On Easter Sunday, we went to the art museum bright and early, followed by a stroll down a little pop up weekend market and a gelato shop, and then lunch. Lola spent a lot of time in the museum doing what she loves doing everywhere she goes - going up stairs and demanding to go in and out of elevators and slopes. But, the museum had an awesome kids play area that Lola liked. She was very intrigued by the felt sticky board.
We also spent a lot of time chasing her around the museum just like this: charging ahead full speed with her head down, pulling me forward as quickly as her little body could propel us.
She is full of curiosity, and her impatience often gets the better of her. Here, she was desperate to get into a cardboard tuk tuk truck. But then when she finally got the chance to step into it, she backed away and kept saying, "no, no." Sometimes Lola is such a little scaredy-cat. But we love her so much nonetheless. Besides, exercising caution is a very intelligent and appropriate way to approach the world!
Taiwan does such a good job with children's interactive learning spaces in the museums. Here, Lola playing with blocks.
We were all having so much fun.
The museum is a really pretty place. We really enjoyed all the open grassy areas and trees.
We left the museum to go for a little walk nearby. Here Lola is wearing the fruit hat that our friends bought for her, as she munches on guava. It's the only hat she has ever willingly worn!
There was a very cute market that sold all kinds of pretty handicraft and dried fruits, juices and snacks. I sampled quite a few things. There was also a wall of vending machines where Lola wanted an Elmo key chain. There were seven different Sesame Street characters, so she was (or maybe I should say we were) very lucky to get Elmo on her first try!
I bought some peanut butter, some dried pineapple and dried banana, and pineapple juice.
We went to a gelato store and relaxed for a little while. Lola pushed around the huge ice cream cones (while wearing her newly acquired Elmo accessory).
I saw this very beautiful and intriguing flowering plant.
We ate some watermelon, mango and grapefruit flavored gelato. I know not why but the grapefruit gelato was black. I tried it more for the novelty than for the aesthetic appeal.
After that, we headed to lunch at a noodle restaurant near the museum where we all enjoyed beef noodles, appetizers, and bubble milk tea. At this point we were nearing Lola's danger zone because she was really tired, but as long as there were things to do she would not succumb to a nap.
She was still being incredibly cute after lunch nonetheless. This little girl never passes up an opportunity to explore and find delight in her surroundings.
After that action packed morning and early afternoon, we went back to our hotel and spent the rest of the day relaxing. Michael did some work, I binge-watched shows on Netflix, Lola had a very enjoyable and relaxing bath, Jovie went out in the slashing rain and got to explore the famous Fengchia night market to her heart's content. I think it was a very satisfying Saturday all around.
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