Our First Post-Hunter Date

It's taken us 11 weeks, but we finally worked up enough gumption to get out of the house without Hunter! Since it was our "first date" Tony decided to take it upon himself to make it a special one... I think you'd agree it was "hai bu cuo" - "not bad"!

We left Hunter in the capable care of our good friend, Livi... it's not everyday you can be someone's "first baby-sitter"! The funny thing was I felt like such an "adult" as I walked her through the house explaining the in's and out's! We both remembered being 12 years old going through this with other people!!!
Thankfully the two of them had a lovely evening together.

Excited parents all dressed up with somewhere to go!

The evening started with a feast at our favorite place to gorge ourselves! Maybe I'd been subconciously setting the scene all week with the average dinners I'd cooked, maybe it was just the feeling that we could eat without interruption, or perhaps it was the knowledge that Hunter had bottles of undefiled milk at home - whatever the reason, we thoroughly enjoyed our meal and indulged ourselves without reservation!

After dinner we headed out to the Taipei Eye for some very Chinese-y entertainement. The lion dancers are always really impressive... this lion jumped along the "mountain top" and crossed a large "ravine" - amazing skill and teamwork from these performers! We were duly impressed!



Up close & personal with the cuddly lion!!!



The second part of the performance was a scene from a famous Chinese Opera about the White Snake who married the human man... even with an English explanation it was sometimes tough to follow... but the colors, acrobatics, choreography were all fantastic!!! Very well done!


What a date!!! Tony really let his hair down!!