どもども。
Hello!
皆様、いかがお過ごしでしょうか？
How are you doing?
いやぁ、クリスマスが10日後に迫っていますが、忙しい！！
Oh my, what a busy time of the year!!! Christmas is coming in 10days, and we are busy!
このブログをずっと読んでくださっている方はご存知だとは思うのですが、我が家のクリスマスはプレゼントの数が半端ないんですよ。
If you've read my blog for a while, you would know that my family exchange so many presents on Christmas. Yeah, it's a lot.
それでも昨年まではもうちょっと余裕を持って用意をしていたように思うのですが、今年はめいがいるのとAndyっちの仕事が大変なのとで結構ギリギリな感じの進行状況です。
I guess that we were doing better to get things ready for Christmas by last year, but we're kind of running late this year. We have May-chan this year, and also Andy's been working super crazy lately and doesn't have much free time.
ちゃんとクリスマスまでに用意できますように！
I do hope that we'll get everything done by Christmas!!
さて、11月30日は我が家の娘、めいの1歳の誕生日でございました。
So, November 30th was, our loving daughter, May-chan's 1st birthday!
ただ、今年は感謝祭が28日、ブラックフライデー（我が家はツリーハントに行く日）が29日、そしてめいの誕生日が30日と、3日連続で大きなイベントが重なりまして、結構忙しくなりました。
Though, it was right on Thanksgiving week, and we had 3 big events for 3 days in a row on the week, Thanksgiving on the 28th, Christmas tree hunt on the 29th and May-chan's birthday on the 30th.
めいの記念すべき1歳の誕生日ですが、世間ではたくさんのお金をかけて盛大にパーティーを開いてお祝いする家族も少なくないみたいですが、我が家は至ってシンプル＆落ち着いた雰囲気で祝う事に決めていました。
The 1st birthday is very special for every kid and especially for their parents, and I hear that some people spend lots of thier time, enery and money on their child's 1st birthday. Though, Andy and I just wanted to have a very small party to celebrate May-chan's.
まず、誕生日の朝。。。
In the morning on her birthday...
忘れる前に12ヶ月の記念撮影。毎日一緒にいると気づかないけど、結構髪伸びたね。
I did a photo shooting for 12 months anniversary. I'm with her every single day and didn't noticed it that her hair had been much longer.
一時期はこうやって枕に寝転んでくれるなんて無理な話だったんですが、最近はまたおむつ替えの時にある程度ジッと寝転んでくれるようになりました。
For a period of time, it was quite impossible to make her lie down on the pillow for more than a second, but for some reason, she's started not to mind lying still while I change her diaper from some point in time recently.
日本に滞在している時は紙おむつオンリーでやっていたんですが、ちょうどその時期が寝転びたくない時期と被っていたようでちょうど良かったです。
（立たせたままのおむつ替えは超絶困難で、特に我が家では布おむつを使用しているので、こうやってまた寝転んでくれるようになって助かってます。）
I was actually using just paper diapers when we stayed in Japan, but now I think that it was right in the time when she didn't want to lie still. So, I'm glad that it was a good timing.
(It's super hard to change a cloth diaper with May-chan in her standing position, so I'm so glad that she's back to be fine with lying down when I change her diaper.)
そんな事は言いつつも。。。
Even if I said that she's fine with lying down...,
ジッとしてくれる時間はとても短くて。。。
the time was super short and...,
すぐに脱走を図ります。（あるある）
she always wants to run away in a minute or so.
本当はこの日、前日のブラックフライデーで行けなかったツリーハントを朝にしようかという案があったんですが、大雪でキャンセル。
I wrote about this on the Thanksgiving article, but we had to cancel Christmas tree hunt on Black Friday which was the day before May-chan's birthday. So, we also had an alternative idea which we would go to tree hunt in the morning on May-chan's birthday, but it snowed a lot on the day, and we passed the idea.
でも、それで良かったです。
Thoguh, I personally liked it that we didn't go to tree hunt in the morning.
