Dim Sum and Bao Fries

On Saturday we headed back into the city with Calvin to have dim sum with Phil's godmother and her family. It had been a couple months since the last time she saw Calvin so we were due for a get together. We bundled Calvin up into his car seat again. He has that "Oh, mom, not another picture" look on his face. Phil's godmom's kids were there, John and Jennifer. John had come all the way from San Francisco to visit. I think Phil's godmom was trying to hint to her kids that she was ready for some grandkids of her own. But they seemed quite content just playing with Calvin. For the most part Calvin seemed Ok having John and Jennifer hold him. I think it was because half the time he didn't realize who was holding him. After a while he finally figured out to look behind him. After dim sum Phil headed to the eye doctors to see about doing Lasik eye surgery while Calvin and I went on a walk with Phil's cousin, Lucia. On our way back to her apartment we were going to stop by the Doughnut Plant and pick up some donuts, but the line was insanely long. The line for the Doughnut Plant is usually long, but I'd never seen it that long before. We guessed they probably aired a rerun on the Food Network or something. According to Lucia they're opening a second location somewhere else in NY. Calvin was exhausted from all of the excitement at the dim sum restaurant, so after just a few blocks of walking he was out like a light. Since we didn't want to go back empty handed we decided to stop by the Bao Haus for some bao fries (sweet fried slices of Bao served with Taro dipping sauce). For some reason every time I've gone to Bao Haus the wait for your food is always really long, even if there aren't actually that many people there. But I still keep going back, if for nothing else than to support my fellow Taiwanese American ^__^ Back at Lucia's apartment Calvin got to open a new present from his aunt Winnie. I wonder when we should tell him that he's supposed to play the keyboard with his hands and not his feet...