秋休み Fall Break

今週はイアンとショーンの学校が秋休みとかいう理由で一週間休み

さすがハワイ、なにかにつけて勉強しない！

まあせっかくの休みだから

と、まずはイアン、私たちのベッドフレームを手作りしてみた。

初めての作品にしては上出来。しかも半日で仕上げたのには感心！

All the public schools here have a week off due to "fall break"

They really don't study! haha

We decided to have fun and do something that we don't get to do too often.

First, Ian made our bed frame! It was his first DIY project but for the first time, he did a great job and it amazed me!! He even did it in half a day.

そして次はキャンプ！

ここハワイ島の南にあるキラウエア火山へ

真っ暗闇のなかに真っ赤な光が

地球は生きている

Next was camping.

We went down south to see volcano.

We were lucky to be able to see an active one this time.

The earth is living!

 

 Black sand beach

ブラックサンドビーチ

 

田舎町ナアレフの風景　想像していた古さびた乾燥地帯とは違い、緑がいっぱいの美しい町でした。

A small town called "Naalehu" 

Despite of our image of an old town in dry desert, this town has full of greens everywhere and is actually a beautiful little town. We loved it!

うちの教会まで発見　ちなみにこの教会、夜はライトアップされて、とても奇麗でした

 We found our church there, too. This church was light up during the night and it looked really pretty.

南端への道　風が強すぎて木も変形

島の南端で

こんな所に飛び込んでいるお兄さん発見

 この穴に飛び込んでおられました

写真だとイマイチ分からないけど

かなり深いです

南端の海、とても深い青が奇麗でした

 秋っぽくないけど。。私たちの秋休みでした

Nothing really looks like "fall" but it was indeed our fall break!

 

 

創造力 Creativity

発達の遅れが気になる我が子・・でも彼なりのペースで成長しています

心配もさせられるけど、驚かされることも多いです

Our son makes us worry with things he can't do BUT he surprises us many times with something he CAN do!

その一つがコレ

最近恐竜が気になって仕方がない様子

そしたら今日、こんな物作っていました

（なぜか回転できなかった・・機械音痴な私、許してください）

Lately, all he talks about is "dinosaurs"

One of the things that he surprised us today was this

He made it all by himself!

(Somehow I couldn't rotate it.. Sorry!)

親ばかかもしれないけど

すごい！と思った私たち両親でした

料理人 The Cook

最近私と一緒に台所に立ちたがる人がいます
今日はたまたま変装した姿の彼
それでも 台所に立ちます　笑

Lately, someone wants to stand in the kitchen with me a lot.
Today, he had a dinosaur suit on was playing with his brother.
But as soon as I was in the kitchen, he was ready to cook, even in his dinosaur suit! haha

Horse Therapy

I heard about a lady who is doing a physical therapy for children with autism.  So, I took Sean there for the first time. Though, it was for Sean, Kyle insisted on riding the horse.lol Here they are on a horse:) They both loved it!

I think a reason why they look cute in this picture is that the huge helmets that they put on. haha

コナ神殿 Kona Temple

自然 Nature

公園に連れて行くのも飽きたので　海へ I got tired of taking the boys to the park so I decided to take them to the ocean in stead

こんなに広いのにこの狭いところに居座る　Open wide space and no one there! I thought they would run around.. but in stead, they stayed in this little tiny tide pool:)

また亀にあった　甲羅干し中　We met a turtle again. He was resting on the beach.

盆踊り Obon dance

海外で盆踊りに参加したのは初めて　さすが日本人の血を受け継ぐ人たちが多いだけあってここワイメアの田舎町でもこんなに本格的な盆踊り大会が開かれていました　It was my first time seeing "Obon dance" in the out side of Japan. They held it here in Waimea! I was impressed.

 

ハワイ風浴衣！ Yukata with Hawaiian design on it.

昔日本からここハワイ島へ移民してきた人たちは本当に過酷な労働を強いられて、苦労を重ねてきたらしい。　でもそんな苦労をしながらも遠く古里を思う気持ちはずーっと心の中にあったんだなと思うと、たかが盆踊りでもなぜかしんみりするものがあった。日本では伝統が伝統でなくなってきている気がしていたし、ワタシも伝統をあまり知らない世代の一人。でもここハワイで伝統を大切にしたい人たちの灯火が明るく見えた。

Long time ago, many people from Japan immigrated to Hawaii to work in the plantations.
They were treated like animals and had a difficult time adjusting to a whole new world. When I saw what their postarity has inherited, I felt that those people missed their home land which is too far to go back. We are losing a lot of our traditions in Japan, and I'm sad to admit that I am one of them who don't know those traditions much. However, when I saw this event in Hawaii and saw younger generations enjoying it, I felt like those first Japanese's spirits were there.

