Mason cannot have a greater Daddy

I know that Mason cannot ask for a greater daddy and I cannot ask for a better husband. James is simply a big kid himself, when you hear him playing with Mason; I truly think no one can refrain from a smile or laugh. They are always my favorite moments of the day-to see them play and interact together. Mason adores and loves him so much that no one can take his daddy figure from him. We love you so much and thank you! Happy Father's Day! 

Fulong beach

                    James and Mason out in the water.

                 with Kay and the little ones-baby James and Jadyn

                    Mason and Jadyn were a good team 

              with Rowland family but our kids are both cut out from the shot

                   It was over 30 degree (86F), so he was NOT cold.

                   Mason and his floaty suit

                     I'm ready to destroy whatever you making, daddy.

What a FUN day at the beach, the sun was shinning, the company was awesome and the waves were great. We simply love spending times at the beach. I wish I can have more of it but my prego status may not able to take in the heat anymore. We'll see...

North tip of Taiwan

                     

                   Reading the history of the North-tip light house

Late January, on the trip down to Kenting we made it to the very south-tip point of Taiwan and now we have as promised made it to the North-tip point of Taiwan with the Grimelys. The view was great but the day was super humid that I literally felt 10 pounds heavier. 

Last Zoo visit in Taipei?

                   Mason adores baby James

                      What? Is there a tiger behind me?

                  Mason's favorite playmate/friend-Lizzy

                    Mason cannot take his eyes off the brown bear

Don't get me wrong, this is a fantastic zoo but when we got there before 10 AM, I truly believe that we can cook some eggs on the ground. It was SOOOOOO HOT and I thought to myself, WHY am I here again? WHY do I want to endure the unnecessary heat when I have a heater on me? WHY am walking I in a big zoo when my tail bone kills me? At the end of the day, I was so glad that I did it and it was worthy it to see Mason smiles and laughs with his friends and got so excited seeing the animals. I also enjoyed spending time with my friends too especially it was the last visit with Leone and her boys. It was a blast!

An afternoon down at the creek

Only a tunnel away, there is a long creek by our place. We went there on this lazy afternoon. It was during weekday and this gave us the pleasure to enjoy the nature more. It was relaxing to hear the sound of the water. Mason had lots of fun throwing the rocks into the water, especially the big ones. He loved 'trying' to walk in the water and 'trying' to get the dragonflies. 

Water park--my boy is swimming

                                     Jadyn and Mason enjoying their lunch

                                                 
                                     The whole play group having lunch

                                                    
Summer is REALLY here in Taipei and we love visiting the water park in the city. There are fun slides and kiddie pool for Mason as well as a lazy river. I got him this swimming suit that is packed with floaty (it looks almost like he is carrying bombs^^) and he was able to swim all by himself now. At first, he was tipping a lot so he got a bit scared of sinking in the water. Then once he got a hang of it, he was going and going, just like an enigizer bunny in the water. We're so proud of him and so fun looking at "walking" in the water and having such blast. 

Baby shower

Thanks to Lori who organized and threw me a wonderful baby shower. Thank you ALL ladies for the beautiful girly gifts for Isabelle. We are so loved! It was such a fun ladies night out at Mac. Grill, the food was amazing and I cannot find a better company to hand out with. 

zoo

Mason is no exception than other children who simply crazy about animals. He has so many favorite animals so when the list is so long, does it still consider the favorites? He adores elephants, turtles, fish, lions, monkey, bears, pandas...etc. This was only his 2nd trip to the zoo but he is at the age that he really knows how to enjoy the zoo. He ran to see the next animal and he screamed when he saw them. Then he had trouble leaving there to see the next one. He really looked at them closely and studied their movements unlike adults who would just have a glance at the animals. I wish I can take him there more often but it is too HOT now in Taipei, I think we will visit the pool more.

Science Center

                               Making giant bubbles

                             Going to be an astronaut 

                            Riding on a square bike

                            Spin on the spinning machine

                             Having a physic observation
                                Ball battle begins...

Our original plan was to visit the bouncy town in the science center but the bouncy town was no longer there. Nevertheless, we had fun visiting the 6 floors science center. There were so many bottons for Mason to play with and lots of science projects for him to experience though he may not understand much of them; well, I mean I don't even get half of them. It was so long ago when I took any chemistry or physic classes. The one he understood very well was the giant bubble machine maker, they were able to make an almost adult size bubble. He was so fascinated with the 'ball dropping' display, it was outside of the center; we thought we don't even need to purchase any ticket to go in the center since he already spent most of his time out here. Before we left, he had decided to be an astronaut, I love his expression that he even looked up in the picture. It was so much fun exploring the science center. 

Dragon boat festival

We again made it to the annual dragon boat festival, it was even more fun this year to see Mason so into the festival. He liked watching the boat racing and he always asks for the boat whenever we get close to the bridge (which is only a couple blocks from our place). Our friend - Leone was actually in the race but we missed it. She said it was quite a work-out for her arms, I bet! We played some games and had some food. We finally got to do the "egg standing", it is said that every year on this very day at noon, you can place an egg and it will stand vertically. James and I painted the eggs (ok, I did not paint the face one) and we did it. It was really neat and I thought it was always a myth. 

Here I am...

Some of you may have visit our old website and we enjoy having it but it cost more money now to keep it so we decide to use a free one and blogger is the best choice. Hence, here I am new to blogger and I just re-post some old posts that I did not publish from the old website. Please continue to visit us here. 

Learning to love 'spitting'

                              He's proud because he spit it out right this time
                              He smiles because he knows that he shouldn't swallow the water
                             Still holding on the water in the mouth
                               "I want to spit"

What is fun to be with a toddler is that they are learning everything for the first time. Well some can be fun to experience with, Mason has been enjoying brushing his teeth before bed. Now, he was taught to spit after brushing and he loves it. This wasn't before bed time or after any meal, he simply decided to walk in to the bathroom and spit and he did it for like 20 minutes. There were lots of screaming during the session-yelling out "water" and "spitting". I just adore you-Mason!