the kids' accomplishments.

taking for granted their accomplishments, i decided i needed to jot them down (for myself).

Vivi's accomplishments mostly consist of food. her daily intake usually consist of the following:

wake up (around 7:00): bowl of mashed beans and oatmeal, bowl of cereal, fruit (usually peaches)
breakfast (9:30): bowl of rice (korean food)
wake up from nap (around 10:30 - 11:30): snack, most of the time it's fruit (tangerine or strawberries)
lunch (12:30): bowl of rice (korean food); sometimes it's in-n-out - she'll eat a slice of tomato, 5 bite size pieces of a hamburger with cheese and grilled onions, and some fries
wake up from nap (around 3:00 to 4:00): snack, again most of the time it's fruit
dinner (5:30): bowl of rice (korean food)
snack (7:00): bowl of mashed beans and oatmeal, and fruit

does this seem like a lot of food? either way she doesn't gain much weight.

Vivian points and tries to repeat everyone's name:

hemi (grandma)
hal-ee (grandpa)
umma (mommy)
appa (daddy)
oppa (brother)

she also says:

ddal (strawberries)
ddo (more) - this she says most often because it involves food
uh-moo (scary)
mama (food)
gga-gga (snacks)

Vivi, the diva, also throws tantrums. when she's upset and doesn't get what she wants, she plops on the ground and falls backwards and lies on the ground. i was told i was notorious of this when i was young.

Connor realized that a birthday is the greatest thing in the world now. he tells his friends that he's going to have a birthday party and people start asking me when. he thinks that he can have one whenever he feels like it. i'm trying to explain to him that it's in july and showed him on the calendar only to be disappointed greatly. i told him that we were going to his eemo's birthday. he thinks every birthday is a party so i told him it was going to be at a restaurant. he was greatly dismayed again. eating is not his favorite thing in the world and he couldn't understand why we were having a birthday party at a restaurant. funny thing. i asked him how old his eemo was becoming. he said 5. (sometimes i think that is true.) apparently turning 5 is a big number for him.

Connor is learning the sounds of the alphabet and it's actually fun trying to teach him to read. i can tell he thinks it's fascinating when i show him how letter sounds make a word. hopefully i can get him to read soon.

Connor and Vivi are starting to play together now. most of the time it's Connor pestering Vivi but like his teacher said, 'he likes to scare , but they like it.' he chases after Vivi with his toys and she runs away laughing... until she falls flat on her face. she's also the feisty one because she'll tattle-tell by whining to me or will start smacking her brother back. luckily, Connor just takes it since it doesn't hurt much. either way, there's much love between the two.