Camp Moon-Hwa

We have all finally recovered from our week at Camp. We absolutely love camp and wouldn't miss it. However, it is all-consuming and everything else is put on-hold until its over. This means that our house was a mess (well, you have to remember that 3 boys weren't in it all day, so that did help), only the bare minimum in laundry was done, and, though we didn't need to resort to eating cereal for supper, there were a couple nights that was nearly the case. Oh well... no one would have minded and we all would have been just fine. Also, neither Henry nor Charles had naps the whole week, and Min only had naps while in the carrier. Of course, no one, except Travis and I, minded that. The boys were exhausted every afternoon when we brought them home, and were generally sound asleep by 7 every night. Today, everyone is rested and we're catching up on the housework and laundry.
The boys are sad that we can't go to camp everyday, but I think they enjoyed returning to their regular routine. We all had an awesome week!! I was in charge of the nursery which truly makes me appreciate daycare providers, preschool teachers, and stay-at-home parents of more than 3 kids. I had really great helpers and, though everyone was tired at the end of the day (including the kids...how do you get them to take naps? ), I think they all had fun. Charles and Andrew were both with me in the nursery. Charles enjoyed building and playing with his friends Mira and Nathan. He REALLY missed not being with Henry. Andrew was generally with us in the nursery, but sometimes he would be taken by some other volunteers in other parts of camp. He did get to spend about 15 minutes visiting the ladies in the kitchen.
It was Henry's first year as a 'real' camper. He was in Pre-K with 4 other kids. He LOVED being in Pre-K, and got to a lot of really fun things. He had music class, cooking, drumming, games, and his all-time favorite...tae kwon do. He is passionate about tae kwon do, and most evenings we had a wanna be tae kwon do master in the house. We were relieved to see that he was FINALLY ready to take lessons, and signed him at Park Institute on Friday afternoon. He has his first lesson tomorrow at 6 pm. We've been trying to talk him into tae kwon do for a year. His other favorite activity at camp....bowling. Now, if you EVER want to experience sensory overload (this does border on near seizure activity) please come to our camps Wednesday afternoon bowling outing. I took over coordinating this outing last year...and what an experience. The teachers and helpers managed to get about 80 kids onto two busses and to the bowling alley. We took about 15 lanes, and shortly after arriving the alley is turned into 'Extreme Bowling.' They turn off the lights, turn on black lights and strobe lights, turn up the music, and the kids turn into bowling maniacs for 1 1/2 hours. You can easily spot the first time extreme bowling adults because they have a look of shock on their faces. Certainly what I must have looked like last year. I'm always relieved when we return to camp and we have not left any campers at the bowling alley.

Here are a few pictures from Camp. This is Andrew and one of our nursery helpers.
Charles and Dad at the program. Charles was exhausted. I think he has Korean soda.
This is Henry during their singing performance at the program. They had learned two Korean songs during the week.
This is Henry during the tae kwon do performance. What could be more appropriate...a Korean boy in a hanbok doing tae kwon do.
Here he is watching the demonstration put on by a few Park Institute students.