Merry Christmas!!

Here are some pictures leading up to Christmas this year, beginning with AJ and his inseparable doggie "Mung-mungie" next to the 3" x 5" TV (although we now have a bigger one) and leading up to a bribed photo of the two in Santa hats in front of the Nativity window. Alas the picture of the gingerbread house is missing the marshmallows and the snowman, but it was devoured before I could get another picture, so this will have to be good enough. We also have a video of AJ singing "Happy Birthday" to himself, which he constantly does in both English and Korean. We have BJ goofing around with his Ben 10 watch (which turns him into good guy aliens). The boys, who are now friends, are sitting next to one another in the same chair watching a movie on the computer. My nephew is helping to build another gingerbread house.

Also, I have a link to a song that BJ and AJ both love about Christmas. Maybe Carl and Katrina will like it, too (there are two links). BJ adds his own words and AJ only sings the verse about the dog (not in the videos--"'I', said the dog with the dark brown eyes, 'I watched over him under darkening skies. I watched over him until morning's rise. I', said the dog with the dark brown eyes.). I enjoy BJ's verses, although I never did hear what the "evil alien robot monster dragon" did for Baby Jesus.

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=lCTndPudzEc&feature=related (with cute puppets)

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=nsUSfk8EDfg&feature=related (Garth Brooks' version--my favorite)

http://kr.youtube.com/watch?v=65zvZXhkJyM&feature=related (Tennessee Ernie Ford for Grandma Bowers)

We love you all!

Halloween Drags On

We're spreading out the fun...and the candy. Here are some pictures of Halloween costumes and Halloween toys from Dad. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera, so there are no pictures from the Halloween party... We miss and love you all!

Playground

Hi, all!

Here are a few playground pics from this morning. BJ's "Hi" to Daddy was cut off on the slow camera's click.

Hope you enjoy them!

Videos for Daddy

Hi, all!

The boys made these videos for Daddy last night. BJ is reading Daddy a book, and AJ is looking for Daddy in the camera while BJ and I read a book. Believe it or not, I was trying to get AJ to hold that sucker still, but it didn't seem to help...

Love you all!

Busy Boys

Life as a preschooler can be quite exciting, you know. Here are some highlights from the last week. We have seen lots of buggies--beetles, bees, ants, and butterflies. We make the spiders come out of their funnel webs with our squirt bottles. But our favorite so far has been the praying mantis eating the butterfly (see above). BJ has also been building Power Ranger robots out of blocks (see picture) and AJ has been working hard on putting the squirting attachment on the hose, something he's not supposed to do (see semi-guilty look above). Finally, we've just been hanging out (see two boys in the car).
We love you all and can't wait to see you!

Happy birthday, boys!

As many of you know, the last few weeks have been very trying, and I can't tell you how happy I am that both boys have survived their birthdays. Seeing AJ eating birthday cake, albeit on BJ's birthday since he spent his own in the emergency room, brought great joy and relief to this mother's heart.

Children's Day

Here are a couple of pictures from BJ's Children's Day. His school had a celebration, but as you can see, he had stayed up all night, was scared by the loud music, and fell asleep. That did nothing to dampen AJ's spirits, however!

Pictures from BJ's Field Trip

BJ just loves his school, and they printed the best pictures from his field trip!

I am also adding a picture of the boys reading the newspaper. They were all reading together when I got the camera out, but that didn't last long!

BJ's new toy

Well, technically, this is for AJ, too. But AJ conked out on the way home, and BJ was far too cute without not to post a video right away! We love and miss you all!

These last pictures are from last Sunday.

New Video

They just love the robot, although by the time I got the video working for BJ, his little transformer robot had stopped dancing with the big robot, but they are normally friends (the robots, I mean)!

And new video!

AJ is singing. BJ tipped his car. He was quite happy about it at first, but then his legs started to hurt. Also, as you can see, BJ pushes AJ

out of the car, and then as BJ gets back out for help with his glove, AJ climbs in the other side! Ah, I love sibling rivalry.

Sorry

Sorry for the wait~

The boys have had a bit of a tough transition, but Super Dad has come to the rescue and Mom has been trying to keep some semblance of a schedule for them. And we think that they are coming around. So here are a couple of pics and videos from the last month.

We love and miss you all!

Beth, Ilsuk, and boys

Last group of pictures for the night.

Hope you like these. Lisa, I remember playing with you like this when we were about this age and a little older.

And other pics.

Ilsuk and the boys.


Brothers.
Sleeping with Daddy


This is the choo-choo shirt that AJ cried so hard for that BJ gave it to him. AJ is watching Thomas on the computer.

More pictures

Sorry for the delay!

We're sorry for the delay in posting--I will try to be better. AJ is talking all the time now--in both languages, and he loves to be outside, even when the temperature is dropping rapidly. Yesterday, it was warm in the afternoon, but it was quickly cooling down. But neither boy wanted to come in. AJ was sweeping the walk with his little broom when I asked him if he was finished and wanted to come in. "Uh-unh," he said rather vehemently, "Not finished." I was a bit shocked.

On BJ's side, BJ has really discovered friendship in the last two weeks. He was interested in friends before but didn't really know how to get along with other children. Now, however, he does very well and wants to play with other kids all of the time. He also really wants to write, so we will be getting him his own notebook soon. I had tried getting him to write earlier, but he was uninterested until he saw his friends doing it.

I'm going to post this as is and add video and pictures to the next post. We love you all!

Indoor Playground

Checking In

Hi, all!

Neither boy slept today, so they are both currently out cold! :) They have played hard and are beginning to be friends (they have loved each other for a long time, but now they can really play together). I'll try to upload another video, but I've had to put it off twice because it's too slow.

Love to all!

Beth

Video!!

Pizza and Balloons

Hi, all!

Here are a few pictures for you all. On the education side, we talked about balloons today and the volume of gas (breath). We also talked a little tiny bit about pressure and tension (although BJ's take on this was that zooming balloons were fun until AJ was playing with them and then it was time to tie it up)! On the general side, AJ is a budding hockey player and was chasing a bouncy ball with a spatula this morning.