May 18, 2011

Happy Birthday Quinlan!

Our young pirate is four!



May 14, 2011

Fishing Opener

Okay, so we're not really fishing people, but Dada and Quin did take Mattie out to Lake Marion to enjoy the day. Here is our sweet baby Mattie latter that night. Dog heaven :-)

May 11, 2011

Wink Wink!

Teagan has learned to wink ;-)


May 9, 2011

Big Slide

Caden has become a dare devil, wanting to go down the biggest slides!




Mother's Day

This was the best Mother's Day with all three of the little ones here. (Last year we were anxiously waiting for the call to travel to Korea and bring the twins home.) We went on a family bike ride and played at our park :-)





May 5, 2011

May 4, 2011

Happy Birthday - Part 2

The twins had a great birthday!




Happy Birthday, Part 1

Today the twins are TWO! We couldn't decide between Thomas, Mickey, or Dora, so how about Teagan and Caden themed cupcakes for their birthday. They brought these for their daycare buddies today.



May 3, 2011

Kdramas

Before we traveled to Korea in 2008, we were looking for ways to learn more about the country and people. Besides a little language study, reading up on current events, and trying different dishes at Hoban's, we decided that watching some top shows from Korea would be a great way to get a snapshot of pop culture.

Kdramas (Korean Dramas) are a fun way to explore Korea. You can hear the language, take in the nonverbal communication, and see the current styles and boys haircuts. We watched the romantic comedy series Coffee Prince before we traveled and loved it! Gong Yoo plays Han Kyul in this series and he is soo cute :-)

Coffee Prince won many awards, including 2007 MBC Acting Awards for Yoon Eun Hye and Gong Yoo, as well as the best TV drama award and the 2008 Korean Producers' Award. The series has aired throughout Asia, and was really popular in the Philippines.



We also caught up on the 2010 hit Boys Before Flowers. (Sometimes called Boys Over Flowers, I'm not sure why aside from something in the translation.)



There are a number of different sites where you can watch these for free, including www.mysoju.com (Korean, Japanese, and Taiwanese Drama) and of course, www.hulu.com.

I love that we can see real time shows starring Korean actors aside from Hawaii Five-O :-)

May 2, 2011

Puzzles

Quin had fun teaching the twins how to do the wooden puzzles. He is a great big brother.