playground

couple of hours to kill before the flight home. so brought him to a nearby park and garden to play. sorry this series of entries are just so bland! photo captions really.

Crayfish

can't go to tasmania without indulging in seafood. we probably got an overkill. This was our last nite there and since wife hasn't had crayfish before, we gave it a shot. Siyuan got to test the freshness of the crayfish beforehand :)

Lenna

We stayed at Lenna of Hobalt. An old building converted into an hotel. it was built by a scot, who with his brother made their money from whaling and merchant-shipping.
And oh yea, that's a hat we tried on him.

Pier

Some pictures taken near a pier when I took him out for a walk. the best thing about the trip for us? Siyuan slept pretty well :)

Bar

we hang out at the bar drinking coffee and eating pancakes. nobody seems to be there and there's good room for siyuan to crawl.

Tasmania

Just a series of pictures from our tasmanian holiday. we went to to hobalt, and then torn up plans to travel and decided to just stay, enjoy seafood, coffee, ransack a second-hand bookstop for old books, and sleep in :)
this is siyuan looking mournfully outside on the 1st day we got there. it was a 6:30 a.m. flight and we were up at 4ish. So pretty tired by the time we actually checked in.
And Siyuan cried non-stop halfway through the thankfully one hour flight. That caught us by surprise becos he's been on longer trips than that and never behaved this way.
We reckon it was the lack of ventaliation.

Barricade

Wife reconstitued the living room, and erected a more efficient barricade to stop Siyuan from getting into the kitchen or access to my computer, where he feels an urge to play with my mouse and chew cables. We had previously used a mixture of the pram, chairs and boxes, but he's been wriggling through them or managing to push and pull aside the boxes etc.
We were at Williamstown sunday to satisfy my cravings for crepes. Laid him on the grass patch in front of the waters after that, and were prepared to just sit back, read and enjoy the spring afternoon.
Siyuan got the fright. Sitting beside me and wife, he just suddenly started crying and wanted mom to cuddle him. We couldn't figure out why since he's been at the parks before. Maybe it was the seagulls wandering around?

Doggie Ride

We've been thinking of getting one of those ponies for him to ride for a while, but haven't quite seen something we like so far. Then wife saw this one on a day out. Since Siyuan was born in the year of the dog, this was perfect :)

Growth

This morning as I was about to depart, i realized Siyuan had managed to stand up using just the wall, rather than legs of chairs and tables. I yelled excitedly for my wife. She took a look and went back to sleep, saying it's been happening. Ah, the things that are happening!
The other day, wife did an experiment with Siyuan. She laid down his food on the floor. He saw, quickly crawled over to the bowl and sat himself down quietly to wait for her to feed him. Last evening, we were out at a Japanese eatery and wife fed him some tofu, alternating with his normal dinner. He quickly decided he only wanted the tofu and screamed himself red if we tried to sneak his normal dinner back.
Who says babies don't have a mind of their own? :)