Dragon boat Festival days.

So we had a mini 4 day holiday last weekend (just two days really as two of them are the weekend when we never work anyway...but here they always put a postive spin on it!) for dragon boat festival. We didn't go to see the boats..i have never seen them but suspect that there are millions of people and thus a bit of a nightmare to go to with a two year old.
So we went on a picknic with friends, Heather and Anna...plus a few kids.
Nykolas, Mia, Gemma, Sarah, lili, Tilly and Asher.
So just a few.
I have to say that it was way better than it first looked like it might me. The kids were pretty good,and had fun playing with coloured rice...sounds strange but i tell you they like it (Gemmas mum Nevada made it for us to play with its pretty cool stuff...but you need a mat or something under where the kids are sitting or you'll either loose it or have a lot of sweeping to do).
Sarah and Tilly were playing really nicely together it was so sweet to see, they use to play like that about a year ago when Anna took care Sarah for a while during the time i was hunting for a nanny, that would take Sarah...(long and nightmare issue). So that was nice, they were chatting to each other and pouring rice into each others pots. I am all for simple toys for kids. free toys are even better but simple ones are great. Sarah loves simple and cheap toys more than normal ones i think. She played with a large box for months that she colours and stuck stickers too. She loves playing cards so i gave her some i was given and she sits and plays with them for ages. She loves money too so i got her a whole lot of it for 5nt (almost nothing) and she loves to play with that too. Its nice. i try to make her stuff to play with like a drum from a big tin of oats, that went down well too.
God love her, she isn't demanding when we go to a toy store she doesn't ask for this and that. sure she picks stuff up but she always puts it back when i tell her to with out any fuss. Last night we went out with Tom, as he wanted to get her a toy, so we go to a biggish toy place and sarah didn't loose it once when i told her to put things down. She just did it. In the end she chose a car that she wanted which was a rubbish/Garbage Truck...can i tell you why? well this is a girl that hates dirty things but here in Taiwan the Garbage truck sings a little tune to tell you they are here...so now when she plays with it she sings the tune and says err yucky! its very funny. i need it on video really.
Tom wanted to get her something else but she was well confused and just said no this on this one... so she got the truck and no doubt loves it. bless her.

Back to the drangon festival on the friday we went to the beach...but the waves were too high so we couldn't go in. it was such a shame as tom had driven us there and then we couldn't go in. We went to a little lake before hand which was a little strange but nice none the less.I'm hoping it doesn't put tom of taking us again...as i really enjoy the beach.
So here's some dragon boat festival photos...ps they give a holiday for 4 days as it fell on a Thursday so they give you friday off to, nice right...well not really as then you have to work Saturday the following week...ie this week. bummer.