Visit from Jean and her husband

Adam's colleague Jean and her husband dropped by last night with mee yreh dun gao (Honey moon cake) which is honey flavored cake. It's the custom here to send either Yo fan (Sticky rice with pink eggs) which we did or send the honey flavored cake after you son is 1 month old.

Here is Chia Shan. He didn't come to visit cuz they live in Lugang and he's still too little to leave home yet.

Thanks for the cake Jean! It was yummy!

Sunday's walk around the Science Museum Park Grounds

This past weekend had been great since Ethan would wake up about 6:00- 7:00am , have a bottle and play a bit, then we'd both go and nap for 3 hrs to wake up refreshed for the afternoon!


So around 11:30pm on Sunday, the sun was shining and it was absolutely gorgeous so we went to the Science Museum Park. We had a huge walk for an hr or more and got some wonderful sunshine and fresh air.


Afterwards, we dropped by Caves Bookstore and Ethan crawled around the carpeted room they have for storytellers and guest speakers. We didn't stay too long since, bookstore patrons and kids were quietly reading and Ethan kept trying to grab the magazines or books off the chairs or crawling over to play with the other kids drink bottles.

For lunch, we went over to A-ma's and Gong Gong's and later to a toy store in Dali that had cheap fisherprice knockoffs made in China. We decided the quality wasn't very good so no new toys for Ethan. He isn't lacking in the toy area since last Friday after looking at Sandy's blog, I went to Toys R Us and picked him up this.


It's called Follow Me Friend and when you push it, it rolls away to laughter and music so Ethan can chase after it. Unfortunately, it doesn't roll far enough so Ethan catches up fairly quickly and whips it further in whichever direction he likes. Good thing, its pretty sturdy.






He also got two toy telephones the previous Sunday.



This is the fake knockoff fisher price telephone that squeaks when it rolls and rings a bell when you dial the numbers. It doesn't have the cord. (1st picture)

Then there is the real Fisher Price Counting Friends phone. So like I said. Ethan is not suffering from lack of toys. Of course , I get more fun out of his toys than he does. This phone says "Hello", "How are you?" and "I love talking to you!"mwhen you pick up the reciever and goodbye when you put it down. Then, when you press the keys, it recites the numbers. If the Phone
book is open, it makes animal noises and if you press the numbers while the phone book is open, the animal noises equal the number you pressed. Great Fun. It also plays music as well so our living room is pretty noisy.

He still prefers his piano. It is by far his favorite toy in the world. It is now in standing position so he can lever himself up and stand and play it.

He has also managed to pull the foam puzzle mats that are half covering our entertainment center and drag the Sony Playstation off its shelf not to mention the DVD's set along another shelf. So those have be since been relocated to a place where he is unable to reach...I hope.

All in all, it was a pretty fantastic weekend for the both of us.
Joanne

Saturday's Baseball game at Taichung Stadium

Hi all,

Thursday night, we were lucky to get a call from Sandy (http://www.honeybeesspace.blogspot.com/) who invited us to go to the Canada versus South Africa Olympic Baseball Qualifying Game with her hubby Ryan, Ivo (4 yrs) and Burl (1yr).

Of course, we jumped at the offer, this being Ethan's first time to a sporting event of any kind. The weather was gorgeous if a little bit windy. Rosela and her son's Zer Zer (4yrs) and Pin Ju (4 months)also arrived to join in on the fun and of course we invited Samantha to come and share in our team spirit. It was an easy game for Canada and by the 5th inning, we were leading 5 to 0.

We sat right behind team Canada and I took Ethan up right behind the batter to get a closer look. Later Samantha did the same thing and one of the Canadian baseball players came over to shake Ethan's hand.

Here is Samantha and Ethan cheering for Team Canada!

Below are Sandy and Burl having a sweet moment, Ivo having a blast in his awesome green boots with monkeys and frogs on them and Burl and Ryan coming back from a walk. Don't they make a great family!

Here is Zer Zer with his mommy Rosela, Me with a crawling and walking Ethan.

Unfortunately, the experience was marred when a ball that was hit, was caught by an Olympic Travel Commissioner. He decided to throw the ball in our direction- with me holding Ethan and Sandy holding Burl. Sandy was unfortunately hit with the baseball on her forehead but the boys weren't hurt. However both of us were pretty pissed. Sandy was more in shock and reeling from the pain. We were all worried about her and the commissioner came down with a bag of ice for her forehead which by then had a nice little bump. He apologized several times and then had the nerve to tell Sandy, that he hopes this won't stop her from coming to future games! The nerve. He should have at least given her free tickets to the next game....grrrrrrr. After that, we all pretty much left the ballpark.

Sandy's feeling much better by the way... we are all thinking of you Sandy!

Luv Ethan and mommy