What's for Dinner Mommy??

The inevitable question comes from the two oldest kids each late afternoon...what are we having for dinner, Mommy??? And today was no exception.

Ryan: Mmm something smells good...is it Shepherd's Pie, Mommy?
Me: No it's not Shepherd's Pie sweetie
Ryan: I can smell it all the way upstairs...it's NOT Shepherd's Pie???
Me: No it's a Korean dish that Mommy decided to try
Ryan: (screams of delight for almost a minute)
Me: Are you excited?
Ryan: (jumping up and down) Yeah Yeah Yeah!!!!!!!!

What I made is Taktoritang and some rice. I didn't do the spiciness level that they wanted but used 1 tablespoon. All three kids LOVED it immensely...

And quite frankly so did I...

~Jen

Going to the Museum

We went to the museum today to see the trains. They had lots of trains set up for us to watch go round and round the tracks. We saw passenger trains and freight trains. We saw Mr. and Mrs. Claus on the pumper car and the passenger train that caught up with it pushing them around the track for a little bit.

We also walked around the museum and we played with the magnets and played with a kitchen set they had there.

After all of that we saw the Korean show that was there. After the dance portion of it, Mommy asked Ryan if he could dance like that. Ryan told her "No Mommy" (like what Mom are you kidding me??).

And to top the day off we got to spend it with our friends.

Tonight it's snow snow snow snow snow...

Santa unfortunately can't make it down from the North Pole tomorrow to meet us so hopefully this week we can meet Santa.

~Katie

Korean Celebration at a Local Museum

This afternoon we attended a Korean Celebration at a local museum. The museum had a month long celebration called Festival of Holidays with different cultures. They had a program that was put on by a local Korean church. We watched a film about Koreans celebrating the New Year. They had Korean fashion show with women dressed up in various Hanboks. They also cooked and served up for Beef Bulgogi. We got to listen to a men's choir sing Christmas carols in Korean. We also watched the church's youth group perform as well to modern version of Arirang and they were good. During this performance I got teary-eyed. It brought me back to Korea just hearing the song. I'm really glad that I saw this in the local paper and told Jeff that we should go.

~Jen

Our Trip Today...

After Daddy's haircut this morning, we went to the Post Office. Well they haven't told too many people yet so I'll tell all of you: Mommy and Daddy need Passports to fly to Korea to pick up our sister. After that we had lunch at IHOP and we were playing with a few older kids there while waiting to be seated. We had to eat lunch before we went shopping at one of the Asian Food Market near us. Part of the time that we were shopping there Mommy and Daddy were the minority.

While we were there, the owner came up to Daddy, Katie and I and said "hello" in Korean. Katie and I played shy and stuck to Daddy. Mommy was shopping in another aisle otherwise I bet she would have said something. We went there to check it out and get some Korean goodies for us to eat. Some of which we will eat a Katie's 2nd birthday party on the 25th!! Oh we can't wait!!! Almost all of it is Korean food.

We need to pick up a few more things for the dinner party. We're having 8 other people over for dinner. