We had family pictures taken last weekend by a friend who did a great job. We had a wonderful fall day for it and enjoyed being outside. We do not have many family pictures and it was nice that she just takes a bunch of different poses and then gives us the disk to do with it what we like. I look forward to getting some prints made nad getting them frames here in Korea. There is a great framing shop right off base and luckily, it is super cheap in Korea. Enjoy the pictures below:
Aiden got to wear his costume to school today and they had a little parade with all 9 kindergraten classes and then had a mini festival afterwards. Each class had 2 booths set up for the kids to "cycle" through and everyone had a good time. Aiden was so excited to wear his costume to school and had such a great time. He has really grown so much just in these 2 months at kindergarten and is really loving school. It was a beautiful fall day to celebrate and I enjoyed being able to help with one of the booths for his class. Enjoy the pictures below ( I did two slide shows because I found 2 more pictures and could not add them to the original slideshow):
Austin's preschool does not celebrate Halloween so they do a "Community Helper Parade" instead. They provide the costumes and dress them up. Then they walk around the front of the school for the parents, sing a song and then go back to class. It does not last very long but the kids seem to enjoy it. Here are a few pictures, Austin was a mail carrier :)
What a wonderful day we had today at The Childrens Grand Park. I have been wanting to go to this park since we got here and am so glad we made it today. Unfortunately, Josh is out of the country and was not able to go with us so we invited some good friends of ours to join us. The kids had so much fun....I am not even sure where to start. We started with a short subway ride to the park. The boys LOVE taking the subway trains. Once inside the park, we spent some time at a few of the many playground they have to offer. We then spent most of our time at the "amuzement park" part. There we several different rides for the boys to do. Austin could do most of the rides but was unable to do the bumper cars and the roller coaster. Speaking of the roller coaster....WOW.....Aiden went on it with our friends while I stay with Austin. We did not realize the one they got on was the BIG one. We thought it was the little one....we were in for a suprise. It was a full blown roller coaster complete with a large hill, a flip and two cork screws!!!! I almost had a heart attack sitting on the ground realizing that was the one they were on!!!! Aiden was a little scared when he first got off but said he really liked it and wants to do it again. Then, after we got done riding rides, we went to the zoo part of the park. It was a small but nice zoo with a little bit of everything. We got to see the water bird, small animal zoo, petting zoo, several bears, and big cats, monkeys and many more. The elephant they had there was HUGE!!!! Then, we headed over to let the kids ride the camel. Austin was too small to ride it alone so I bought him a ticket to ride the pony. The kids loved that as you can tell from the pictures below. Then we finished off with another playground and the subway ride back home. It was a long but very enjoyable day. I look forward to going back real soon before the weather gets too cold. The boys are already wanting to go back and take daddy next time. Enjoy the pictures below :)
This week was Fire Safety week and the fire dept. came to Austin's school. He got to see them last year when Aiden was in the same school. He seemed to enjoy them this year but not near as much as last year when he got to "join" Aiden's class!!!! Either way, he had fun trying out the hose and sitting in the drivers seat of the fire truck. He also liked the sirens. He got a little hat to bring home and wears it all the time now.
Austin wanted to play soccer SO bad last year but was just not old enough. Well, this year is his year!!! He is on the orange team (Aiden was on orange last year) and since that is his favorite color, it could not be more perfect. He is doing very well with it and really seems to enjoy learning the game.
Aiden got to celebrate Chusok today at school. Chusok is the Korean Thanksgiving. All the parents brought in traditional Korean food and we got to eat with them outside. It was a great day and the kids had a good time.
