My first pair of sunglasses

Changton loves sunglasses so much. He is surrounded by four-eyed people. So whenever we are off guard, he pulls the spectacles right from our faces. On his birthday pick ritual, he also picked a pair of spectacles first! Given this, mom has been searching a pair of sunglasses for Changton. She hopes that when he has a pair of his own, he will leave our eyeglasses alone.   

Today mom spotted and bought a cute pair of kid sunglasses, a red, Sesame Street one. When she gave it to Changton, he gave mama plenty of his sweet, 'oh-I-am-so-happy' smiles. Here are some photos of him with the new sunnies.

Changton spent quite a bit of time in his new sunnies.

"Dear Paparazzi mom: LEAVE ME ALONE!!!"

Fisherman Wharf: Taipei

Last Sunday dad took Changton, mom and Yai Jee to the Fisherman Wharf near our shop in Danshui. The Fisherman Wharf was an important fishing harbor in the early history of north Taiwan. Nowadays, while there are still some local fishing activities, the Fisherman Wharf is better known for its weekend destination for Taipei people and tourists. Most of them are here for fresh seafood, boat ride, bicycle ride, and beautiful, romantic sunset on the Lover Bridge, what a name!

For us? We did none of it! Ha..ha...

We arrived around noon, too hot for doing anything fancy. Nevertheless, we had a great time, as long as we had Changton with us:-)

This is the Lover Bridge.

The boy looked out to the sea.

 

Walking down the Lover bridge, holding a girl's hand? Forget it! Letting dad dragged my pram down the bridge's steps is much more fun. I love the bumpy ride, yeah...yeah...

At the boardwalk.

 

We had lunch at another branch of Waterfront. This one is decorated in Mediterranean style, while the one we usually go in Danshui is in Balinese style. 

Changton checked out the menu.

'Drinking-from-a-cup' lesson from Yai Jee

We didn't do what the Romans do when coming to the Fisherman Wharf. As for the food, we traded seafood for some German-inspired food including a German sausage salad with yummy, tangy balsamic dressing, and a crispy German pork leg..ha ha..

 

 

We ordered a creamy soup in a bread bowl for Changton, and for us too!

Changton was bored sitting on a high chair, mom took him to play in a vacant seating area. Changton tried to get some attention from the cat painted on a wall! 

Changton had been so energetic since we left home in the morning until 2 pm, the time we left the Fisherman Wharf. Soon after we got inside the car, he fell asleep...so so deep!   

This Sunday was Yai Jee's day off (that was why dad took all of us out...ha ha). When we got home, mom asked Yai Jee to go and get some rest. Rejuvenated, Changton asked mom to go out again!  What??? Mom was so tired. But Changton kept bugging her. To have a fair go, mom took Changton to her favorite, Japanese coffee shop, Haaya's Coffee! It was a win-win situation though. This time round they had a big basket full of toys for Changton to play. Interestingly, the boy started up with a book--making his mama proud:)

The afternoon coffee set arrived. Changton shared some Chicken pie with mom, while the rest went down to mom's tummy. On the way to and from the coffee shop, mom made bubbles for Changton to catch, using a bubble gun. Changton liked it very much; he didn't want his mom to stop making bubbles. So a 5 minutes walk to the coffee shop took 15 mins, each way!! 

Oh, what a day we had!

Visit the shop

Dad had another Sunday off and so we were out again! This time we went to Fisherman Wharf, the north of Taipei. Before then, we popped in our shop to say hi to Uncle Johnny to thank him for coming to work on Sunday and so dad and mom could take Changton out. We also wanted to say Happy Birthday to Ilan, too! 

Watching the fishes outside the shop.

Turning the bed into his play zone.

 

With the elephant painting mom asked an artist in Thailand to paint for Changton's bedroom. But it somehow ended up at the shop! Sorry Changton. Mom will get you a new one later.

Changton was playing with the birthday girl. Happy Birthday Arh Eee, Ilan :-) 

Here are some pictures of our Feelgood Living shop in Danshui, Taiwan.

Int' Food Fair at Taipei American School

Today mom took Changton to the International Food Fair at Taipei American School. Mom heard about this fair from Juanita, the lady she met at Pretty Nails in Tienmu--thank you for letting us know about this fair. We had a great time.

The minute after dad dropped us at TAS, we first checked out some food. That was the whole purpose of being there, wasn't it? There were food, food and food. Thai, Japanese, Italian, French, German, Indian, Mexican and so on. Once having some ideas on what we wanted to eat, we then checked out other things. There were many play areas for kids, but Changton was too small to play.

 

Changton checked out a few castles!!

Say Hi to Mr. Tiger.

The boy was scared of Mr. Friendly Tiger...but then decided to be a Master Tiger, too!!

The Pokemon and Doraemon ride.

Listened to an outdoor concert, played by TAS students. Lots of parents were there to support their kids. Soon mom will join them too!!

 

The boy enjoyed the school choir; he clapped his hands along.

 

 

Mom's favorite dance girl. Cute face and hairdo!!

Thai papaya salad!

Although there was Som Tam (Thai papaya salad) corner, we opted for Mexican food, something we cannot cook at home! Mom also bought some avocado salsa dip for dad's midnight snack!

As for Som Tam...Voila!!! We made one soon after we arrived home and our Changton fell asleep!!

Som Tam and grilled chicken!! A great afternoon snack!!

Ohh...What a day we had!!

Ice cream time, again!

Recently we had lots and lots of ice cream and most of the time, Changton joined us. Last night dad took us out for some ice cream again. Mom asked Changton what he wanted to have. Changton flipped every single page of the menu, pointing at them and saying "Arh, Arh, Arh...", Changton's word for "want, want, want".

Then he got bored and started to walk around on the sofa.

Since Changton chose everything on the menu, there were some decisions for dad and mom to make...ha ha!

The ice cream arrived and we were ready to attack!!

Yum, yum...Changton's mouth was covered with ice cream!

Oh so yummy...when will be the next time, dad?