2009/05/28

作日光浴囉!

上星期三,教會的姊妹邀我們到他們家參加一個Play date(遊戲日),因為有3個家庭要搬到別的地方去了,所以順便幫他們餞行。

我們一到那里,就看到一個大大的游泳池,小朋友的。剛開始凱凱還很害怕,哭著不要下水。我試了3次,總算進去了。之後,就玩的不亦樂乎,完全不想出來。

過了2小時,我把他抱出來,餵他吃午餐。幾乎所有的小朋友都出來了,大家拿著浴巾,舖在草地上好像在野餐一像。

凱凱一眼就看到那個溜滑梯,好玩的是,他不會從梯子的那一邊上去,只會從滑梯這邊上去。看看這個溜滑梯,對凱凱來說實在是太小了,所以他乾脆趴在上面吃西瓜。這樣看起來像不像是在作日光浴阿!



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2009/05/15

我的生日禮物




我今年的生日禮物是------噹噹,Coach 包包一個。

我們住的城市在2007年底開了一個outlet mall,裡面當然有鼎鼎大名的Coach。但是,我很少進去逛,因為對我們來說,價格實在太高,根本買不下手,有也只是進去window shopping 一番。

每年我的生日都跟隨在母親節之後,因此,在母親節前一星期,我們決定去逛逛outlet mall,去找找禮物。心血來潮的我對小藍先生說要去逛Coach,小藍先生跟我結婚前根本不知道Coach是甚麼,沒甚麼fashion sence時尚感可言。經過這幾年的調教,總算有些改進。於是我們就進了Coach。

我們的Coach,店面不小,因此商品也就不少,看得我眼花撩亂的。

可能是因為母親節即將來臨,折扣不少,有打5,6,7,8折的。小藍先生居然看中一條皮帶和一個名片夾。我則看中這個斜背包。但是這個包包還是要$110USD,窮困的我們還是覺得太貴。就在我等小藍先生結帳時,突然看見店員把這一款紫色的拿到特價品的架子上,我好奇的跑過去一看,ㄚㄚㄚ,打5折耶!!!這樣打下來就是$55USD,讓心動不已的我趕快拿給小藍先生,看看可不可以把這個當成我的生日禮物(因為他已經買好母親節禮物了)。結果就這樣撈到一個Coach包包。

小藍先生還慷慨的說,等他去basic training基本訓練時,要給我他2個月的seperation fee總共$500 USD給我買我想要的Coach包包。YA!真是太棒了!老公,我愛你!



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2009/05/11

My Little Prince我的小王子



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.
奕凱在台灣時,阿嬤買了一雙Puma的球鞋給他。上星期日,我決定讓他穿他的puma球鞋去教會,因為他其他的鞋鞋都太小了。這雙鞋還是有一點大,但是,是我們目前最適合穿去教會的鞋了。

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.
穿著上教會的服裝的他看起來好成熟,一點都不像只有1歲5個月。他看起來超可愛的啦!我超喜歡這套衣服,真是太適合他了。

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.
奕凱是個快樂的小孩,他愛笑,喜歡玩。而且他不太愛哭,即使他摔倒或是撞到很痛,他都很少哭。

He is my little angel. He is my happy little boy. He is my little prince.
他是我的小天使,他是我的快樂小孩,他是我的小王子。




Ian 's adorable smile
凱凱的笑容


Look how handsome he is!
看看我的小帥哥!
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2009/05/08

Video--Easter Egg Hunt 影片--尋找復活節彩蛋

Easter Egg Hunt 尋找復活節彩蛋



This is Ian's first Easter Activity.
今年是奕凱第一年的復活節活動。


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.
興致沖沖的我們,連同奶奶一起幫他準備尋找復活節彩蛋的活動。什麼也不知道的我,只好詢問小藍先生和奶奶,有哪些活動可以準備。
要煮蛋,畫彩蛋,裝飾彩蛋,在塑膠的彩蛋裡放糖果,玩具,或是巧克力。然後把蛋藏在院子裡,讓凱凱去找囉!


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.
說真的,奕凱真的不知道我們在幹嘛。我們很努力的教他怎麼找彩蛋,然後要放進籃子裡。但是,他只想把彩蛋握在手上,或是把他們從籃子裡拿起來。


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.
老藍先生和小藍先生幫凱凱一起找。其實,是他們找到彩蛋之後再叫凱凱來撿到籃子裡。爺爺還要幫凱凱提籃子,因為凱凱兩手都抱著蛋,沒有手可以提啦!


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.)
奕凱根本不知道彩蛋裡面有東西,直到我們給他看裡面的糖果。之後,他便很開心得敲破彩蛋,吃得滿嘴糖。這大概是她人生中最開心的一天,因為他吃了一堆糖果。哈哈。
(我花了一段時間來決定要放甚麼在彩蛋裡。我不想放巧克力或是其他很甜的糖果。選來選去,只好放jelly beans水果糖,我想,jelly bean水果糖應該比較健康一點吧!只好這麼安慰自己!)


I'm ready to go.
出門找彩蛋去囉!



Where is it,Daddy?
爸爸,在哪裡阿?



I got one!!!! How many do I have in the basket?
我找到一個了!籃子裡有幾個阿?




