The House of Nance: 05/2009

May 11, 2009

My Little Prince

Ian got a puma shoes while he is in Taiwan. All his dress shoes were too small. So I decided to dress him with his puma shoes. The shoes is still a little bit big for him. But it all we have for now.

He looks so big with the sunday outfit I put on him. And he looks absolutely adorable. I love this outfit. It's perfect for him. He looks so nice and grown up.

Ian is a happy kid. He smiles a lot. He likes to have fun. And he doesn't cry much even when he bumped into something that hurt a lot.

He is my little angel. He is my happy little boy. He is my little prince.

Ian 's adorable smile

Look how handsome he is!

May 8, 2009

Video--Easter Egg Hunt

Activity---Easter Egg Hunt

This is Ian's first Easter Activity.

I have no idea what to do for the activity. So I asked Pat what did he do when he was little. We cooked the eggs, colored the eggs, decorated the eggs, put candies or chocolate or toys in the eggs. Then hid the eggs in the front yard for Ian to find.

Seriously, Ian had no idea what were we doing. We had to try really hard to show him how to find the eggs and put them in his Easter basket. It's hard for him to let go of the eggs. He just wanted to hold the eggs instead of putting them in the basket.

Grandpa and papa helped Ian to find the eggs everywhere. Actually, They found the eggs and told Ian to pick them up and put in the basket. Grandpa had to hold the basket for Ian. Because Ian didn't have extra hand to hold it when both of his hands were full of eggs.

Ian had no idea what's in the eggs. Until we showed him the candies. He was very happy to crack the eggs open and got the mouthful of candies. This was one of his happiest day ever because how much candies he ate. Hah!Hah!
(It took me a while to decide what to put in the eggs. I didn't want to put chocolate or other sweets. So I chose t to put the jelly beans in there. At least the jelly beans are a little bit healthier than chocolate, I said to myself.)

I'm ready to go.

"Where are they,Daddy?"

I got one!!!! How many do I have in the basket?

Grandpa: Put them in there,kid!

Put it well.

One more here hiding in the tree

May 6, 2009

Tour Around Taiwan--ShuiLi

After Jiji, we continue our trip to ShuiLi. There is a very famous kiln there. It's called " The Snake Kiln". It's one of the oldest, the most traditional firewood Kiln.

Pat, Ian & Grandma

Pat & Me

Pat

May 3, 2009

Tour Around Taiwan--JiJi

After the funeral, Mom decided to take a 2-day trip with the whole family which are Ian, Pat, John(my brother) and me. Plus one of my cousins-Gloria.

Pat had never tour the southern Taiwan. The last 2 trips he had were up in Taipei. Though my family moved down south a while ago, he never got the chance to go anywhere.

We though this will be a good way to help Mom to relax a little bit. Also this might be able to help her to ease some of her grief when we are all around her.

We decided to go to JiJi-ShuiLi-Sun Moon Lake-Formosan Aboriginal Culture Village.I never been to one of these places before. So we were all excited about this trip.

We went to JiJi first. JiJi is a very beautiful town. It famous by the " Green Tunnel" and the train station. The Green Tunnel is a 4.5-kilometer route with camphor trees on both sides. It's wonderful to see the greens all around. The train station was built in 1922. It's one of the oldest train station that had left in Taiwan. The train station now is a hot spot for taking pictures,especially the wedding photos. Of course, we did take some pictures as well.

The Green Tunnel

Gloria, John, Ian, me and Pat

John, Ian, Mom, Me & Pat.

(1Y2M) Ian Loves the Ride

Ian loves the coin-operated ride.

He's very interested in those steering wheels. He loves driving.

He was kind of scared at the first time. He didn't know how to play. But quickly, he was good at it. Whenever we went to the Dr.'s, I let him get on the ride for comfort.