Dragon Boat Festival

My family did all kinds of things to celebrate Dragon Boat Festival this year. First, my mom made zongzi with my Ahma, and then with her cousin and aunt.

Then we put up a bunch of special grass and leaves to ward off evil spirits, and we made our own origami dragon boats.

We checked out the dragon boat races, and made eggs stand straight up at noon for good luck.

I am sure we will have lots of good luck this coming year.

Fireflies!

Last Sunday, my parents took me to Wulai to see fireflies. First we walked around the town of Wulai. This is an Aboriginal town and everywhere we saw Atayal tribe food, clothes, and art. We then took the train up the Wulai Falls and had coffee there. Then we took a gondola up to Yunxian Resort, which is above the Wulai Falls. There we got to row boats, swing across a river, and at night, we took out little flash lights and saw amazing fireflies all around the forest.

The water fall

Inside the gondola

The beach

Two Sundays ago, my mom borrowed my uncle's car and drove us to Baishawan beach. I had a lot of fun digging in the sand. Then we had a yummy lunch at a restaurant called Bosanova.

Baby Ryan is one!

My cousin Ryan just turned one. On Saturday, we all went to his "zhua zhou" event, where he had to choose an object that would signify what his occupation would be in the future. He chose the abacus, which means that he will become a rich merchant. I should mention that when I did it on my first birthday, I chose the piano. This means I will become a great musician.

Mama Webster

Yesterday my dad asked me if I knew his name. I said, "Gabe Webster". He then asked if I knew Mama's name. I said it was "Mama Webster".

New Haircut!

Last Friday we went to my Ahma's house to make Zongzi, the bamboo-wrapped rice dumplings. I also got to go to a salon and have my hair washed for the first time and then have a hair cut. I really liked being treated like a princess!
Having my hair washed

and rinsed

Getting a new summer do

From May 2009

This Little Piggy

Today I said, "This little piggy went to market, this little piggy went shopping, this little piggy went on the train, this little piggy went to the beach, and this little piggy went wee wee wee, all the way home."

When asked what my aunt's name was, I replied, "Lu jiu ma." Which means Aunty Lu.

We have a little travel alarm clock that flips open. Today I showed it to my dad and said, "Baba, this is my computer." and started pretending to type on it. It looks like the lap tops that both my parents have.