More pictures of Maita

These pictures of Maita were taken earlier this year before Maita lost her two front teeth. The close-ups were taken in our apartment while the picture of her back was taken in Windance, a nearby shopping mall.

You've come a long way baby!

This picture was taken probably around 2 years ago. Erika is now a 3 year old and is learning to assert herself. She likes to pick out her own clothes. It's constantly a challenge to try to steer her to pick more appropriate clothing. It has been a bit difficult these past few days as she's been picking her dresses. With the increasingly cold weather, it is not the best choice. Thank goodness for stockings!

Hsinchu's East Gate

I believe this picture was taken with my Yashica rangefinder. I spent quite a bit of time working on this image in Photoshop. I'm still not sure whether this is the best version of the picture.

Some pictures of Erika

These two pictures were taken in the Holland Village outdoor playground.

This was taken at home right after in-line skating. This is one of the few flash shots that i really like. I used my Nikon FM2 for this shot. The two shots in the playground must have been shot with the Minolta rangefinder camera.

This is Erika drinking her milk on the sofa. Despite just turning three this month, Erika still drinks her milk just before going to sleep.

Some pictures of Maita

These two pictures were taken at Hsinchu's East Gate. Sometimes, the door to the gate is open and you can actually walk up to take a look. These were taken while Maita was on her way down the ladder.

Manila ice cream

On Saturday morning, I took the two girls down for a walk to the convenience store.  They wanted to buy some ice cream and I needed to go buy the morning paper.  Maita chose the chocolate ice cream while Erika picked the vanilla ice cream.  I told Erika her ice cream was Vanilla flavored.  "Manila ice cream?" repeated Erika.  "No, no, not Manila ice cream!  Vanilla ice cream!  Vanilla ice cream!"  "Lola is in Manila and you are eating Vanilla ice cream!," I repeated on the way home.  Erika repeated, "Vanilla, not Manila ice cream.  Lola is in Manila"

In-line skating

After dinner Maita declared, "I want to roller roller skate." She took out her in-line skates and padding then asked me to help her put everything on. Erika then also said that she wants to roller roller skate. While helping Maita put on her padding, I tell Erika to go get her socks. Erika ran to their room to get her socks. When she came back out I notice that she changed from her red T-shirt to a pink T-shirt. But no socks. "Erika, go get your socks," I tell her again. Erika runs back to the room and comes back with a pair of socks. While helping her put on the socks, I notice that she has again changed. This time she changed to a white T-shirt.

Skating around the apartment while waiting for their mom to get ready, I notice how good they've become at in-line skating - the direct results of the almost daily skating and the once a week skating classes.