前夜にこの誕生日会の準備で夜遅くまで起きていたので、朝はある程度のんびりできて有難かったですもん。
It's becuase that I kind of wanted to be lazy in the morning untill the party began since I was working hard on getthing things ready for the party the night before and a little bit tired already.
で、大雪の中、パパママとブラッド君が我が家に来てくれました。
Anyways, we had all the guests over, Dad&Mom and Brad, as always.
で、この日のお食事の内容は、簡単にスパゲティとミートボール。そしてガーリックブレッド。
The party food was super simple as well. We just made spaghetti&meatballs and garlic bread.
スパゲティのトマトソースは市販の物を買ったんですが、ミートボールはAndyっちが前夜に頑張って手作りしてくれました。（美味しかったよ～！）
We used Newman's tomato sauce, but Andy made the meatballs from scractch the night before. (Thanks, hon!)
めいちゃん、1歳のお誕生日おめでとう！！
May-chan, happy 1st birthday!!!
で、美味しい食事の後はケーキにしようか、プレゼントにしようか悩んだんですが、Andyっちが「今ご飯食べたばっかりだから、めいはお腹空いてないやろう。」と言ってくれて、プレゼントタイムを先にする事にしました。
I was debating between present or cake first, but Andy gave me a smart opinion, "We just ate, so May-chan's not hungry yet." So, we decieded to do the present time first.
この日の主役は玄関で楽しんでプレゼントに見向きもしなかったので、ダディが一生懸命気を引いています。(笑)
Well, in the beginning, May-chan was more into playing by the front door than presents, so Daddy tried to get her attention with the presents.
で、ようやくプレゼントタイム開始。もちろん、気になるのは包装紙やリボン。
Finally, she discovered something more interesting in her sight, and the present time started. Of course, she was attracted to the wrapping paper and the ribbons first.
ダディに手伝ってもらいながら開封。
Then, she got some help from daddy and started opening the presents.
私達からは前に持っていてお気に入りだったけど、旅行中に失くしてしまったボール。それと音の出る絵本。
This was from us. SHe had the same ball with a different color which was one of her favorite toys, but we lost it during a trip up north. So, we bought it again, and plus the ball, we gave her a music book too. (A book with some buttons and plays music if you push a button.)
グランパ＆グランマとブラッド君からのプレゼントも。
Here's some from Grandpa&Grandma and uncle Brad too.
途中、箱を味見しつつ。。。
She didn't forget to try taste the box, of course,
無事開封。カシャカシャ音がする絵本とお洋服と髪留め。
and opend it. She got a fun cloth book, a couple of cute clothes and some lovely hair pins too.
実はAndyっちとHit-chan、家族の皆にお願いしてめいにはおもちゃを買い与え過ぎないようにという事をお願いしているんです。
In fact, Andy and I asked our family not to buy too many toys for May-chan since she's in the easiest spot to be sopiled in the family.
なので、皆、私達の意向に沿ってお洋服や本をプレゼントしてくれました。
So, everybody gave her clothes or a book as her birthday presents.
プレゼントタイムの後、少しゆっくりしてケーキタイムをしました。
After the fun present time, we took a little break and then started the cake time.
これがめいの1歳の誕生日ケーキ。Hit-chanが手作りしました。
This is May-chan's 1st birthday cake. I made it.
スポンジ部分を何度か試作して、蒸しパンにしたり、パンケーキにしたりしましたが、結局最後は普通のスポンジ生地のレシピでいきました。
（玉子、小麦粉、砂糖のみで作るレシピです。）
I actually did some experiments for the sponge part and tried to make the cake with steamed bread or pancake. Though, I ended up coming to a very simple sponge cake made with egg, flour and sugar.
クリーム部分も何度か試作したんですが、ヨーグルトをベースにして、そこにラズベリー、りんご、いちごを混ぜ、メープルシロップで少し甘味を加えました。
I also did some experiments for the cream part too and reached to the mixture of yogurt, raspberry, strawberry and a little bit of maple syrup.
