The creative action this week was to make something new from something old. My big goal was to make something crafty with my son. I was going to use old water bottles to make discovery jars, or empty milk cartons to make containers for crayons and markers. Or I was going to make little creatures [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Baby’
What Am I Waiting For?
Posted in Activities, tagged Art, Baby, crafts, creativity, DIY, motherhood, painting, wonder on August 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Packing Up: Taking Home More Than Trinkets From Taiwan
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Baby, motherhood, Travel on April 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We start our long journey home bright and early tomorrow morning. Almost three weeks ago, I sat in piles of laundry carefully deciding what to pack so we didn’t bring too much, and tonight we needed to borrow another suitcase to take home all the generous gifts from family and things we bought. (Did I [...]
One. Oh. One!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Baby, blogs, Slow Travel, Taipei, Taiwan, Travel on April 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This is my one hundred and first post on this blog. And we just went to the top of Taipei 101. The giant building is one of those things you “have” to see while you are here. But just like I’ve lived in San Francisco for nearly nine years and have never set foot in [...]
Our Trip Within a Trip: An Excursion to South Taiwan
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Baby, international travel with baby, motherhood, Taiwan, Travel on April 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We are back in Taipei after the trip my in-laws planned to show us more of the country. Beforehand, it was billed to me by my husband as a one-hour ride south on a high speed train, renting a car so we could cruise the rest of the way down the coast, then relaxing at [...]
Anniversary, Interrupted
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Baby, motherhood, Taipei, Taiwan, Travel on April 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We celebrated seven years of marriage by getting away on our own for a night. Our first time leaving Little Man overnight. I was a bit nervous about it, especially since he’s been extra clingy toward me when he doesn’t feel safe here, but fortunately he has become quite comfortable with his grandparents and they [...]
And Slow It Goes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Baby, Slow Travel, Taipei, Taiwan, Travel on April 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Exploring Taipei with a nine-month old can definitely be categorized as Slow Travel, a concept I blogged about before we left. We are living like locals, camping out at the in-laws, and venturing out around our baby’s two-nap schedule. Which means we can’t really be out for longer than four hour stints, so we are [...]
At Home with the In-Laws
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Baby, Chinese family, Taipei, Taiwan, Travel on April 11, 2010 | 3 Comments »
We are staying with my in-laws in East Taipei in the Xinyi district, just a few blocks from Taipei 101, one of the tallest buildings in the world. My husband grew up in Taiwan, and his folks still live in the last place he called home before they sent him to the States in the [...]
We Made It!: Surviving an International Flight with a Baby
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Baby, International flight with baby, Travel on April 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
(When we were preparing for our trip to Taiwan and searching for practical information about traveling with an infant we didn’t find much, so this post will be a detailed review of our experience flying from San Francisco to Taipei for those of you planning a trip with a baby. More personal stories about how [...]
Trip Prep: Packing, Planning and Passports for Baby
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Baby, Travel on April 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I am sitting amidst mountains of laundry. My busy boy is finally napping. My hypochondriac husband is getting checked out for mysterious pains – heart attack? acid reflux? Who knows, but the stress always seems to get him right before we travel. Last time he came down with shingles and then a staph infection, rendering [...]
