Pointing at Elephants...
象を見つけて指差している...

Waving at Elephants...
手を振っている...

I don't want to walk tantrum...
歩きたくないからだっこ〜ってメソメソ...

Bonus Pic: Today's Tea Party with Shamu and Mickey...staged by Daddy...
ボーナス写真：今日のお茶に参加したシャチのシャムーとミッキー...パパが準備...

San Diego Weekend/サンディエゴでの週末

Anna was kind enough to take Friday off so she could see Madison in action at soccer practice and we could head to San Diego for a three day weekend...more pictures to come tomorrow (or the next day)...
アンナがマディソンのサッカーレッスンへ一緒に行く為に金曜日休んだのでその三日連休を使ってサンディエゴへ行く事にしました...写真は明日かその次の日ぐらいに見せるのでお楽しみに...

So first...soccer practice...enough videos to make it feel like you were there...
まず最初に...サッカーレッスン...一部始終のビデオをお楽しみください...

This week after practicing their little kicks to different flags, they practiced going through an obstacle course...
いろんな色の旗に向かってサッカーを蹴る練習をした後、障害競走みたいなのに挑戦...

At the end of this one you can see Madison pick up a cone and blow on it because last week we pretended the cones were birthday candles...
このビデオの最後の方でマディソンがコーンを取ってフーってしているのがあるんだけど、それは先週誕生日ケーキのろうそく代わりに吹き消したから...

After soccer practice Madison enjoyed her new DVD player and some pretzels on the way to
San Diego...
サッカの後新しいDVDプレーヤーで映画を楽しみながらおやつを食べてサンディエゴへ出発...

At Sea World Madison was greeted by Shamu...
シーワールドではシャチに初めて会う事が出来ました...

And enjoyed running around in Sesame Street Bay...
そして、セサミストリートの川岸で走り回って...

At the San Diego Zoo Madison tried riding the elephant...
サンディエゴ動物園では象の乗り物に楽しそうに乗っていたマディソン...

We also found time to visit downtown San Diego for the first time and Anna enjoyed the side of this building...
そして動物園の後初めてサンディエゴダウンタウンを歩き回る事が出来ました...アンナはこの壁画が気に入ったみたい...

The bonus videos of the evening show off Madison's recent new talent of counting...
このビデオはマディソンが歯を磨きながら数を数えている所...

Disney Days/ディズニーランドの日々

Tired of Disneyland yet? WE'RE NOT!! I entered the park today and had to ask myself why I still get those excited jitters and feel like I have to rush everywhere to fit everything in...it is weird...
ディズニーランドに飽きて来た？全然!!今日ディズニーランドに来て何でいつも来る度にウキウキして全部を満喫しなきゃいけない気分になるのかと思いました...

A week or so ago, on a Wednesday morning, Madison and I (Daddy) took our first Mommy-less trip to Disneyland...it was sad, but we tried to make the best of it by getting to walk on almost every ride and videoing our experience so that Mommy could still see...and now so can you...
一週間ほど前、初めてママ抜きでディズニーランドにやって来ました...寂しかったけどほとんどの乗り物に待ち時間無しで乗る事が出来たのでそのビデオをママが見れる様に撮る事が出来ました...どうぞご覧ください...

Today we hit a new low in the Disney flu...two times a year the Disney store outside the parks in Downtown Disney has an exclusive sale for annual passholders...the sale is from 6:30am to 9:00am...so at 5:30am we hit the road...we arrived at 6:05 and the parking lot was jammed...it turned out people had arrived as early as 2:30am...Madison and I stayed in the car and watched Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on our new DVD player while Mommy went to go experience the line...two hours later she was out of the store with some shorts, a bag and these three cuties...
そして今日ディズニー病が悪化...一年に２回ダウンタウンディズニーである年間パスを持っている人達だけの朝６時半から９じまでのスーパーセールへ行ってしまいました。朝５時半に家を出て駐車場に到着したのは６時５分頃、１番に来た人達は朝２時半とかから並んでいたらしい...僕とマディソンは車の中でのんびりミッキーマウスクラブハウスを見てママは列に並んでスーパーセールを体験。２時間後やっとお店から出て来たママの袋にはこのカラフルなぬいぐるみとマディソンのミッキーのショーとパンツと大きなバッグ...
After that Anna and Madison headed into the park, while I ran back to repark the car...before I arrived Madison spotted Pluto and just had to visit him...Anna was worried Madison might get scared again, but that wasn't the case...Pluto grabbed her right in and she loved it!
その後アンナとマディソンがパークに入って僕は車をディズニーランド用の駐車場に停めに行きました。その間、プルートを見つけたマディソン、写真を撮りたがったのでせっかく列に並んだけど、きっと恥ずかしがるか泣くかと心配していたアンナは自分一人で勇敢にプルートと写真を撮りに行ったマディソンを見てビックリ！
So since she seemed to be in a character mood and had recently been getting into the Princesses we decided to try the Princess Walk for the first time...after an over 30 minute wait...it did not go well...she wouldn't go by herself and then would just point at the next Princess and say "Princess" instead of paying any attention to the one she was next to...but since we waited over 30 minutes we will definitely still post the pictures...
プルートとの写真がうまくいったので最近好きになり出したプリンセス達とも写真を撮る事に挑戦...３０分以上待った後の写真撮影はそうはうまくいきませんでした...自分一人でプリンセスの所へ行きたがらず、次のプリンセスを指差すばかり...