でね、食べさせてみたんですが、ラズベリーがちょっと酸っぱ過ぎたみたいで、反応はイマイチでした。（残念！）
So, how did May-chan like it?? Oh well, the berry cream was probably too tart for her, and she didn't like it so much. (Dang!)
多分、もっとバナナとかりんごをメインにしたクリームだったらもっと食べてくれていたと思います。
I bet that she would have liked it more if I made the cream mainly with banana or apple. Too late though.
その代わり、余分に焼いていたスポンジ部分を渡すとこれが大ヒット！
Instead of the cute cake, I gave her only the sponge part that I had baked as an extra, and she really loved it!
あまりにも一生懸命にスポンジにかぶりついていたので、皆も爆笑。
She was eating the sponge cake so vigorously, so everybody was laughing it out.
これがその時の様子。（笑）もともとパン好き人間なので、シンプルにスポンジ部分だけの方が美味しかったようです。
This is it. LOL She's a big bread lover, so I guess that she liked the simple flavor of sponge part better.
最後に記念撮影。
A family photo in the end.
多分、多くの子を持つ親が抱く感覚だとは思うのですが、めいが無事に1歳を迎えて、「もう1年か～。」という気持ちと「まだ1年か～。」という相反する気持ちが混ざった感覚でいます。
I assume that many other parents have this same feeling, but when May-chan turned 1 year old healthy, I had this mixed emotion with 2 opposite feelings, "It's already 1 year." and "It's still 1 year."
この1年、何より健康に過ごす事ができましたし、めいを日本に連れて行く事もできましたし、本当にたくさんの楽しい時間を過ごす事ができたと思います。
In the past year since May-chan was born, we thankfully all could be healthy above all. Plus that, I could take May-chan to Japan and introduce her my family and friends there. I'm just so grateful that we could have so many fun moments togehter.
これからも健康第一に家族皆仲良く過ごして、ワクワクする事をいっぱい体験していけたらなぁと思っています。
From now on, I just hope that we'll keep getting along together and share a lot of exciting experience with each other.
という訳で、今日はこの辺で～！！！
Okay, this is all about May-chan's birthday. Thanks for reading again!!!
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Hello!
皆様、いかがお過ごしでしょうか？
How are you doing?
いやぁ、クリスマスが10日後に迫っていますが、忙しい！！
Oh my, what a busy time of the year!!! Christmas is coming in 10days, and we are busy!
このブログをずっと読んでくださっている方はご存知だとは思うのですが、我が家のクリスマスはプレゼントの数が半端ないんですよ。
If you've read my blog for a while, you would know that my family exchange so many presents on Christmas. Yeah, it's a lot.
それでも昨年まではもうちょっと余裕を持って用意をしていたように思うのですが、今年はめいがいるのとAndyっちの仕事が大変なのとで結構ギリギリな感じの進行状況です。
I guess that we were doing better to get things ready for Christmas by last year, but we're kind of running late this year. We have May-chan this year, and also Andy's been working super crazy lately and doesn't have much free time.
ちゃんとクリスマスまでに用意できますように！
I do hope that we'll get everything done by Christmas!!
さて、11月30日は我が家の娘、めいの1歳の誕生日でございました。
So, November 30th was, our loving daughter, May-chan's 1st birthday!
ただ、今年は感謝祭が28日、ブラックフライデー（我が家はツリーハントに行く日）が29日、そしてめいの誕生日が30日と、3日連続で大きなイベントが重なりまして、結構忙しくなりました。
Though, it was right on Thanksgiving week, and we had 3 big events for 3 days in a row on the week, Thanksgiving on the 28th, Christmas tree hunt on the 29th and May-chan's birthday on the 30th.
めいの記念すべき1歳の誕生日ですが、世間ではたくさんのお金をかけて盛大にパーティーを開いてお祝いする家族も少なくないみたいですが、我が家は至ってシンプル＆落ち着いた雰囲気で祝う事に決めていました。
The 1st birthday is very special for every kid and especially for their parents, and I hear that some people spend lots of thier time, enery and money on their child's 1st birthday. Though, Andy and I just wanted to have a very small party to celebrate May-chan's.
