jumpy

Sometimes, it's good just to jump.

style notes

Last weekend, I tried on some of Aron shushu's stylish glasses. Do you think they're "me"?



Those guys are not paying attention to the main attraction here, are they?



I'll ask for Chelsey ah-yi's opinion.

Friday last

Snapshots from the after-school routine, so you can see the super fun purple car.



And the set-up for the big "Love to Shop" Promotional. They're giving away 3 Honda CRVs in the next three weeks. Binbin likes the car pictures plastered all around the mall these days.



He is also fond of the new, brown-colored Starbucks cups.

future so bright...

need I say more?

dog days

It's steamy weather now, AC a necessity, even at 7:30 am.

Binbin's new favorite books are: "who ate my candy?" and "who is hiding my lemon?"

After school routine has shifted slightly. We play at school with the purple car, then slide down the slide a few times. We still go to "Love to Shop," but we have to stop to play with toys on display on the first floor. We don't always spend all three coins on basketball, we now diversify and try things like the "whack a mole." Still, we like our mango icee, but now we've added a cup of lukewarm water. And, we like to switch seats at least once. We don't always want to leave, but a new obsession with the special features in Animusic is enticement enough.

And so, it's home we go...to return to the comforts of AC and TV.

Return to routine

We're all still trying to return to our routines. Binbin's illness, a cold, passed for the most part. We hear the occasional cough in the morning and evening. We wipe his nose only two or three times a day. This compared to the constant wiping last week. He still expresses angst at having to go to school, but he's been a trooper. Once he's gathered Monkey and Blankies (yes, Binbin has caught on that there are *two* blankies, and he needs them both) into a bag to bring along, he'll head out for school. I should add that Binbin had a fabulous time at school yesterday...his class was treated to a blow-up jumpy "room" on the school's front lawn.

Jack is still under the weather. He was on parent duty this morning from about 4 to 7 am. Binbin work early, and since we refused to give him the bottle he asked for, had to be held and rocked and otherwise encouraged to return to sleep.

De-nin has mustered her resserves to return books to Academia Sinica yesterday, plot out an outline for the remainder of her manuscript, and begin drafting the dreaded chapter on authenticity and attribution. The quiet environment (and the generous usage of the air conditioner) of the nearby National Palace Museum has made for a much-needed, productive day of writing.

play at home

Would you like play?



Books are for reading, but we can use them to create tunnels for the train



And then we can flatten them.



Our "work" is done, how about if we just veg out now?