Texas Renaissance Festival 德州文藝復節

每年的11月美國德州會舉辦文藝復興活動，據說;與國內其他各州的文藝復興主題活動比較，是屬於比較有看頭的大型主題娛樂活動。今年2011 Texas Renaissance Festival舉辦的地點離休士頓還算近，加上Daddy剛好有4張招待券，所以Angela 連著兩個週日都去參觀。

Angela 看到很多人裝扮得像中古世紀的人，以及不同的音樂、舞蹈及戲劇表演覺得相當新奇。

不過，最讓小恩恩興奮的還是--玩旋轉馬的遊樂活動，因為這是她第一次騎真正的馬！瞧，小恩恩騎馬的姿態還頗有模有樣的，一點也不害怕！

在整個活動區域內，除了騎旋馬以外，也設置不少的遊樂器具供遊客娛樂，包括高空彈跳、海盜船、射擊、攀岩、打沙包、擊重等等。其中，Angela 與Daddy一起搭坐旋轉杯，這旋轉杯雖然是人工配合機械發動旋轉的，可是轉起來還是相當快速刺激，小恩恩轉到後來都有點害怕，雙手緊緊地抱著Daddy。

另外，小恩恩還玩了一個爬牢籠的遊戲，牢籠有三層，小朋友要到最上層，必須要用手臂的力量往上撐才行。Angela看到比較大的小朋友的爬行動作很快就到了頂層。結束後，還很興奮地與Daddy留影。

Stage Play of Ali Baba and the Four Thieves 舞台劇－阿里巴巴與四個大盜

這個週末Angela 連著兩天都到市政府的親子劇場觀賞舞台劇。週六的劇團演出的是阿里八八的故事，由於Angela沒有聽過阿里巴巴的故事，Mommy還特地在事前向Angela預習一下故事的內容。並且教了小恩恩要讓大盜藏寶的山洞開門的口訣就是「open sesame, open sesame」或者是「芝麻開門, 芝麻開門」。
故事雖然有些改編，但重要的內容大致與Mommy說的故事雷同，加上舞台劇的有台上台下的互動，表演過程相當活潑，現場很多小朋友的歡笑讓Angela的情緒很high，整場在座位看得很專心，。


表演結束後，Mommy和Angela與故事主角阿里八八及阿里八八的哥哥留影，希望以後Angela還會記得去看舞台劇的有趣經驗。

Stage Play -The Little Red Riding Hood 小紅帽舞台劇

Angela went to watch a stage play of the Little Red Riding Hood at the Family Theater at the City Hall this Friday evening.
This was Angela's first time to see a stage play at a theater and she had looked forward to this event since Mommy told her about stage play.


During the play, Angela very facused on each character's movement. She was so serious when the big bad wolf ate the grandma and little red riding hood up.

The other day, Angela went to story house for another Little Red Ridding Hood show. Before the show ended, Mommy took a picture of the storyteller and Angela, dressing in a Red Riding Hood costume and hoped Angela would be impressed by the story.

Visit National Taiwan Museum 參觀國立台灣博物館

週末，

Happy Gathering with Grandma and Aunts 奶奶與姑姑到訪

On the past dragonboat festival, ChangHua Grandma, Angela's fourth aunt and cousin HuaiKwan visited Mommy and Angela. Angela was very excited and glad to have guests in her house. She led HuaiKwan to her game room and was eager to share her toys with him while HuaiKwan still familiarized himself with a new place.

During lunch time, Angela dined with her cousins, HuaiKwan and HoYa, happily at Gourmen Theather in National Opera House at CKS Memorial Hall .

A picture of Grandmas, aunts, cousins together with Angela and Mommy was taken before the family left the resturant.

After lunch, Angela, HoYa and HuaiKwan played in Y17, an indoor playground for young kids ages 0-6. They ran around the ball pit, drove toy cars, playing slide and swing.

Angela was busy and rushed to play all kinds of the entertainment equipment. She and HoYa also had a great time to play house together.

Attending Wedding Banque 參加囍宴

小恩恩上週六陪Mommy去喝囍酒。喝囍酒前一天小恩恩剛好看到英國威廉王子結婚典禮的全程轉播，讓她對參加囍宴看新娘子的事充滿了期待。
儘管事先已經告訴小恩恩會看到新娘子，不過當她看到真正的新娘時，卻又相當害羞，都不敢正視新娘，尤期是新娘抱小恩恩拍照時，她更是不敢亂動，一點也不像是平常活潑好動的樣子。


小恩恩一直等到囍宴開桌，吃得很開心後，才開始全場跑透透，不僅主動去和新娘打招呼，拉新娘的裙子，還和其他的小朋友打棉花糖戰，互相追逐，讓Mommy同桌的朋友都驚呀她的活動力與社交力。

School Sports Day Activities 運動會

Yesterday was Aangela's first sports day at preschool. The school teachers set up a series of activities that all of the children could participate in and that emphasized family interaction.
Angela and her classmates wearing head wreath marched around the playground at the sports day opening ceremony.
Grandma held Angela's hand and walked with her. Angela was excited and smiled while she was walking.

Angela sat next to her classmates and took a short break before next activity.

Grandma drawed Angela who was sitting on paperboard.

Little Angela sang and moved with her classmates happily. Though Angela seemed a bit ackward compared to the other older sisters and brothers, Mommy was proud of her rapid progress in motor skills.

Taipei Flora Expo (II) 參觀花博(下)

Angela, Mommy and Grandma spent past weekend at Taipei Flora Expo again because there still were some pavilions worth a visit.

This time the family focused the pavilions at Xinsheng Park Area, including Pavilion of Dreams, Pavilion of Futures,

Pavilion of Angel Life , and Pavilion of Regimen.

During our visit, Angela was excited to see the Expo mascots and asked Mommy to take pictures for her.


The family also revisited the Expo Hall at Fine Arts Park Area.
Angela was very impressed by the diabolo performance last week. She kept humming the tune and tapping the rhythm after she came home from the show. Look, Angela noded her little head with the rythem and really happy to see the diabolo dance again.

In the evening time, Angela swa Aquatic Stage at Dajia Riverside Park Area and some other dance performance.




Below are the lucky flowers from Pavilion of Dreams. The green one is for Mommy, the red one is for Angela and the white one is for Grandma.