まず、誕生日の朝。。。
In the morning on her birthday...
忘れる前に12ヶ月の記念撮影。毎日一緒にいると気づかないけど、結構髪伸びたね。
I did a photo shooting for 12 months anniversary. I'm with her every single day and didn't noticed it that her hair had been much longer.
一時期はこうやって枕に寝転んでくれるなんて無理な話だったんですが、最近はまたおむつ替えの時にある程度ジッと寝転んでくれるようになりました。
For a period of time, it was quite impossible to make her lie down on the pillow for more than a second, but for some reason, she's started not to mind lying still while I change her diaper from some point in time recently.
日本に滞在している時は紙おむつオンリーでやっていたんですが、ちょうどその時期が寝転びたくない時期と被っていたようでちょうど良かったです。
（立たせたままのおむつ替えは超絶困難で、特に我が家では布おむつを使用しているので、こうやってまた寝転んでくれるようになって助かってます。）
I was actually using just paper diapers when we stayed in Japan, but now I think that it was right in the time when she didn't want to lie still. So, I'm glad that it was a good timing.
(It's super hard to change a cloth diaper with May-chan in her standing position, so I'm so glad that she's back to be fine with lying down when I change her diaper.)
そんな事は言いつつも。。。
Even if I said that she's fine with lying down...,
ジッとしてくれる時間はとても短くて。。。
the time was super short and...,
すぐに脱走を図ります。（あるある）
she always wants to run away in a minute or so.
本当はこの日、前日のブラックフライデーで行けなかったツリーハントを朝にしようかという案があったんですが、大雪でキャンセル。
I wrote about this on the Thanksgiving article, but we had to cancel Christmas tree hunt on Black Friday which was the day before May-chan's birthday. So, we also had an alternative idea which we would go to tree hunt in the morning on May-chan's birthday, but it snowed a lot on the day, and we passed the idea.
でも、それで良かったです。
Thoguh, I personally liked it that we didn't go to tree hunt in the morning.
前夜にこの誕生日会の準備で夜遅くまで起きていたので、朝はある程度のんびりできて有難かったですもん。
It's becuase that I kind of wanted to be lazy in the morning untill the party began since I was working hard on getthing things ready for the party the night before and a little bit tired already.
で、大雪の中、パパママとブラッド君が我が家に来てくれました。
Anyways, we had all the guests over, Dad&Mom and Brad, as always.
で、この日のお食事の内容は、簡単にスパゲティとミートボール。そしてガーリックブレッド。
The party food was super simple as well. We just made spaghetti&meatballs and garlic bread.
スパゲティのトマトソースは市販の物を買ったんですが、ミートボールはAndyっちが前夜に頑張って手作りしてくれました。（美味しかったよ～！）
We used Newman's tomato sauce, but Andy made the meatballs from scractch the night before. (Thanks, hon!)
めいちゃん、1歳のお誕生日おめでとう！！
May-chan, happy 1st birthday!!!
で、美味しい食事の後はケーキにしようか、プレゼントにしようか悩んだんですが、Andyっちが「今ご飯食べたばっかりだから、めいはお腹空いてないやろう。」と言ってくれて、プレゼントタイムを先にする事にしました。
I was debating between present or cake first, but Andy gave me a smart opinion, "We just ate, so May-chan's not hungry yet." So, we decieded to do the present time first.
この日の主役は玄関で楽しんでプレゼントに見向きもしなかったので、ダディが一生懸命気を引いています。(笑)
Well, in the beginning, May-chan was more into playing by the front door than presents, so Daddy tried to get her attention with the presents.
で、ようやくプレゼントタイム開始。もちろん、気になるのは包装紙やリボン。
Finally, she discovered something more interesting in her sight, and the present time started. Of course, she was attracted to the wrapping paper and the ribbons first.
ダディに手伝ってもらいながら開封。
Then, she got some help from daddy and started opening the presents.
私達からは前に持っていてお気に入りだったけど、旅行中に失くしてしまったボール。それと音の出る絵本。
This was from us. SHe had the same ball with a different color which was one of her favorite toys, but we lost it during a trip up north. So, we bought it again, and plus the ball, we gave her a music book too. (A book with some buttons and plays music if you push a button.)
