February 7, 2009

  • Proud Mommy Moment

    I had an extremely vain "proud mommy" moment today that I have to share with you all!

    Uncle Scott and Daniel came over this afternoon and took my mom, Jack and I to the Ilan Cultural Center. Johnny and I had actually been there (with his parents) when we went on a train tour in Taiwan in the fall of 2005. At that time, the center was really new, so there weren't a lot of people there. Today, the parking lot was full, and people were milling about, checking out all the little stores, performers and eateries. (I'll post pictures soon.) Jack had a great time running around.

    At one point, he was out of his stroller, and I was holding his hand as we made our way through the crowds. A group of Taiwanese girls, who looked to be in college, was walking toward us. Suddenly they stopped, pointed in Jack's direction and squealed, "Oh, my God! He's so cute!" They stopped when they got to us, and asked me politely if they could take their picture with Jack, and if he was mixed. Some moms might be creeped out, but I was delighted that someone thought my son was cute enough to want to take a random picture with him, so I said sure, and that yes, he was mixed. Jack was happy with the girls, who were fawning over him, until they crowded around him to take a picture. Then he shook his head, said no, and started to cry. The girls backed off, we said bye, and Jack was all happy again, waving and saying bye-bye. The girls asked me if they could take a picture of Jack instead, and I said OK, so they snapped a few pictures of him while he was all happy.

    After they left, I asked Daniel if this was a common thing here, and he replied that some girls liked to take pictures of cute kids just for fun. Sometimes they'll post the pictures on their blogs. Again, I suppose that might be kind of creepy, but it's not like they're weird old men ... I think it's kind of cute that they like to snap pictures of adorable children. It would be neat to see Jack's picture somewhere. I mean, it's not like I don't post tons of pictures of him on my public blog -- everyone else might as well join in.  I'd be more concerned if Jack were at an age where he's easily recognizable, or where he's in school by himself all day and more easily snatched away.

    So that was my proud moment of the day. I wonder if Jack will get any more papparazzi requests while he's here?

Comments (8)

  • kekeke...  How cute!  :)   It's so random but really cute.  I think people in Asia are different about children than Americans.  I remember reading of the Korean-American mommy who lives in Korea, Devin's mom, would have her two boys taken care of by the flight attendants so she could eat...  Even in Korea the children were really friendly to me.  They kept yelling "CAMERA" at me... 

    Papparazzi families are GREAT :D

  • Awww what a sweet story! It doesn't suprise me at all that those girls wanted to take a picture of Jack. He is absolutely ADORABLE!! :o ) I'd be a proud mommy too!

  • who could blame those girls.  jack is extremely cute!!!!!!!!!!!!  funny that other ppl do that cuz several years ago when we went to cancun on a cruise with tyler (who was 2 at the time), a young couple asked if they could take a picture with tyler cuz of the same thing (ppl used to always think he's mixed).  they posed with him like he was their kid lol  it didn't feel creepy to me either, i felt proud too.   

    i guess it all depends on who's asking and what age the kid is.  i'm certain jack will have girls lining up for him soon.  no doubt about it!

  • That's really sweet :)   I love it when people think my kids are cute!

  • How sweet is that?? Awwww!

  • Haha, Jack's on his way to stardom, one random picture in Taiwan at a time! I am so jealous that you are in Taiwan for so long!! 

  • Hah, that's so funny! I also don't blame them. I think it's funny because when I was little, probably 5 or 6, my family was visiting Arlington National Cemetary in Washington D.C. While my mom and I were sitting on a bench, this group of asian tourists came over and asked to take a picture of me and my mom. Then they wanted to take pictures with just me and them. It was such a funny memory because they were all so excited about something, buy my mom and I didn't understand what they were saying! I sometimes wonder if those pics are in some random photo album somewhere on the other side of the world ;)

  • That same thing happened to us in Vegas! When Holden was a baby, I was stopped by 3 Japanese girls who spoke absolutely no English. But they ran up to me and started cooing at Holden. They reached their arms out to him and I let them hold him. Then they pulled out their cameras and looked at me and showed me their cameras and I said okay. And they all took turns taking pictures with him. It was hilarious. I tell people this story and they think I'm crazy but I see it must be pretty common after all with Asian girls. How funny.

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