Saturday Once Again

Last Saturday Craig was down on the second floor for lunch again. He had a good time playing on a computer with Uncle Guapo.


They played a colouring in game on the computer.


After lunch Craig ate plenty of fruit. There's no one on earth who likes to feed other people fruit more than Craig's Taiwanese Grandma.


Craig seemed willing to sit on his Grandma's lap as long as the food kept coming and Grandma was willing to feed him as long as he sat there. Luckily, Craig is pretty skinny, so being over-fed once or twice isn't very likely to hurt him.


In the afternoon Craig's Mum attended a CPR class run by the city government. Craig and his Dad went along but they stayed in the next room. It was full of kids whose mothers were attending the same class.


The class was organized by the city government for the benefit of spouses of Taiwanese people who come from overseas. The vast majority of such people are wives from China, Vietnam and Indonesia etc. and they are generally thought of as being disadvantaged. Craig's Mum doesn't fit that description but she wanted to do the class.

Craig attracted heaps of attention from the university students who were given the job of taking care of the kids. Several of the female students wanted to take him home.


Dinner was also on the second floor. This time Craig's after-dinner fruit was shared with his cousin Yu-chi.


He also settled down for some drawing while the old people had a chance to chat.


There was even time for some fun and games with Soit-Jade and Yu-chi before finally walking upstairs to go home.

Long Hot Summer

This year in Taipei the summer has been very hot. Fortunately, on one recent scorching day, Craig's Mum took Craig up to the house in the hills where Craig's Taiwanese Grandma lives.


Craig's cousins Soit-Jade and Yu-chi also enjoyed some respite from the heat in the wading pool.


Craig is quite chatty these days. He loves to tell people things that they can see with their own two eyes, such as what he might be doing at any particular moment.


He is also mostly happy when he is playing by himself.


You might have noticed how dry Craig and Soit-Jade's hair is in these pictures.


Neither of them likes getting water on their face. So that makes the arrival of a hose pretty exciting.


One other way Craig has cooled off at home during the recent hot spell has been to take an afternoon bath. In his bath, he has recently begun to insist that he have his kangaroo, koala and dingo. (Toys courtesy of Aunty Anne in Canberra.)


Then, one morning Craig was on his way back home after breakfast when the relatives on the ground floor invited him in for a paddle.


The two boys in the pool splashed water around a bit and when one started throwing water at the car parked next to them Craig giggled himself silly.


This was a great way to stay cool on a really hot day.

A Weekly Round-up (incl. an all-new haircut)

Over the past week or so since the last post Craig has become the owner of new floaties. Although he liked the pair he had, because they had Nemo on them, they continually slipped off his arms. The new ones were exceptionally cheap but they are the right size.


One afternoon, while Craig's Dad was at work, Craig received visitors.


All three visitors are second-cousins who live in the same building.


Craig's Mum said it was a lovely trouble-free afternoon. They all got along very well despite the suggestion made by the look on Craig's face in this picture.


While they were playing, a package arrived with a new t-shirt for Craig. He and Craig's Mum now have look-a-like t-shirts. Craig's Dad has a long-sleeved version.


Craig also tried to play half of a duet on Craig's Mum's keyboard.


But, things sounded more musical when he sat and watched.


On Sunday, Craig had a haircut. A lady who lives upstairs saw him on the stairs and she said it made him look more mature. ;>


Craig spent Sunday afternoon at a local park.


He didn't look like one of the locals before the haircut but now he's radically different.