Leaf Peeping

It's that time of year again, when the "sky is high and the horses are fat" as they say in Korea. The fall foliage this year has just been spectacular and while I don't have the best pictures, here are a few scenic views close to our house. Just trying to make you jealous!

Kid's-eye View

W took these pictures one day and I just think it's fun to see his view of the world.

Spiders

Just a few spidery things to get you in the Halloween mood....Some dewy spiderwebs in the morning fog and a spidery M, in her costume and loving it.

Beach Baby

This picture was just too cute, I had to put it up. And you can follow this link to a little movie about the Beach Baby.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?

Surf and Sand

Last weekend we went camping for the first time since W was a baby. Our new tent was so great with the two rooms and the boys really enjoyed racing around at night with their flashlights pretending to be motorcycles. We even made a new friend: a walking stick, the coolest bug I've ever seen.The next day we went to Salisbury Beach, the beach we always visited when we lived in MA. It was so great to be back and we lucked out and got the perfect 90 degree beach day. We loved it. It's going to be an annual trip from now on!

School is Prison

So W started first grade yesterday, and it was quite an ordeal! This is a kid who asks if the school has burned down every time we hear a fire truck siren. Or, if it hasn't burned, he wants to know if we can move away where there are no schools. W is convinced that first grade will be way to hard since he searched through the whole classroom and didn't see one toy! So, obviously, there's no playtime in first grade. And there are a lot of pencils so that means only one thing: the dreaded writing. W would rather do dishes than write letters. So, to help alleviate his anxiety about first grade, we found an extra brain for him to take to school. This way, if the problems are too hard, he can just pull out his extra brain and solve them no problem! The extra brain is very sticky and squishy and was a big hit with the rest of his class. I kind of feel sorry for his teachers...

....aaaaaaaaaawkward

You know how "Kids Say the Darnedest Things"? Well, here's a sample from this last week:

1. So, where do babies come from? from W
   
2. How do they get in your belly? from W
3. When M turns 3 will she get a pee-pee too? from A
4. Mommy, I like this big fat part (pokes me in belly). Do you have a baby in there? from A
5. Dress! from M
   
6. This dress? from me
7. NO! DRESS! from M
8. Oh, this dress? from me
9. NO! NO! NO! (emphasized with kicking me in the leg) DRESS! from M
10. How about these pretty shoes? from me
11. Shoes! Pretty! from M