Fountain Fun

Since we have been here in Korea, the boys have been begging to run through the fountains placed ALL OVER Korea. These fountains come up from the ground and they are all over the place. We happened to be walking around off base with some friends last week when we found some that are not in a really crowded/busy area so I told the boys I will bring them back sometime to play. So.....today, we went with our friends and spent the day playing. We packed a picnic lunch and spent the day letting the boys run through the water. It was pretty cold as the sun was not out but the boys did not care, they were having too much fun!!! If you look closely at the pictures, Austin always has his tongue sticking out when he would run through. He was not as sure about it as Aiden was at first but then he got into the action. I think this may be something we will have to do again :)

Happy 5th Birthday Aiden!!!

We had a wonderful weekend celebrating Aiden's 5th birthday. On Saturday, we held a party at the playground and had about 15 of his friends there. We made a picnic lunch, had cake and of course presents!!!! As you will notice in the pictures, Austin was SO curious as to what was going on the whole time. He was such a sweet little boy only watching and sitting to the side while Aiden got so much attention. He is looking forward to his upcoming birthday but I just love the pictures of him watching Aiden so interested in what he was doing.

Then on Sunday, we spent the day doing whatever Aiden wanted to do. He picked donuts for his breakfast and then we spent the morning doing present's with both grandparents on the webcam. Aiden called and invited his friend Addison and her family to join us at the pool. We spent a few hours swimming, going down the waterslide and playing then he requested to go bowling. We actually had plans to only go bowling because they were calling for rain but since it turned out to be a nice day we opted for swimming during the day and bowling in the evening. This was the first time the boys bowled and they LOVED it!!!! Our friends joined us for bowling as well and then we had dinner to wrap up a VERY busy weekend. I still can not believe my "Aiden" is 5 but he is growing to be such a special little boy. I love him so much and I feel SO very lucky to be his mommy!!!!!

What to do on a HOT day??!!??

The boys and I normally head to the pool during the summer to stay cool and have fun but today we tried something different. We enjoyed the company of some friends and the boys had a blast playing in the yard. It is so nice to have such good friends here and I know Aiden loves having friend over to play. Below are pictures from the day we had. The other little boy with my kids is our friend Aiden....and yes it is kinda funny to hollar "Aiden" and watch them both say "what" :)

Camp Humphrey's Waterpark

Since Josh had a long weekend for the 4th we decided to join some friends and go to Camp Humphrey's Waterpark. We had wanted to go down last year but we just never made it. The waterpark exceeded my expectations and we will hopefully make it back down a few more times this summer. It takes us about 2 hrs to get there due to traffic but we stopped by Osan Air Base and had dinner and did some shopping on the way back home so it helped break up the trip. It was a wonderful day and we enjoyed spending some time with friends and watching the kids play. Aiden and Austin are already asking to go back!!!!

The Adventures of Potty Training

It is no secret how ROTTEN Austin is but I just had to laugh at him today. He started to pee in the potty on his own while we were still in Ohio. I never pushed it a whole lot because I knew we had to fly back to Korea and it would be hard to do on the plane and once we first got in. However, Austin made the whole trip to Korea without an accident and is 100% pee trained. He will come tell me when he has to go and never has an accident. NOW, pooping is another story. He wants NO part of it and has gotten into a bad habit of hiding from me when he has to poop. Normally, he goes back in Aiden's room, shuts the door, huddles in the corner and poops his pants. Then, he will not come out until I realize he is "missing" and go find him. Well, today we were in the back of the house by the bedroom folding laundry and apparently, Austin knew he would never get away with trying to hide back there. So, he decided to come out and find a new hiding place to poop. Below are the pictures I took of him. I found him by "following the smell" :) Even though I am fuming that he will not poop when he knows to do it, this made me laugh and I just could not get upset with him. If you look closely in the first picture you can see his leg sticking out. He was behind the chair in the toy room and then wrapped the full length curtains on both sides so no one could see him.....smart little devil huh!!!! Then when I said "Austin what are you doing", the next two pictures of what I got. Enjoy!!!!

Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band at Yongsan

Tonight was a concert by Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band and it was really good. I am not sure what I expected but it was much better than I thought it would be and really cool to see Gary Sinese from CSI-NY (AKA Lt. Dan) here in Korea. They played a wide variety of music and the weather was perfect for an outdoor concert. Afterwards, we joined some new friends for wine and a nice visit.

Fathers Day

Josh had to work all day on Sat. so the boys wanted to make a Fathers Day card for him. So, on a last minute decision, we make some cards. The boys really had fun and they enjoyed suprising him the next morning with them. We had a good Fathers Day and look forward to many more to come.