-obon dance: wikipedia

新生活 New Life

荷物が届いた！計６箱　Our stuff arrived! Total of six boxes. Thank you for all of you who helped us with all the shipping process. We appreciate each of you.

海への道 A road to the beach

ここに来て教会に行ったのはまだ２回目。でももう誕生日の手作りキルトの贈り物に王冠まで☆教会の託児すごい。We were here for only two Sundays and Kyle already got his birthday quilt and a crown from his nursery class. Such a welcoming ward.

ビーチに行く予定ではなかったけど彼が行きたいとせがむので。。スッポンポンでビーチ。喜んでおられます。On a way back from shopping, he wanted to stop by at a beach. Since we didn't plan for it, he didn't have anything to wear.. a naked boy at a beach. lol

し、あ、わ、せ！ He is HAPPY!

で午後はこの始末。くっつき虫だらけ。そして兄まで同じことに。母泣いた。In the afternoon, he ran into a bush and was covered with seeds and so was his brother.. I cried..

イアンが素潜りで採った獲物Ian went spear fishing with his friend and got these for out dinner!

親子教室 At a play group

男らしくしてみたり Someone posing as a little man

前方に見える山はマウイ島 The mountain is the island of Maui

カイル仁誕生日 Kyle's Birthday

二歳の誕生日。せっかくハワイなのでビーチで祝うことに。Since we are in Hawaii, we thought of being a little creative and celebrate his 2nd birthday at a beach.

この食べにくそうにしているのが母手作りのケーキ。強風吹き付ける中ロウソクつけてみたりした。で本人が消さなくても次の瞬間には消えていました。。The dark thing in the basket is his birthday cake. Since it was very windy at the beach, it took some effort for us to light up the candles. Kyle didn't need to blow it out. The wind did it for him:P

亀が来た！A turtle came!

子供たちより何よりワタシがはしゃいでいた

 More than anybody, I was the one that was very excited

誕生日おめでとう、仁君。Happy Birthday, Kyle.

新居 New Home

新居は向かって左。右はイアンの勤務先の学校。Our new home is on the left and on the right is Ian's school where he teaches.

うちの裏に見える景色。こんなに晴れるのはなかなかないけど、晴れたらマウナケア山が見えます。天辺にはあのスバル天文台が見えます。あとは牧場。A view from a back of our house. It doesn't get cleared up like this too often but when it does, you can see Mt.Mauna Kea and its observatory from the bottom. The rest is ranch.

 

ワイメアに一つだけある公園！貴重です。でも全部木ですごい大きいです。The only park in Waimea but it has lots of wooden structures that kids can play and run around. I love it!

よくあるここの空。半分晴れ（西側）で半分曇りか雨（東側）洗濯困る。うちは島の真ん中だから天気も真ん中。Typical sky in Waimea : a half sunny and a half cloudy or rainy sky. Since we are in the middle of the island which has totally different climates, we have this strange weather conditions.

 

コナからの高速。溶岩だらけ。A view on a high way from Kona. Lava all over the place.

 

でもこんなに景色が変わる。The view on this high way changes dramatically.

さらば日本 Leaving Japan

 

羽田空港にて東京に住んでいる従姉妹と久々に再会！子守りまでしてもらっちゃいました。ありがとう。

 My cousin who lives in Tokyo came to Haneda airport to see us. She even played with the kids! Thanks for the help!!!

 そして三人っきりになった時、現れたのはナンとあのアイスクリーム屋ではあるまい助っ人のゴルフカートみたいなあの空港内をビュンビュン行くやつ。に乗せてもらえちゃいました。全日空大サービス！というかそれだけ大変に見えたってことか。。After we said good bye to my cousin, I had two small suits cases, two back packs, a stroller AND two kids! Thank goodness for my parents who purchased expensive ANA(japanese airline)'s tickets for us. A lady from ANA came by in a little golf cart looking car and was waiting to help us get to the gate! Such  nice service! Somehow, the car was playing a cute ice cream car melody as we went through the airport hallway but the kids thought that it was the coolest thing ever~ haha

ホノルル空港で４時間の乗り継ぎ待ち。疲れたし待ちくたびれた彼は意外とおとなしく飛行機見てくれていました。The kids slept most of the way. YAY! But we had a four hour lay over at Honolulu airport. The kids were both exhausted due to the jet lag but one of them was transfixed as he looked at all the cool looking airplanes passing by him:)

 

そして広島の実家を出発してから２０時間！やっと、やっと会えたお父さん！　子供たち二人とも嬉しそうでした。It had been twenty hours since we left my parents' house in Hiroshima! Finally we were reunited as a family! The kids looked very happy to see their dad.