Auntie Susie Comes to Visit Korea

Susie came to visit us all the way in Korea. She currently lives in LA and spent all her vacations days to make us feel at home. Thank you for all the great presents you brought us and the fun we had while you were here. While on the Seoul City Bus Tour, we stopped at these ancient royal homes. We ate gimbab (김밥) while walking around and seeing the exhibits.

Waiting in a hotel lobby for the bus to come. -S

Sneaky little kid

A couple weeks ago we were trying to get Sana's driver's license for the base. The girl administering the test asked to see Sana's Korean license, but couldn't find it in her wallet. I went home while she took the test to check if it was there with no luck. Back at the testing building, the two of us searched the entire car looking for the license. We ended up deciding to go get a replacement. Over the next couple days, we looked here and there around our place to see if we could find it hoping we had just overlooked it. About two days later, I had this feeling that the misplaced license was somewhere right under our noses. I guess Sana had a similar feeling thinking that Elizabeth had gotten it somehow and hid it. Sana had been asking the baby throughout he day to bring back the card. The funny part of the whole story is that when I got home from work, Elizabeth decided it was time to reveal her loot. At first I was wondering what she was doing because she was pulling up one side of the playmat. Then she pulled out the E-Mart point card that we had "lost". A few seconds later she pulled out the driver's license. So, she had somehow gotten both cards and hid them while no one was looking. Maybe she thought we'd find them and when we didn't, decided she better give them back. Very smart that little one. A little too smart... -T

"I wonder what'll happen if I turn this over..."

Leave it to a little kid to make a mess. Elizabeth was watching Pororo and was snacking on some little puffs that she liked to munch on. Before I knew it, the container had been poured out into a nice pile next to her. She would start putting them back into the container and then flip the container over to pour them out again. Funny little kid I tell you.

The video is another day, which means that she poured out the puffs again. I guess this is a fun thing to do and I'm sure I did things like this too, but I don't remember so I can't be for sure. It kept Elizabeth occupied at least. -T

Playing at home

We had bought this crawl tunnel from Ikea when we were back in Maryland, but Elizabeth never played with it because it kind of scared her. Now that she is a bit older, she seems to enjoy crawling through the tunnel.


Elizabeth started going to a pre-school right in our apartment complex. As part of attending she got a uniform that she needs to wear on certain days, a lunch tray, and a backpack. This was the first day that she got to put on the backpack, but I guess the term "backpack" is a loose term seeing as how she felt the need to wear the backpack backwards making it a frontpack.

Of course all that playing works up a thirst, so a nice bottle of juice does the trick. -T

Visit to Soraksan

We made a trip out to Gangwon-do with Sana's uncle and aunts to just hang out and eat. We also got to visit Soraksan, which is a pretty famous/popular destination in Korea. This was the first time that any of us had visited it...well, Sana might've before, but let's pretend that this was all of our first visits.

We stopped by a little beach area to let Elizabeth splash her feet, but she had a melt down because she was scared of the water. It didn't help that the water was cold too.

And now Elizabeth's all happy since she's got rocks between her and the water. -T

First day of Preschool

At the Childhood Development Center at Osan Air Base, they have a morning program from 8:30-11:30 for children over one year of age to four years of age. Each age group has their own class of course. About a month ago, we put our names on the waiting list and we just found out that Elizabeth can now attend. Here she is getting ready for her first day of school.

Eating mangos for breakfast

Riding the elevator down to the parking garge. Daddy! Why your eyes closed?

Counting how many people are up as early.

Posing outside of school. First day! I got this!

Playtime in the big park/playground attached to the CDC.

Hmmm...what should I play with next?

Second day of school. In the classroom. Yes, my mommy and daddy are those kinds of parents. They follow me into the class and watch me play (for just an hour, not all day).

Waiting to be picked up. The kids look out the window, trying to spy their parents.

Lunchtime! Yes, my mommy and daddy came back to watch me eat lunch. But this time, hiding behind the closed door, so not to disturb the class. -S

GOOD LUCK UNCLE DAVID

Dear Uncle David,

Good luck on your Board Exams tomorrow. Remember when I was tiny and you used to think that all I did was eat and sleep?

Well, I'm much bigger now and missing you quite a bit.

I hear the Boards are a BIG burden...

but I just wanted to say chill out, 'cause you're going to do just great.

And don't forget to smell the flowers along the way.

When you become a famous doctor,

I hope you will take me shopping for the cutest things.

If you come visit me in Korea, I will share some of my favorite things with you. Walnut Cookies,

shortbread cookies,

and ICE CREAM!

Until then, get lots of sleep and do great on your exam.

FIGHTING~!~!~!~!

Future model?

Could it be that we have a future model in training? Day trip to AK Plaza at the Pyongtaek Train Station. -T

Passing time while doing the laundry

We currently do our laundry at the coin-op laundry on base. It's quick and efficient. We can usually do a week's worth of laundry in two hours. While we were waiting for the laundry to wash, we went to the post office to pick up some packages and then shared an ice cream cone from Baskin Robbins. Elizabeth ate most of it. Then we went to play at one of the many playgrounds while the laundry was in the dryer. -S