What happened to February?

This month has flown by..been busy getting back into the swing of things at work. Maya and Dylan keep me very busy in the morning. Dylan is really into Pac man at the moment on the x box and Maya is into everything that Dylan loves. She follows him around and if he is doing something that she cannot, she gets very upset. There have been some really great moments between the two of them. The other day at the museum Maya started walking away from us , Dylan went after her to bring her back by holding her hand. He also likes her company when playing. He emptied the toybox out and got inside and then tried to get her inside with him (i had to help with that) pics below...
We are celebrating D's birthday tomorrow as it is on Tuesday..blah!! week birthdays!!!
Used Flickr to get photos up today..so they may be in a bit of a weird order:)



Dylan outside Park Lane dept store and Maya at the Science museum.

The queue for the mammoth exhibition..I mentioned in the previous post...it just keeps getting longer... last day today thank goodness!!

Snack time!

Maya at the park..she found Dylan's juice in the bottom of the stroller.



Maya doing her favourite thing..riding the horse and this time with company:))

Two little monkeys in the toybox.

In on of her cute dresses from Karen...thank you sooo much!!!!

Getting the parcel from Karen and Hogie...she knew immediately that it was hers:)))

One of my favourites of the two of them...on a NT$10 ride.



A "psycho" moment:)) Caught in the act of putting bubbles on Dylan's hair:))

Pretty in purple...When Ciro dressed her this morning she looked down at her clothes , touched them and gave a big smile!!!

Attacking the camera:)


More on the birthday boy tomorrow!!! You might notice the photos show winter and summer clothing... they are from the last few weeks...it climbed up to 28 degrees this week!!! And it is only February!!!!!

Hols part 2

Over the holidays the Science museum was pretty nice inside although if you looked from outside you may have been deterred..The Mammoth exhibition was in full swing with queues winding all the way down the street. Luckily it was in a separate section and so we were not affected. Dylan is really into animals at the moment and loves looking at the wild animal section (yes they are .stuffed animals...eww..) but with no Pilanesberg down the road..it will have to do:)
Maya also loves walking around that section...that is until she gets to the glass covered tree stump adorned with insects and a baby frog....she is very nervous and won't step onto it...feels it out with her hands but still won't step on it...pic below.



This holiday has been great for the two kids they are interacting well together and Maya has grown so much she is more like a real little person to Dylan...someone he can play with. He loves having her nearby. When we are going down to the car we always pass Ciro's scooter and Dylan likes to sit on it well now he wants Maya there too..."Maya come ere" The other day when he was having a ride o the ten kwai machines i asked if she could join and he agreed..



Pics below are from Metropolitan park...Maya was awake and all over for a bit then passed out for a nap. Dylan loved flying his kite.







We were down at Chung yo getting some stuff at Jason's and decided to check out the Yuku island there..nervously mind you as it was still vacation so we thought it might be busy.... To our surprise it was completely empty..this was last week though so I reckon everyone had finished spending their red envelope money because even the toy stores were empty! Lots of fun. I know the pic below is blurry...but i just loved the way the two of them were on the mini round about..they were just too fast.





We went up to Taipei last week to pick up Maya's passport and we stayed overnight. We went up with the intention of going to the zoo on the Monday..now Monday's are usually quiet as some sections like the nocturnal house are closed...not that Monday...the pandas are there...we had to queue for tickets to get in and then as you entered the zoo you had to draw a ticket which meant you could then line up for ages waiting for your designated time and then file past the panda enclosure for no more then 8 minutes....hmm... we had no intention of going in ..maybe later in the year when all the fuss has died down. So as I walked in the lady told me to draw a ticket and I said I did not want to see the pandas ...she nearly fell over. I think we were the only people in the zoo that day that did not see the pandas. We had a great day though.

We also went to the astronomical museum which is always nice...lots of stuff to look at and buttons to push:)) Maya was a handful though she just wanted to be everywhere...and not in arms..she wanted to walk.




Maya watches....

Maya touches...






Maya slept through the whole zoo experience...I was so looking forward to seeing her reactions...:((( next time...



We ended up at the Tiger bowling alley/arcade one morning with the idea of playing arcade games but Dylan wanted to bowl...the smallest shoes were still too big but the lightest ball was very light so okay. He loves playing Lilo and stitch bowling on the computer so... He did well for his first try and even got two spares:) Maya was observing and cheering him on...very excited! The only problem was because his ball was so light we often had to wait for it as it didn't move through well. The bowling alley is really great...smoke free etc..so nice for the fam.

High five!





And then a postscript. Every time I am at the zoo I mean to take a pic of the "poop recycling" 'awareness campaign'..chuckle!

Holiday pics part 1

The pics below are from Feng le park. Dylan loved the jumping castles and the best thing about the place..well not really but..great kettle fried popcorn....yummy!!! Maya was charming the people ..she is very funny when she sees people she almost expects them to give her attention ..she gets a lot of "sooo cute...ke ai..." from the locals. If somebody does not make any comment she stares at them for ages. In a restaurant the other day she kept staring at the guy next to her until his girlfriend pointed it out and they began talking about her...satisfied with the attention the stare lets up!!!! Oh dear!!
You may notice in a lot of the pics Dylan's beanie...this winter they have been inseparable..which is great as it has been quiet windy...but even on warmer days he insists on wearing it!




Maya's favourite thing is the rocking horse. She loves to rock and stand!!! on it!!




Maya helping D build a fort complete with garage for the cars.

A sly smile after playing Pac man with daddy.

I got M a straw cup, she always gets hold of our straws and tries to use them...she loves it and knows it is hers! I showed her how and she got it right first try.

At the Taiwan folk park in Taichung. Maya just wants to be walking around and exploring but when she fell on the sand she was not too impressed!!



My two guys!!