Busy here and there

Autumn is finally here. There is no fall foliage in taiwan...but it's been sunny out! So, we head out to the park every afternoon for some Squirrel watching

 My 1st tooth broke through @ 9M2W. I'm teething again.

So many of mama's friends are back from Shanghai & we have a rather packed week. Whenever mama needs a nap, I'm energized.

I find a toy and am motivated to play. 

 Pulling the ribbon off is fun

 Chewing on tags, ribbons is just my thing

We met Sara for the 3rd time while she's in Taipei for coffee. 

 Lego blocks kept me busy while the ladies chat. The guy sitting next to me found it entertaining picking up anything I dropped off the high chair.

 Thanks to a cup of latte, mama didn't get to sleep all night. Despite a lack of sleep, we went over to Hina's home for a play date since she will be going back to Japan for 2 weeks. We played tug of war and I lost.

 My body temperature shot up above 38 degrees that night and got mama worried... It went away and came back again after a day... high above 39 degrees and went away again...

Luckily papa's back, I get hugged whenever I cried and fall back asleep.

So many people around me is down with the flu. Papa had one, mama is recovering.

@9M3W, it's my 1st time getting sick. I have a running nose and have been coughing. 

Short Trip: Taichung

Papa & mama chose to stay in taiwan instead of going away to thailand for papa's company trip this year. So here we took a drove down south.
1st Stop: An old building that was once an optician turned into....

a library?! 

nah.

Books? nah..these are all gift boxes of milk candies

That sales lady didn't know I'm too young for the sample of pineapple tart

Ice Cream parlor flocked with tourists

the grand entrance

After a looooong line, 3 scoops & 4 toppings -a pineapple tart, cheese cake, cookie & banana 

One word YUM

Off we headed to grandpa's college, 

 that's the famous Luce chapel, designed by I.M Pei. 

but I didn't like crawling on grass

Grandpa and grandma came along with us on the 1st day and headed back in the evening after dinner

We were all tired when we reached the hotel. Snoozed early as we will going swimming at the outdoor pool in the morning.

Caught in action while we had breakfast in the park by the natural science museum

This scene reminds mama of Central park somehow, 

can you imagine how much she misses being in NYC?

Natural science museum has a glass forest that we went to, it's a mini version compared to the Cloud forest in Singapore. But hey, we paid less than 1 US dollars to get in. What a deal!

It was too hot to be outside

We headed indoors to the Top City mall for breastfeeding and lunch

Next stop, another mall.  Eslite bookstore to check out the famous "green"building

I napped while papa and mama explored the outdoor art exhibits. I slept through the 2nd half of the trip, and it was time to drive home when I woke up. I dislike being in the car seat even on short distances, let alone a 1 hour ride!