Playing at Carrefour

Met Sandy and her boys at the play space at Carrefour the other day..the boys played really well together.They were moving at the speed of light though and whenever a camera got close , they were off...so the pics are not too good... Our holiday is rapidly coming to an end...lots of packing still to be done this week..although we are making some headway!





No more pictures please!!




A rare pic of mom and dad...

Chinese valentines day

Sunday was Chinese valentine's day. We went out for lunch and in the spirit of the day Dylan spent the time 'flirting' with the waitresses....

Taipei trip

We headed up to Taipei for a few days last week. Did the usual things we like to do there..visited the kids rec center , astronomical museum and this time we also got to the science museum..of course no trip to Taipei is complete without a visit to the bookstore!! We also managed to catch up with Peggy and Vincent. Our hotel was right across the street from a public pool...(unfortunately no pics...battery died on me and i am yet to replace the spare after it died in the washing machine)Dylan loved swimming, he even kept his cap on his head for most of the time (all pools in taiwan require the wearing of swimming caps at all times)Nice relaxing few days...got home just before the typhoon...which did not make much of an appearance in Taichung...rest of the island got hit pretty hard though.



Ciro riding the sky-bicycle at the science museum...crazy!!!

Dylan loved the jumping castles in the 'wonderland' section....so did Ciro :)




Pressing lots of buttons and heading off to space in the astonomical museum.

At the rec center...slides, merry-go-rounds etc...

In the park close to the hotel...strange concrete slide..

Catching up

A bit of catching up to do. Pics are from 8/8 which is father's day in Taiwan (ba is 8 and baba is dad so therefore 8/8 day is father's day) Ivo, Burl and Sandy came round to play last week and the boys had a great time, played together nicely. Burl of course watched on with a smile.

A lot has happened the last while. We are going to move apartments. We found a daycare/school that Dylan can attend for afternoons only (difficult to find a place that agrees to that arangement) and they also take babies and have a trained nurse working there so...we are moving closer to the school and will drive to work (as opposed to walk round the corner). Found a nice apartment which is in a good area with parks nearby and the building has a pool (allthough as is the way here it will probably only be open a few months of the year, when it is really hot) till that is a bonus. So here we go...moving again...thankfully we still have one more week of so we can use it to get the packing on the go and then 1st September is D-Day.
Typhoon busy hitting the island. So far nothing in Taichung..aparently this afternoon, nevertheless we are planning a housebound day! More about the Taipei trip later....




This yapping, jumping dog is a favourite.





Burl watches the boys from his mama's lap...itching to join in.

D taking a rest in the ball pool!

Photos

Photos of Dylan from the last few weeks...


He loves stacking things these days.


In the temple park down the road


Once again stacking things...or should i say causing havoc at Josie's birthday party.





Pressing buttons and climbing on things in the Science museum...

A busy few weeks

I have been very quiet lately because it has been a bit hectic round here. Dylan and i both came down with a cold and i am really stuggling to shake mine. Poor Ciro hashad two of us to take care of!!. Dylan is almost completely better,I am still coughing and spluttering but getting there... i hate summer colds!!! Had a check up at the docs on Tuesday and baby is well. We thought we might be able to get a prediction on whether it is boy or girl but looks like we will have to wait another 4 weeks. Dylan was very intrigued and Dr. Fu gave him his own picture of his sibling which he held onto for the rest of the evening. All else with pregnancy is going well...just really tired!!!
Dylan is starting to talk more..he could select his words better of course:) The other night he shouted "don't" at Ciro and he definitely says "no" a lot. He said "hello" to granny on the phone the other day ...so i am feeling a bit better about his speech.
We have one more week of school and then two weeks holiday ..looking forward to it!! I will post some pics when i get the energy to download pics..for now here is a rare one of the three of us..

Pics from Taipei weekend

We had a great weekend up in Taipei with Peggy and Vincent..fun filled. Went to Yangmingshan (no pics- batt dead) where we walked for ages...were heading to a waterfall and all along the way when we asked people they said "15 minutes left" after 45minutes we turned back but it was really beautiful all the same. The next day we headed along the coast basically around the northern tip of Taiwan to Yeliou- really beautiful, strange erosion patterns. Wonderful day just very HOT!!! Went off to 101 on Monday and then a tearful goodbye at the airport in the evening.

The landscape at Yeliou

Still fresh faced at the start of the walk....

Dylan found the rocks fascinating.






We stopped at Paishawan beach on the way for a paddle in the sea...very crowded little beach.



Outside 101

At the airport


All else going well here, just very hot and this pregnancy is very different from Dylan...a lot more tired and have had a lot of nausea. Poor Ciro and Dylan are having to deal with a much
crankier version of me at the moment..

Mom's visit

Mom was here for three weeks and it was a pretty packed time ..apart from when we went to work. We all enjoyed having her here and Dylan got to spend lots of time with his Granny. Too much to give a complete recount so here are some pics of the time...which went by way too fast!!!!! More pics later...upload is taking forever...

At the art museum

Mom in her Tai Chi gear...

Dylan stealing kisses on the long walk down from the pagoda.

At the beautiful place we stayed at close to Sun Moon Lake

It is official

Dylan is going to be a big brother. I am 11 weeks pregnant. Here is the first scan of the little peanut...more will follow...

Pics

Pics with my two guys!!!



I was taking pics of the fish while Dylan was feeding them...weird effect!

Almost sunset at the lake up at Dong hai

Another Sunday night

Dylan has had a very good weekend, we went over to Ivo's house yesterday so Ciro could work on their pc and Ivo and Dylan played really well together. Dylan normally retaliates very quickly to the slightest touch or hug coming his way but yesterday he was very relaxed and enjoyed playing. He even tolerated ivo "washing" his hair for quiet a while. we have our suspicions that he -being the youngest- at the baby sitters has to fight off the bigger kids a lot and there is one really aggressive kid there that influences him, checking out some other options school wise for the summer time.
Three weeks today my mom arrives ..she has not flown long haul in 27 years so it is a big thing for her...excited and nervous for her.

Dylan checking out the black spiderman on Ivo's wall..."hmmm...i thought he was red"

The thinker!