Grandpa: Put them in there,kid!
爺爺說:把蛋蛋放進去吧!


Put it well.
要放好喔!


One more here hiding in the tree
這裡還有一個

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2009/05/06

Tour Around Taiwan--ShuiLi 水里蛇窯之旅



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.

水里蛇窯源自民國十六年,創辦人南投製陶師傅林江松,鑑於水里當地為木材之集散地,燃料豐富且陶土質佳,頗適合製陶,砌築窯爐生產陶器至今。蛇窯源自大陸福州,通常順山坡地勢以土磚砌成,窯身很長,遙遠望去,如蛇往下吞噬。蛇窯熱氣上升的原理,在窯內迴流,燒出的陶器質地奇佳,鏗鏘有聲而得名。水里蛇窯是台灣現有最古老、最具傳統代表性的柴燒窯。窯身長達百餘台尺,以木柴為燃料、柴灰落在坯體上面,會產生豐富的色彩變化和樸拙的質感,此為現代窯所無法取代,陶土和柴火的藝術有如人類生命之火,無止境的燃燒,藉由傳統文化的持續,願水里蛇窯在現代的生活中,提供一份鄉土樸拙與知性、感性的美,並代代相傳持續綿延。同時提供遊客拉坯、玩陶的服務,滿足蛇窯和龍窯之區別。




Pat, Ian & Grandma
沛恩,奕凱和阿嬤

Pat & Me沛恩和我

Pat 沛恩

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2009/05/03

Tour Around Taiwan--JiJi 集集之旅


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.

在喪禮過後,媽媽決定跟我們來個2天一夜的旅行。有媽媽,奕凱,小藍先生(沛恩),冠捷(我弟),我和若涵(我表妹)。

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.
雖然我們家已經搬到嘉義有一段時間了,但是沛恩從來沒有玩過中,南台灣。兩次來台灣都是在台北居多。


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.

我想這是個讓媽媽放鬆一點的好點子,當我們都圍繞在她身邊時,我希望這能減輕她的哀慟。

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.

我們的行程是:

集集--水里蛇窯--日月潭--九族文化村。我也未曾去過這些地方,所以我們都很期待。

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.


我們先到集集,集集是個很漂亮的小鎮,以綠色隧道和集集火車站聞名。綠色隧道是在南投縣名間鄉到集集鎮的台十六線道路,兩旁的樟樹行道樹樹冠已經相連,成為美麗的綠色隧道,是南投縣著名的自然景觀之一,集集站外型極為典雅拙撲,距今已有數十餘年歷史,為目前本省僅存的少數古老火車站。它是一座以檜木建造的古老車站,純樸、簡單的小鎮風味,總會令人想起曾經興盛一時的黃金歲月,感覺格外溫馨,雖曾遭921大地震損毀,現已重建完成,觀光客到集集旅遊日漸增多,每逢假日,集集線火車常常客滿,老車站的味道已成為觀光旅遊、攝影、拍照之最佳外景。我們當然也免不了的拍了一些囉!
The Green Tunnel 綠色隧道



Gloria, John, Ian, me and Pat
若涵,冠捷,奕凱,我和沛恩


John, Ian, Mom, Me & Pat.
冠捷,奕凱,媽媽,我和沛恩


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(1Y2M) Ian Loves the Ride 奕凱超愛投幣式的電動車




Ian loves the coin-operated ride.
奕凱很喜歡坐投幣式的電動車。

He's very interested in those steering wheels. He loves driving.
他覺得方向盤很有趣!他喜歡開車車。

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.
第一次坐時,奕凱有點害怕。因為他不知道那是甚麼。但是,很快的,他就上手了。我們每次去醫生伯伯那裡時,我就會讓他坐坐,安慰安慰他,算是給他乖乖看醫生的獎勵囉!




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Family Photo家族照


We had some new family members in the past 2 years. So Grandpa Nance decided it's time to take some family photos.
在過去的兩年中,我們多了些家族成員。因此,老藍先生決定今年該來更新家族照了。

We gathered together with all the family members for Christmas. We were at Charles' house in Austin this time.
我們今年的聖誕節在奧斯汀的大哥Charles家度過。

Catherine had asked one of her friends to be the photographer on Christmas Eve to take our pictures.
大嫂Catherine請她的朋友在聖誕夜當天幫我們拍家族照。

The theme colors for this year are :
* Red, white or black shirts/blouses
* Khaki or black pants (no jeans)
* Business casual (nice but not sunday best)
今年的服裝顏色主題是:
*紅,白或是黑色的上衣
*卡其或是黑色的長褲(不要牛仔褲)
*有一點正式但不是像教會服裝那樣


So these are the pictures!
慢慢欣賞我們的照片吧!
Nance Family藍家庭
Grandpa & Grandma Nance老藍先生夫婦
Brothers & Sister 藍家兄弟姐妹
Adam, Catherine, Ethan,Charles & Lauren
藍家老大一家
Doug,Kobe, Coy & Susan
藍家老二一家
Pat, Ian & Caroline
小藍先生一家(就是我們家啦)
Ian, Adam, Lauren, Coy, Ethan & Kobe
藍家第三代