Chuseok 2017: Korean Celebration of the Autumn Moon

Here are our yearly pictures of the boys in their hanboks for Chuseok: Korean celebration of the Autumn Moon.  They look pretty much the same as last years pictures. But oh well.

Don't let the other pictures fool you, this picture represents the tone of the photoshoot completely

Sorry, not at great Joshua picture, but I love this one of Ewin. 

J Starts Kindergarten!

Joshua has started Kindergarten! He has been waiting for this for so long! He was most excited to learn, and for recess! He is a very sweet kid. He loves to give people compliments. On the second day of school, he told his teacher that she "looked beautiful." I am constantly receiving compliments on my cooking, hair and even my pajama pants. Joshua is friendliest kid I have ever met! He loves to make friends and will approach any kid he sees and says "Hi, my name is Joshua, I'm five. What is your name?" He loves Minecraft and Plants Vs Zombies. He loves science and knows more random facts than I do. He loves to read his Knowledge Encyclopedia and Mark's Calvin and Hobbes anthology. He loves Legos, or pretty much anything with building capabilities. He loves a good joke and loves to giggle, he will always lose a "no laughing" contest. He is growing up and is becoming quite the individual. His favorite colors are any of the dark colors. His favorite foods are mondoo, spaghetti and any fruit. 

E Starts Joy School!

Ewin has started Joy School! He has been so excited to go, he ran the whole way there! He is 3 now and loves to be a "big boy!" His favorite things are dinosaurs, Joshua, dinosaurs, Star Wars, dinosaurs, daddy and dinosaurs. He loves to eat spinach and broccoli because he can pretend to be an herbivorous dinosaur. He finally learned his letter sounds because I associated each letter with a specific dinosaur. He knows way more dinosaur names than the average person. See a theme, yet? He loves books and it's normal to find 5-8 books tucked under him in bed when he's asleep. He also wants to help with everything. He promises to be "gentle." He loves nursery, especially his nursery leaders. He has followed Joshua's great example and is really friendly. Every time we come across a new kid, he'll say "hi, what's your name?" He still loves to dig and finds himself in messes everywhere we go. He loves his family and tells us often. His favorite color is red, and his favorite foods are cheese, mac and cheese, bread and any fruit. 

Happy Halloween!

E is 2!

(Post is long, it's mostly for our memories, skip down to the pictures!) E is two! I can't believe it! He has been such a sweet addition to our family! He's mostly very chill and goes with the flow. However, sometimes he can certainly express sass and attitude! He loves being a member of the family and especially loves his big brother! He says Jo-shoo-a with such articulation and excitement when he first sees him in the day and constantly asks where his big brother is when apart. He loves construction trucks and cars, but his truest love is for trains! We live by a train track and every time we go on walks, he asks to see the "choo-choo chain" and he is very disappointed (hugest pout) if there isn't a train, and he shakes with excitement when one does come. He has a very sweet voice, but he also knows how to yell, really loud, especially during grocery shopping (which most of the time he's laughing at J). His speech has really taken off, and he's really getting the two-word phrases now! He is always asking where things are, he brings his hands up to his shoulders and shrugs when he says it. He is always asking for food, he runs to the kitchen and says "eat" all day long. He says "bye" to everything: people, toys, books, pictures etc. He likes to say everyone's name in the family all at once "mommy, daddy, Joshua." He likes to read books and likes to direct people to sit next to him on the couch to read together, "daddy, sit couch." He finally likes group hugs! He is beginning to count things and has started to identify letter sounds. Everything is apparently the color blue. He has been a little more difficult to teach, he is quite stubborn and gets quite frustrated when I try to do things specifically geared at teaching him, i.e color games, and letter sound identification cards. He learns best by watching J and learning through experience, I almost have to teach him by not directly teaching him. I think this is why reading has been so fun for us. He is curious about everything in books, so I try to throw out as much information as I can while reading to him (he has to control the page turns and speed though). He gets really offended when you don't eat the food he offers, even if he just had it in his mouth. He loves to run, but trips a lot. He hates diaper changes and will run and hide whenever he sees me with a diaper or hears the rustle of the wipes. His favorite thing to do is lay on the ground and drive cars or trains and watch the wheels spin. He loves to sing. He hates wearing socks and shoes. He likes to talk into the mirror, which is what I started doing with him more often when he was a little behind in talking. He has recently started to give kisses more. He loves to giggle, and loves to giggle with other people. When he is excited he jumps and exclaims "yay, yay!" He has a really good handle on the word "no." When he did something he knew he wasn't suppose to, he gets such a look of mischievous happiness that I can't even describe. If he broke something though or hurt himself doing a naughty thing, he becomes really guilty and usually sits on the couch suspiciously still and quiet. He sure is a funny little guy and we love him! Happy birthday buddy!

Update: J's Talk and Some Pictures

This is an old picture, but I was going through pictures the other day and I love this one! 

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