グランパ＆グランマとブラッド君からのプレゼントも。
Here's some from Grandpa&Grandma and uncle Brad too.
途中、箱を味見しつつ。。。
She didn't forget to try taste the box, of course,
無事開封。カシャカシャ音がする絵本とお洋服と髪留め。
and opend it. She got a fun cloth book, a couple of cute clothes and some lovely hair pins too.
実はAndyっちとHit-chan、家族の皆にお願いしてめいにはおもちゃを買い与え過ぎないようにという事をお願いしているんです。
In fact, Andy and I asked our family not to buy too many toys for May-chan since she's in the easiest spot to be sopiled in the family.
なので、皆、私達の意向に沿ってお洋服や本をプレゼントしてくれました。
So, everybody gave her clothes or a book as her birthday presents.
プレゼントタイムの後、少しゆっくりしてケーキタイムをしました。
After the fun present time, we took a little break and then started the cake time.
これがめいの1歳の誕生日ケーキ。Hit-chanが手作りしました。
This is May-chan's 1st birthday cake. I made it.
スポンジ部分を何度か試作して、蒸しパンにしたり、パンケーキにしたりしましたが、結局最後は普通のスポンジ生地のレシピでいきました。
（玉子、小麦粉、砂糖のみで作るレシピです。）
I actually did some experiments for the sponge part and tried to make the cake with steamed bread or pancake. Though, I ended up coming to a very simple sponge cake made with egg, flour and sugar.
クリーム部分も何度か試作したんですが、ヨーグルトをベースにして、そこにラズベリー、りんご、いちごを混ぜ、メープルシロップで少し甘味を加えました。
I also did some experiments for the cream part too and reached to the mixture of yogurt, raspberry, strawberry and a little bit of maple syrup.
でね、食べさせてみたんですが、ラズベリーがちょっと酸っぱ過ぎたみたいで、反応はイマイチでした。（残念！）
So, how did May-chan like it?? Oh well, the berry cream was probably too tart for her, and she didn't like it so much. (Dang!)
多分、もっとバナナとかりんごをメインにしたクリームだったらもっと食べてくれていたと思います。
I bet that she would have liked it more if I made the cream mainly with banana or apple. Too late though.
その代わり、余分に焼いていたスポンジ部分を渡すとこれが大ヒット！
Instead of the cute cake, I gave her only the sponge part that I had baked as an extra, and she really loved it!
あまりにも一生懸命にスポンジにかぶりついていたので、皆も爆笑。
She was eating the sponge cake so vigorously, so everybody was laughing it out.
これがその時の様子。（笑）もともとパン好き人間なので、シンプルにスポンジ部分だけの方が美味しかったようです。
This is it. LOL She's a big bread lover, so I guess that she liked the simple flavor of sponge part better.
最後に記念撮影。
A family photo in the end.
多分、多くの子を持つ親が抱く感覚だとは思うのですが、めいが無事に1歳を迎えて、「もう1年か～。」という気持ちと「まだ1年か～。」という相反する気持ちが混ざった感覚でいます。
I assume that many other parents have this same feeling, but when May-chan turned 1 year old healthy, I had this mixed emotion with 2 opposite feelings, "It's already 1 year." and "It's still 1 year."
この1年、何より健康に過ごす事ができましたし、めいを日本に連れて行く事もできましたし、本当にたくさんの楽しい時間を過ごす事ができたと思います。
In the past year since May-chan was born, we thankfully all could be healthy above all. Plus that, I could take May-chan to Japan and introduce her my family and friends there. I'm just so grateful that we could have so many fun moments togehter.
これからも健康第一に家族皆仲良く過ごして、ワクワクする事をいっぱい体験していけたらなぁと思っています。
From now on, I just hope that we'll keep getting along together and share a lot of exciting experience with each other.
という訳で、今日はこの辺で～！！！
Okay, this is all about May-chan's birthday. Thanks for reading again!!!
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