i heart star wars nerds

everyday i have to endure pop quizzes given by M to test my knowledge of star wars. he's discovered the limit on mom's knowledge about all things in his ever growing world, and is not surprised anymore when i fail the quizzes miserably. one day G comes home from work and M exclaimed to him that they are both star wars nerds! G's ego was a bit bruised but M was still proud and that pride has grown to be shared by them both. proud star wars nerds.

Uncle Steven, our plumber

So it was by coincidence that I found out an old friend from highschool is living in Calgary, and that he's a plumber. He came one time to save our ceiling from our toilet and L satstaring in awe as he made little work of what would have taken us two weeks to complete. She had to have her hair combed and changed hairpins several times before she felt able to present herself to uncle steven. L's first crush? or early plumbing aspirations?

the kim family girls choir

so after a year or so of hounding to sing for them, the kids have learned (most of) the words to 'hey jude'. the other day at superstore L spontaneously screamed out 'hey jew!!!' which drew the attention of other shoppers. which prompted me to break out into a chorus of 'don't be afraid~ you were meant to go out and get her~~~~' loud enough for the closer shoppers to hear but quiet enough that people aren't called to take L away from me. so there we were, roaming superstore with a full cart singing hey jude for 40 minutes or so.

Office Christmas Party

Deloitte put on a first-class kids Christmas Party. They booked a hall and hired an entertainment group to dress up as the characters from "Alice in Wonderland." M was amazed at first - "you work HERE? AWESOME!!"

I lost Leah as I was waiting in line at the buffet, and had to run across the hall to find her. I finally found her at the "bar" - a milk and juice bar hosted by the friendly rabbit:

L: I want ka ka (korean word for candy).
Rabbit: (holding up two pitchers) Apple juice? Chocolate milk?
L: No! ka ka.
Rabbit: I'm sorry, I can't understand you.

I watched in amusement for a little longer before I rescued the poor rabbit bartender.

L's Birthday

L's birthday fell on Chinese New Year this year. We had a small birthday/new year's celebration at Grandma and Grandpa Kim's house with Uncle Daniel, Auntie Jennifer and ee-mo. M slipped into his now too small hanbok, no problem. L flipped out when she saw the top to her dress and refused to wear it. She also put up a fight when it came time to saebae but eventually conceded and of course accepted the envelopes. Gifts have been trickling in the last week and she thinks everyday is her birthday.

toothpaste

Yesterday the kids and I made some toothpaste. Had a blast mixing it all together and tasting the sweet and salty powders. M seemed to like it. L swears up and down that she'll never use it again. Its yucky!

ummm costco

L's new favorite place is costco, we've trained her well!

T:  where's appa?

L:  ummm, costco

but really he's at work.  

G: where did you get that neckace?

L: ummm, costco!

got it from a birthday party goody bag

T:  where should we go today?  (thinking it would be nice to go to the zoo)

L:  ummm, costco

T:  where should we eat?

L:  ummm, costco!