最初の一歩
First Steps |
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2004年11月15日 |
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静香:朝陽が歩きました～。クリスがちょうど彼の両親と電話で話している時に朝陽を歩かせようと至近距離に立たせたところ、いきなり歩き始めたのでした。ビデオを見たい方はここをクリックしてください。 |
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Chris: The child
walks. As all my friends with children tell me "Now the real fun
begins." She can still only take little baby steps, but it is a start,
and more importantly, she is pretty excited about her walking, which
means she'll probably practice a lot. The biggest change seems to be
that she now has about one foot more reach than she had before, which
makes things a bit more exciting, indeed.
By the way, through
the miracles of modern technology, we have the event online, on video. I
was talking to my father and step-mother on the phone at the time, so
please don't hate me for not hanging up the phone when Saya was taking
her first steps, her grandparents were on the phone and they were just as excited about it as me. Well, almost.
Clicking here will let you see a
video of her walking.
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I have changed my
Journal - I am now using the LiveJournal for keeping a journal, and am
trying to be more frequent in my posting. It is a sort of informal place
for me to put thoughts. Please feel free to click on the "Christopher's
Journal" link on the left to see - it gets updated every couple of days,
hopefully. It also has a place for you to leave comments, should you
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感謝祭
The family comes for Thanksgiving |
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2004年11月25～29日 |
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静香:私の母が２２日に、クリスの両親＋マーガレットが２５日にシアトルへ来ました。朝陽も合わせると総勢７人の賑やかな感謝祭を過ごしました。
感謝祭当日はクリスが早起きをして、生まれて初めてローストターキーを作りました。初めてにしては上出来で、みんな美味しいと言ってお腹が一杯になるまで食べました。 |
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Chris: Look - a big
dead bird.
It tasted good, but the
sight of this big dead animal in my kitchen in this picture makes me
want to be a vegetarian. It was the first turkey I ever cooked, and
quite honestly, it was the juiciest turkey I have ever seen - the juice
in the bottom looked like soup. It was like we boiled the bottom side of
it. Go figure. |
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| Saya is
finally getting used to my dad. It's the beard. It was suggested
that we take her to visit Santa, but if a little beard like that
freaks her out, Santa is going to be like Freddy Krueger. I think
Dad's probably Santa enough for this year. |
And, as
always, she is having a great time playing with Val. |
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| Everyone
having a good time at Gasworks park. They said it would rain all
weekend. They lied, it was beautiful almost every day my family was
here. Then the rain came back the day they left. It is colder in
this picture then it looks. Trust me. BTW:
Note Shizuka's mother in the picture. She came out a few days before
my parents, and will be here until the 7th, when she and Saya and
Shizuka will go back to Japan for the New Year. I'll be flying out
on the 18th to join them. |
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| At the
Chittenden Locks. It is really cold out on that concrete dam, but
seeing the boats was a good time. Why is it every time I see boats I
want to go somewhere? I used to get that feeling at airports, and
then I had a few flights from Europe to Japan. That'll cure anyone
of flying. |
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You ever notice that pictures of
Seattle look like they are almost in black and white. It's like they
made the whole city with the colors green, grey, and blue. Luckily I
like those colors. This is the beach at Carkeek park - one of dozens
of parks all over Seattle. Honestly, city planners worldwide should
be forced to come up here and see how to build a city properly.
Every time I leave the house, I am more impressed with this town.
Now if they just had a decent subway. |
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On Sunday morning we all went out
for dim-sum (Chinese breakfast). For those who have never had
dim-sum, you must try it. It's like tapas with chicken feet and
shrimp-balls.
BTW: For those in Seattle, we
suggest China Gate on 6th. Good food, friendly people, free parking.
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| And it wouldn't be
Thanksgiving weekend without decorating the tree. Yes, we know it's
a dinky little tree, but putting it on the table keeps the tree off
the ground where Saya can't get at it and try to eat it. Those with
children understand this concern. |
The completed tree.
Notice the well positioned plug that Saya need only grip firmly to
tear the whole thing to the ground. I give her a week. |
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