The things they say...

Just had to write this down so I wouldn't forget it...

N was singing this song to Jude Dude as a lullaby before bed tonight. I can't remember everything, but here are a few lines:

"Oh Lord, help me to stay indoors with you...
Oh Lord, help us exgrace your Word.
Oh Lord, you are holy.
Remind me you are with me.
Oh Lord, help us..."

N is always making up song lyrics and melodies. The melody was beautiful. Not sure what "exgrace" means. But she's been asking about what grace is, so she's probably experimenting with the language. Also, every night before she goes to bed, so tell us that she doesn't want to be by herself, so we have her recite Isaiah 41:10...thus the "you are with me". And the "stay indoors"...perhaps because we had to stay indoors today since it was raining? I had to both giggle and smile because it seems like she getting at least some of what we're teaching her.

Something else she said the other day that cracked me up...
"I just want to squeeze I----- so hard that his head will pop off and I will eat it for chicken!"

I often tell her that I want to squeeze my kiddos so hard and bite them because they are so cute. I think this was the influence, as well as the fact that I had just told her about her uncle eating frogs legs and it tasting just like chicken. Ha ha!

Meanwhile...our T-Max is exploding in his use of language. He's been putting two words and phrases together for the past couple of weeks, both Korean and English. He's saying words that he's never said before out of nowhere, especially words that we've been teaching him for a while. It's so much fun to hear him talk! A few of our favorite phrases are, "No yike"-I don't like this, and "I-oh-know" = I don't know. Also, he's learning to sing "Amazing Grace" and dance like the Jabbawockees (he want to watch them ALL the time!).

What's Jude Dude been up to? He turned 3 months on Tuesday. He's still eating well and sleeping well. He's doing one long stretch about 7-9 hours at night and then another 3-4 hour stretch. He's such a good little boy, we hardly hear him cry. He's giggling a lot, especially when I tickle under his collar bone with my jar or climb up his tummy with my fingers. He's gotten really good at grabbing things and bringing them to his mouth.

Love my kiddos!

Apple Picking @ Homestead

We went apple picking last weekend to Homestead Farms in Poolesville, MD. Our friend said that she had gone and picked so many yummy apples. We picked only Fuji apples, and they were SO good! Of course, I did all the picking since my girlie was upset about the gnats flying around her, and T-Max was busy trying to pick up bruised and nasty apples that had fallen on the ground. We picked 26 pounds, which I thought was a lot until we gave some away to my parents and my brother's family, and another family friend. It hasn't even been a week, and we've already finished the apples we brought home. I had hoped to bake with some, so I guess we'll be back this weekend to pick some more!

I think girlie is picking apple skin out of her teeth in the background!


Here is a pick of T-Max actually picking an apple (with a little help):


I love how much my kiddos love eating apples with a passion!


Just having fun with my boy


Abba getting a little lovin'!


Superboy!


Our little Jude Dude


And for some reason my kids really love rocks.


Enjoyed running into an old friend from high school!


See the rest of the pics here. You can also see pics of our trip to Butler's Orchard with our Homeschool group for the Pumpkin Festival last week here.

Summer Flashback: Downtown Silver Spring

Peter has been so busy editing wedding photos, that though he's taken pics of the kids, he hasn't been able to work on them til now. So here's a flashback post from August of a fun summer day!

One hot day, we decided to go down to Rockville Town Center to let the kids play in the fountains. We went down there only to find some kind of wine festival going on, so we decided to go to downtown Silver Spring instead, since we had promised the kids they could run around in the water fountains. It turned out to be a bit cooler there because there wasn't as much sun, but the kids still had fun. And after some frolicking, we ate homemade bok keum bap (fried rice) and strawberries and pretzels dipped in Nutella outside by the fountain, then we had some Ben and Jerry's!

Girlie didn't actually want to go in the water.


The water was so cold that T-Max was actually shivering and his lips turned purple. But nonetheless he had a great time!



The kiddos eating fried rice so deliciously!



And here's Jude Dude, who was such a good boy that day!


The rest of our pics are at the end of our Summer 2009 set.