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!

deloid

M: why do you have to work at deloid?
G: so i can make money
M: why can't you just work at the ga-geh (store)? as he rolls his eyes to the back of his head

M on missing his free time with dad

toilet trained!

finally after constant explaining, lecturing, praising, bribing, time outs, and making her clean up her own mess i resorted to spanks and she's pooping on the potty! for many months she's refused to poop on the potty and guess who she'd run to when she dirtied herself? thanks to deloitte for taking G away for two weeks. its been two weeks now that i haven't had to run with my nose plugged all the way to the garbage can in the garage with my stomach in convulsions.