Legoland

Legoland

Legoland

Legoland

More pictures

Our trip to Legoland 4/09

We took a family vacation and visited some dear friends of ours.

We also went to Legoland :)

My little girl

Here is Ellie

My Sons (AIden and Nathan)

These guys were out shopping and we thought we'd have a little fun

Ellie cut Aiden's hair

I was changing Nathan and Ellie and Aiden came to me and said "ta da". Ellie had just cut Aiden's hair. I almost lost it. We had just paid to get Aiden's hair cut.

So, here he is.

Ellie loves the camera

Here Ellie is posing with her friend. I thought this picture reflected her playful personality

More pictures of Ellie's birthday party

Ellie opened a ton of presents. Needless to say, she was HAPPY!

:)

Ellie's 5th Birthday

I know that I have not updated in a really, really long time. But yesterday our daughter had a birthday party to celebrate turning 5.

We invited her friends and had a really fun time. My sisters helped me decorate, clean and prepare food. I probably would not have been so ambitious if it were not for them.

I am posting some pictures.

Nathan did it again.

Nathan flipped over from his tummy to his back today. Now he can roll and roll and roll. This is the reason I am blogging today.

But so much has happened since I last posted comments. The kids had fun on Halloween. Ellie won third place for making a pumpkin out of construction paper. She said the friend that placed first had help from an adult. For half a day she kept complaining that she only placed third because I didn't help her. I kept trying to explain that third place was something to be very proud of, especially since she did it herself. I don't know if she got it. Luckily, first place and third place received the same prize: a bag of candy. Of course Ellie wanted to be a princess. Aiden was only interested in the candy. Aiden also handed candy out to trick or treaters at our house. He did a really good job. A 7 year old boy came dressed as the incredible hulk and had a green mask as well. Aiden was so scared he drew back. The boy lifted his mask and Aiden laughed and gave him a piece of candy. It was so cute. Aiden kept saying "there you go" as he handed out the candy and then said "Happy Halloween" as they were leaving.

Last weekend Ellie and Aiden went to a wedding with their grandparents. Ellie had a lot of fun with her aunt there. Aiden was a handful. Once they got back, his grandparents vowed never to take him anywhere. :)

Aiden also seems to be taking after his sister. He likes coloring and drawing. He also really likes to be read to. It is a fun age. He is also really responding well to discipline. I found it really hard to discipline him because he cried alot and his grandparents were softies. We really cracked down on Aiden while his grandparents were away and have tried to continue being consistent with discipline since they have been back.

Meltdowns and New Routines

With the start of flu season, the children and I were sick for a while and I was feeling pretty overwhelmed. What started out as a way to give mom a break became a new routine. My husband now gets the children ready for bed and makes sure they sleep. Aiden was absolutely opposed to this plan. But when he realized that we were not going to be moved by his screaming and crying, he gave in. The children are sleeping now: that is why I am able to post to this blog today. Starting tomorrow I will post pictures....probably.
Ellie loves preschool. The thing I find interesting is that when I ask her what she did in school, she will say, "I don't remember", but then later on that day or on another day she will randomly recall an event that went on that day. Tonight, out of the blue, she said, "Mom, when I was sitting on the sand today, I prayed." I asked her why she did this. She said she didn't have anything to do while she was sitting on the sand (in the playground) and just prayed for her friends to play well together. Huh. That was interesting.
Aiden is always saying "nabbunnohm". This is not a nice word and I do not know how to get him to stop. He also doesn't like to speak in Korean anymore. When I ask him to, he asks me to take a "time-out". (in English, of course). This is somewhat upsetting because I really thought it was cute when he spoke in Korean. I think his grandparents might be a little sad too.
Nathan is losing some of his baby fat. I wish I had more time to play with him. It seems like I just transport him from place to place as I supervise the other children and do other household chores.
I'm starting to feel a little hungry so I will be ending the post now.

Nathan did it!!

Nathan rolled over by himself for the first time on Monday, October 6, 2008. He is about 4 and a half months old. This is quite an accomplishment in our family because my other two children rolled over when they were about 6 months. Yay Nathan! This may be an indication of events to come ;) He He. So I will post a couple of pictures of him that we took at Anna's house. She bought him the cute outfit that he is wearing. The little boy in the picture is Michael, Anna's son. Actually, he is not so little. He is quite tall for his age and the envy of many mothers :)

Family Trip

This past weekend we took a family trip to Las Vegas to visit some friends of ours. It was definitely hard with three kids but the kids had fun.

We stopped at a place called Wickieup (rattlesnake capital). There was a wood carving of a Native American man and it scared the living daylights out of Aiden. We finally convinced him that he was not real. Aiden even posed for a picture with the wood carving.

Ellie and Aiden loved the ferris wheel at Circus Circus. That was their favorite. They also liked the swimming pool.