Friday, July 11, 2008

Grampa! Uncle Ian! Auntie Magda!

My grandfather and my Uncle Ian and Auntie Magda came to Taiwan to visit us! For two weeks I got to go to lots of new places with them, like the Shida night market, the cable car to the Maokong teahouse area, and the Yeliou geological park where I got to wade in the water surrounded by strangely shaped rocks and even weirder sand bugs. One night I went with my dad and uncle to Guandu Temple, and I got scared of one of the stone lions until my uncle went and talked to it and told me that it wanted to say hi. So then I waved to it. With so many places to go, I got to go to bed late almost every night!

I've also started to really want to be in charge of what is going on. Sometimes I would look around and not see someone, so I would get very concerned and say "Grampa!" or "Uncle Ian!" until I saw where they were. Another time, I sang a song and after I finished everyone clapped except my dad. So I said "Baba, clap your hands!" Pretty soon I'll be planning entire trips!