Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Chaos rules at the Paul house!!

Just posting a few pictures and a quick update from the past week. I can't believe how chaotic our life has become with the addition of kindergarten. And why? It's just dropping off one 6 year old boy for almost 3 hours in the morning. However, it's amazing what a difference it makes. On the days Charles goes to preschool, we leave the house at 8:15, drive to his preschool and drop him off. Of course, Henry ALWAYS wants to go in so he can see his friend, Mikka, so that adds a few minutes. And, then we visit a little with the preschool teacher. We leave her house by 8:40 so I can get Henry back to the school and dropped off so he can play for 10 minutes before the bell rings at 9:10. Min and I go home so that he can have his morning nap. I manage a few minutes of cleaning, laundry and the like before he wakes up. We play or run errands before having to be back to pick up Charles at 11:30 so we can make it back to the school to pick up Henry by 11:50. Then home, lunch, quiet time so Min can have a nap. The hard part.... Charles daycare is on the other side of town. Henry's school is about 3 blocks from our house. Usually, by Friday, I am so tired of the van that I wish I could just walk or bike wherever I need to go. The good news is that we are settling in.

Charles is doing great going to preschool alone. He is becoming such a big boy and a really great big brother. He's participating more in preschool activities, and has become so much more grown up at home. I got to drive Charles, Andrew, and two other boys from Charles preschool to Sekapp Orchard on Monday. Ja Neal was taking everyone and needed an extra driver. I actually really like doing this because the kids are hilarious. When you drive, you are essentially invisible and they talk as if you aren't there. You hear the funniest comments from the kids. I had 3 4 year old boys and Min, and the conversation was hilarious. Henry is really liking school and has made a couple good friends. I feel much better since I've gotten to know the teacher and a few of the other moms whose kids are in Henry's class. Henry started running on adrenaline on about Wednesday because he was testing for his yellow belt on Saturday. He could hardly go to sleep at night and was up at the crack of dawn every day. The test went well, and he found out the he passed so now....he's a 'yellow-belter.' Of course now it's...'when do I get to test for my green stripe?' We've created a monster!! But, a good one. He's doing really great and absolutely LOVES tae kwon do. We camped on last time before the winterizing the camper. The boys vegging in the camper. Actually, it looks like only Henry is since Charles has that 'look' in his eye, and I KNOW that Min isn't vegging.
Cruising around a boulder. Min is cruising around like mad. He can go from lying to sitting, and is getting very good at going from sitting to standing without holding onto anything. He can walk as well holding with one hand as he can with two....except on grass...and is occasionally taking 2-3 steps alone.
Here he is taking about 3 steps. The grass is not such a good choice, but he managed. New word of the day...'apple.' He LOVES apples. Not much other news from here. Andrew turns 1 on Sunday, but we're having his party on Saturday. Actually, his birthday techinically is on Saturday.... we're planning a smaller version of a Korean tol. In Korea, the first birthday is a huge celebration. So, we'll have a very traditional meal that people who aren't very familiar with Korean cuisine will like.... for Korean food lovers out there, you guessed it... bulgogi, rice, mandu, kimchi, kimbab, and I'm going to try my hand at a Korean salad. I'm going to try to make bibimbap on Sunday for just our family. But, we'll see how that goes.

I had to leave you with a link to this video. I really hope it works because it is hilarious!! I laughed through the whole thing. Unfortunately, I think I need to post before I can actually click on the link and have it take me to the video. Hopefully, it doesn't take me to something horrible. I'll let you know....

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