Hmmm....can't think of a title today...

Life has certainly been gotten back to a new normal after the week of camp and the 4th of July camping trip. Henry had 2 tae kwon do lessons last week with a different instructor. This instructor is in his 20's and, I think, has become another idol for Henry. He's a really great instructor. I had to bring Charles and Andrew with for one of the lessons. Thankfully, the institute has a little playroom for siblings. But, Charles chose to watch the lesson instead. We may have another budding tae kwon do student. Anyway...not only is he a great instructor, but he also loves babies. It was interesting to watch this young man with a black belt tickling and laughing with Andrew. And, Andrew loved him. So, we've settled into tae kwon do and Henry gets to start attending class with the other kids. Charles LOVES water, and would gladly spend the entire day watering everything in the yard. Of course, he especially likes watching the water run down the sidewalk 'like a wiver,' pouring into and out of glasses and, as the above photo shows, into a tube so it makes a waterfall.
Andrew is very much into walking as much and as often as possible to the utter fatigue and sore backs of his parents. He would also much rather spend time walking than going to sleep. Of course, his walking includes holding both hands of a parent which is why we have sore backs. But, he insists upon walking with complete disregard for crawling. In the above picture, he was heading for the plant so he could eat it. Maybe he's going to be a salad man? Today, he managed to pluck the bud off a lily and get it into his mouth.
This is Charles eating bi bim bop yesterday. Our local Korean community made a bi bim bop lunch to raise fund for James. We all LOVE bi bim bop, and this was absolutely delicious. The lunch was very well attended. The man of honor and his family were able to attend. We had a nice time visiting with everyone since we hadn't seen them in about...oh, 2 weeks since camp was over. I talked with the ladies in the kitchen and they were hoping they wouldn't run out of food. I left before it was over so don't know if that happened, but I'm guessing not.
The boys playing 'chase-each-other-down-the-sidewalk-in-pajamas-and-undies.' Thankfully we live in a neighborhood with lots of families with children so they usually just laugh when they drive by and see sights like this.

Not much other news here, except I have to include a couple conversations I've had with the boys. Last Sunday when we were driving to church, Henry noticed some people out running. He asked why they weren't going to church. I told him that some people go to church on Saturday. He commented that his friends down the street went to church on Saturday sometimes. I told him that they were Catholic and people who go to the Catholic church can go on Saturday night or Sunday morning. He said, 'We're not Catholic. We're Korean.' Which led into a discussion about the differences in religion and ethnicity.

Last night at bedtime, Charles asked, 'Mom, why doesn't the sky fall down?' I'm not much of a scientist or meteorologist or whoever it is that studies this kind of thing and so I couldn't readily give him an explanation. So... I said, 'I don't know.' Charles said, 'I think there is a tube in the sky and that keeps it up in the sky.' I tried to get him to explain what he thought this 'tube' looked like, and he gave him such an abstract answer I couldn't really piece it together. I told him a tube is a lot like a garden hose (which he adores because of the water), and was this what the tube in the sky looked like? Then, he said, 'Brown puppy (his favorite stuffed dog) won't get any bigger because he's too hot.' Charles is great for giving reasons for things that make absolutely no sense. I usually say, 'oh,' and try not to look at Henry because then we usually can't help laughing.