Whiskey and Water- Museum's# 5 & 6 (one week late....)

Upon waking this morning I was already fantasizing about mudslides.  At 7:30 am that does not bode well for my day. I'm not even really a big drinker, (which after this post you may question)..but being as it was 7:30, I met with a girlfriend for coffee instead and just talked about my fantasy of wanting a mudslide. *sigh* (I'm writing this at 12:30 am and still thinking about the mudslide, hence its presence within this post).

Get it? he's miniature.....

Mudslides aside, I was also thinking today about how much I love The Wyatt and how I wished I had more patience and wasn't so quick to get annoyed and frustrated. I was despairing of how he always apologizes directly after one of my sighs or eye rolls of annoyance, silently praying that he will hopefully remember the good and happy things that we did together and that I really did try- really really hard to be a good mom. *air gasp AND * sigh*. Really, truly. What are the chances of this?...Him recalling all the good stuff that is?  Again these were recurring thoughts for me today, seeing as this was an exceptionally looooooong day. *Cue impatience, multiple eye rolls, yes...a few sighs...... BAH. I hate myself.  Anyway, it felt like we conquered the world.(between eye rolls and sighs)..or at least Taiwan, until I looked at my watch and it was only 10:54. AM. AM! Seriously?!?!. The day was filled with rollerblading, haircuts, multiple museums and a meat bun for The Wyatt and the clock did NOT move. 

Just setting the scene for you folks. After rollerblading, haircut and lunch, it was like 8:00 AM (I jest..like 12:45, so we (I) decided to bring us over to The Miniature Museum. Wyatt wanted to go to the Science Center Again, but I'm going to save that for a downpour of a day. Not to mention it was a decent exploring day today and we had just been to the Science Center last week. Overcast, but not raining, breezy without being terribly dripping hot... I overruled his suggestion. As per usual, I probably should have listened to my clairvoyant son. I will give this little place credit though. It was very cool interesting, and I certainly appreciated the artisan work and the pure patience that must have gone into each and every itty bitty detail of every scene that was depicted. Wyatt's interest was held because each scene described the setting/country in which it was from and he was able to stamp our brochure from each location. This was his highlight. STAMPING the brochure. MY highlight was asking Wyatt if we were getting smaller as we were walking down the museum steps and him believing me. Or at least humoring me and leading me to believe that he believed me.

If you've got like 20 minutes to kill( assuming you're with a 6 yr old boy with the attention span of knat) and 180 NT per adult and 80 NT per kid (Highway Robbery!!) (yeah, so it's like 3.50 US $...so what) then give it  try. You'll walk into the building where the museum is held, which is essentially an office building, and think that you've gone to the wrong place. You haven't. Follow the sign, walk around the corner and the museum is on the lower level. THIS is what I love about museums here..there are surprises hiding around every corner. Literally. THAT. is cool.  

A depiction of the 7 dwarves. 

My favorite miniatures....(sold in the gift shop ; )

After Wyatt and I grabbed mediocre coffee and what Wyatt described as chocolate ice cream that tasted like gas (the coffee shop was called taxi museum coffee.... I think he was unduly influenced) he played in the little park around the corner from the miniature museum, met a new BFF and claimed I ruined the "whole thing" because we had to leave. Going for broke, I cried a river for his loss and told him that we were headed towards the drinking water museum. Woo Hoo! By this time it was only 3:00 P.M.- sweet mother.  
The water museum wasn't too far out of our way and we (I)  were in that exploration type of mood. And yes, despite what you may think the museum didn't make me want to gauge my eyes out with spoons. 
We found it without a lot of hassle- it was right by the Water Department (genius!) in Taipei. There is a big water park, The Water Museum (which has the transformers, pipes, gauges etc), and a fun park where kids can run through and climb on actual pipes/ hydrants etc. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised. LOVE that. 

http://waterpark.twd.gov.tw/english/index_e.htm