One more donut picture

I forgot about this one- so add this to the previous post. We should try and get some sponsorship from KK with a kid this cute :) (that's the last thing we need- more donuts!)

What we did this summer #3

This summer... Will discovered a love of Krispy Kreme Donuts. 

(I mean c'mon how can you not love them). He was first introduced at the children's museum where he got to work in a pretend donut shop (how cute!) So then of course we had to drive across town to let him try the real thing.  That was it.. donut is now a new member of his vocabulary.  

What we did this summer #2

This summer: Will celebrated his first ever 4th of July in the USA!!

So I made sure he was wearing his american shirt and got plenty of photos with American flags. We spend a lot of time talking about his Taiwanese/Chinese heritage but its also important to me that he knows that he is also an American- that is part of his heritage too.  So we did up the 4th good- we went to a parade and then to a little 4th of July festival.  It was great- by the end of the day Will was asleep in the car and Den and I were sunburned (how American of us).  

What we did this summer

So, we haven't posted in awhile- mostly because we have been busy but also because of my lack of wanting to try and figure out how to get my camera to work on someone else's computer. We spent the summer in the states with family and friends and did lots of traveling.  I feel like I am writing an essay like I did in grade school- what I did this summer.  So as long as the internet cooperates here (we are back in China now) I will try to do a post every couple days with a different snippet of what we did this summer.

Here is the first: This summer Will ate lots of popsicles.  We have a new obsession now- he asks for them all the time.

Yea Taipei!

At the beginning of the month we got the chance to return to Taipei, Will's birth city. Before we went we talked up the trip a lot to Will- we taught him to say "Yea Taipei and put his hands in the air" (we have been back a month and he still says it). We were so looking forward to the trip and getting to do lots of things with Will there that we weren't able to do when we were there a year and a half ago meeting Will for the first time.  (Basically we were sleep deprived and overwhelmed and didn't get out that much).  So I planned some jam packed days of sight seeing and culture learning. Here are a few pics from our time there.  

This is Taipei 101 the world's tallest standing building (for now). And it is by far the tallest building in Taipei- I think by some 50 0r 60 stories.

This is Will flying high at the Chiang Kai Shek memorial. 

Taipei has an amazing zoo- I think that was Will's favorite part. 

These paintings were done by a local artist- so pretty- we bought a few.
This is will eating Taiwanese beef noodle soup. These noodle shops are everywhere!
Taipei is famous for their night markets which have all kinds of food and drinks to sample and shopping. They are all over the city. This is at the Shilin night market, probably the most famous one in Taipei. Here we are with our friend Grace (she was in Taipei at the same time too).  Will is drinking a watermelon shake (barely put it down). I have stinky tofu in my chopsticks (another Taiwanese specialty)- Will and I both tried it- and lets just say the name really says it all- so stinky we could both only eat one bite. But hey we tried it right?
It got so crowded at the market so this was the best way to move Will through the crowds.

It was a great trip (we have plenty more pictures- but I'll spare you).  Will sometimes still points out the window and says questioningly "Taipei? I think he had a great time. :)

Look at my big boy :)

Will is getting so big I can't believe it! 

But he will still always be my little boy..............

This is How Will prefers to be carried these days...

even if he is just going to the bathroom to get his teeth brushed he says up pe de (upside down)