Dumplings to keep him busy

First week of 2012 zapped through us. We had some cold days, some warm days, and I had lots of catching up to do in the kitchen. A year ago I was jotting down new words Taiyo blurts out, and this year it's full phrases and sentences. Since he is only 27-months old, he still has good amount of unreasonable demands and tantrums. But he makes me laugh plenty to make up for everything. He's hilarious, sometimes unintentionally, often so clearly intentionally like above, and neverthless he's darn cute.

"What to do during cold months" is a concern to many mothers with little ones, but lately Taiyo like to be lazy and hang around the apartment, often naked. I work so much all week I totally don't mind. So we didn't do much over the break and that's one reason I'm slacking off on this blog. Plus I often fall asleep with Taiyo because he requirs a company going to bed. Today was another pretty lazy day, and we never did any of the activity options I've researched. I still like to keep my antenas up to make sure we won't miss some fabulous events. January is a mellow month- not much is going on. So we hang around the house for hours before heading out for a shopping trip to Chinatown. We stopped at the playground on Hester and Christie. This is one of the newer better designed playground in the area, but also the most loud and crowded. I was also saddened to see that it was so poorly maintained. Most of the musical things in the toddler area didn't work. The sandbox was full of garbage. But of course Taiyo wanted to go into the sandbox and play a while. I managed to get him out by suggesting some dumplings across the street. He agreed.

C&L Dumpling Houseis right next to the park, on Christie between Hester and Grand. It's one of those self-service dumpling joint with cheap and fast food. The plate of 10 dumplings for $2.50 was not bad at all. They are very greasy, but pretty tasty. They probably use very fatty ground pork. The skin is not so thick, which I liked. Taiyo kept chugging down the skins (he doesn't eat the filling- even with my gyoza!)until there was no more on the plate. He ate the skins of seven big dumplings. His appetite is often other mother's envy. I often don't have to feed him either. If he likes the food, he'd help himself and eat a regular adult serving. So, their dumplings were approved by Taiyo. They kept him at the table, and kept him busy. The noodle soups other people were ordering seemed good, also. Recommended.