My Ballerina Girl

My ballerina girl... ballet lessons in her kindergarten school at Hurray Montessori.





Too bad she got no talent of Hollie Steel... : )

Happy 4th Birthday (Hello Kitty Sweets)

Lydia celebrating her 4th birthday at Hello Kitty Sweets...

A-bu Tin Tin (阿布丁丁)

Delicious pudding (烤布丁)... A-bu Tin Tin (阿布丁丁)!

Something in Common

Look what Suri and my daughter Lydia have in common... they both got the same little giraffe! (I just happened to saw this yesterday from the MSN web)



Lydia's giraffe sitting at Daddy's bookshelf...


My wife actually bought it last time from her business trip in Portland. Or maybe my wife and Katie have something more in common... aside from having a good looking husband? hahaha.

Really cute...


But Daddy said I'm cutest...

Watermelon

Watermelon.... yummy!

Glass of Water

A glass of water please...

I'm Three!

We celebrated both Cindy's and Lydia's birthday at Ruth Chris steakhouse where they presented us this nice birthday dessert!

Me and Mommy

Lydia is starting to get chubby again...

At the Park

Lydia enjoys a sunny day at the park with her brother John...

Motorbike Lovers

Motorbike lovers...

Lydia's Flower Sunglass

Lydia's summer flower sunglass... and her new pink kids cayman crocs with strawberry jibbitz!

Happy Birthday Grandma!

I will remember this birthday of Lydia's grandma at a Taiwan resto. Lydia that night wants to play with the china plates and her mommy had to force the plates out of her hands... and Lydia reacted quickly (a behavior at her age right now) by throwing her spoon where she was also surprised perhaps and when she saw others looking at her, she started crying very loud. Great! Now everyone's really looking at us. Good thing, she finally accepted for mommy to hug her but kept crying until she felt asleep. I said what a way to celebrate her grandma's birthday halfday during our dinner by crying and then felling asleep.

Funny thing was later after our dinner, she was awaken by her brother who was starting to sing the birthday song when we took out the birthday cake. Grandma then took Lydia to her lap for the birthday cake cutting. Her brother's birthday song saved the day and Lydia is happy!

Lydia at IKEA

Photos last December when I took a day off from work and went to IKEA with Lydia. There was not much people so Lydia had the children section much for herself.

Church Playmates

Lydia with a church playmate... they sometimes play, and they sometimes quarrel, hahaha!

Lydia loves Cold Stone

My Strawberry Banana Rendezvous...

Summit Resort

Lydia at Summit Resort castle garden in central Taiwan last week.

Me at Outback

Lydia at Outback enjoying calamari and bushman bread...

Wanna Ride My Scooter

Wanna ride my scooter?

I'm a Hilfiger Girl

I love this Tommy Hilfiger white winter coat gift given by Aunt Sandra to Lydia.

Sour Face

Lydia likes to make a sour face expression when eating oranges...

Little Lydia and Prince Andrew

We went home to Manila last month for my cousin's Johnny wedding reception. I took this photo of Little Lydia with her tall cousin Andrew.

Happy 2nd Birthday

Happy birthday, Lydia.... you're two years old! Let's try this awfully chocolate banana cake.

My Big Sister Hannah

Lydia loves to be with her church sister Hannah, they are close friends.... brother John agrees.

Play Ball at the Park

Lydia plays ball in Sun Yat Sen memorial park while also posting for a photo with Taipei 101 at the background.

Lydia's driving a Train

Li'l Miss Lydia is driving a train at Toy'sRus.... see how she enjoys it?

Rainy Days Problem

Mommy! Can you open the door quickly? I can't hold on to this big umbrella anymore....

Oishii!

Caution Wet Floor

Little Lydia in the Philippines - Part I

Little Lydia finally gets to visit Daddy's relatives in the Philippines during the Moon Festival holiday period...

Lydia and Mommy made sure Daddy took a photo of them inside the airplane...


Lydia plays with brother inside the airplane...


Uncle Marcos took us to the newest shopping mall near the airport after we arrived for lunch and Starbucks...


The first thing that caught Lydia's attention when we arrived at Grandma's house is the stairs... just like John when he first came here at 9 months old.


Lydia climbs the stairs while John uses his head to push her forward...


Lydia finally climbs to the top of the second floor while brother follows her.


John and Lydia tries the bathroom in Grandma's house... this is the bathtub?


Lydia now starts walking down the stairs with the help of Mommy.


Little Lydia and brother John meet their cousins - Andrew, Cheska, and Jill. Their cousins can't speak much Mandarin so there were some language barrier, hehe... Daddy has to work hard in training John and Lydia how to speak English.


Go to Part II - http://lyannechu.blogspot.com/2006/10/little-lydia-in-philippines-part-ii.html

Little Lydia in the Philippines - Part II

Here is Part II of Lydia's family vacation in the Philippines... During the weekend, we went out of town to Fontana Water Leisure Park in Clark Pampanga and the next day to Eagle Ridge Clubhouse in Cavite.

Lydia with Aunt Susan, Aunt Julie, and Mommy in front of the vacation house as we arrived Fontana...


Lydia enjoys the swing ride with Daddy and Mommy inside the Fontana clubhouse...


Lydia sits on Grandma's lap on this swing in Fontana park...


Lydia poses with Aunt Susan and Mommy and John.


Lydia tries the Wave pool shore with daddy as this beautifully tan lady crosses by, hehe...


The next day, we first had lunch at this local seafood wet market where you first buy fresh seafoods in the market and then take them in the small catering behind where they will cook them for you..

Mommy and Lydia outside this seafood market...


Lydia sits on the stroller in front along with mommy, John, cousins, uncles, aunts, and grandma... Grandma ordered chili crabs, fried tempura shrimps, clams, and Lapu-Lapu fish.


After lunch, we head off to Eagle Ridge Golf and Country Club in Cavite where we went swimming again, while others went to the gym, massage, or just stroll around...

Mommy and Lydia takes a photo on the swimming pool area...


Lydia wants to try the pool...


Lydia wants Daddy to let go thinking she can swim or walk the pool like her brother John...


Mommy takes Lydia for a stroll around the sports clubhouse..


Lydia poses in front of the green field...


Part III - the Shopping Mall:
http://lyannechu.blogspot.com/2006/10/little-lydia-in-philippines-part-iii.html

Little Lydia in the Philippines - Part III

Part III of Lydia's visit in the Philippines... Monday is left to ourselves and we went off to the newest mall in town - SM Mall of Asia.

SM Mall of Asia near the airport... really big!


Daddy checks out the long lists of stores and shops inside the mall while he carries Lydia...


Lydia enjoys this horsey ride mini carousel at Tom's World inside the mall...


The mini carousel starts circling and Lydia really gets excited...


Giddy Up Horsey!!!


We took a break at Iceberg for some local halo-halo and mango ice.


Ice halo-halo traditional and mango... yum! yum!


Lydia tries to eat the tissue paper after Mommy won't let her eat some ice halo-halo mango...


Lydia gets to test drive the push cart while she sits on her brother's lap... of course, Daddy is the one pushing the cart.


Brother John relaxes while he lets Lydia do the driving, hehe...


Finally back to Taiwan....

Walking, Climbing, Biking?

Lydia is now starting to walk... and can climb bed, sofa, even her brother's bicycle... now she even wants to ride it...

Lydia climbs into her brother's bike...


Brother John takes Lydia to a ride while she attempts to stand on her feet...


Mommy joins the fun... yeah!