Turning Fourteen Months

Little en spent most his fourteen month in his mother’s birth land - Taiwan.

Taiwan is famous for its variety of public transportation. Little en took all the possible public transport that he could. Except that he’s too young to ride YouBike, he travelled with his papamama and experienced long hours on the plane, High Speed Rail, Big Bus, not to mention the countless times of taking Taipei Metro (MRT) all over Taipei.

Including riding this special shopping cart in Uniqlo at Hankyu Mall:

“Although it was hot and sweaty, plus daddy was sick for his entire trip, you still had a wonderful time in Taiwan didn’t you? I bet you did!”

A New Home for Toys

大約兩年前整頓 master bedroom 的時候想找個儲存箱可以把冬天的大棉被收起來, 在 IKEA 發現一只木邊箱子 (Apa Storage Box - discontinued) 居然只要$15!! 一口氣買了兩個; 最近想著恩仔房間的擺設, 想給他一個 Toy Chest, 他爸爸說要自己做 (Inspiration comes from here) 我想等爸爸能有時間做完, 恩仔可能已經不需要 Toy Chest...看著逐漸堆積起來的玩具, 還是等不及地把其中一只箱子搬出來:

箱子的白色面板有點單調, 把去年在台北夜市亂買的壁貼拿出來, 裝飾一下:

不過箱子的蓋子是分開的, 這個時候就得邀請爸爸出場了; 買了兩個超小的 hinges 和一個 universal lid support, 在僅有的細細木條兩邊上栓上 hinges

量好尺寸在箱子的右邊栓上 lid support:

有了 lid support 蓋子就可輕易打開且固定, 也不會 "碰!"地砸到手手 :)

My Husband Bought Me a House

Charles bought me this set probably for my birthday or Christmas years ago when we were child-free. I finally got around to finish building it a few days ago :)

Combine all the small fragment of spare time, I think it took me about two and a half hours to complete this Pet Shop set. It’s the easiest and the smallest modular buildings that I worked on so far.

Turning Thirteen Months

**I know, I’m one month behind. Little en’s actually turning 14 months today.**

I started a different monthly photo project after little en turned one. I pasted up the paper number over his birthday boy decoration and pinned it to his cloth.  He was surprisingly very cooperative sitting on the chair :)

I try to take him out more often after one. This was the first time visiting Toys R Us. He loves anything that can rotate itself, especially wheels and ceiling fan...

I’m glad I caught this scene before I disciplined him not to go into the bathroom by himself…

Where Did the Remote Go

Something non-toyish are always kid’s favorite. I bet they love their home remote control much more than their toys… Charles decided to have a designated place for the remote and here’s where he found, not so much practical because I’m usually too lazy to get up and walk to that TV shelf. Anyhow, it is a guaranteed out-of-reach place from children though.

I was a little embarrassed with posting this teeny tiny project of Charles’. But then, I found that people actually sell this kind of product online. Some of them are even at a very ridiculous price like $107 on Amazon!!

First cut, sanded, and sprayed paint a piece of wood about two feet long.

Measured the length between the original TV brackets and used that measurement to install two additional brackets on that piece of wood.

Screwed them together…

There you go! Total cost for this project: $4.00 for two pieces of metal.

I know, my Lego modulars block most of the TV… I moved them here temporarily because Charles was upgrading the mantel at the same time...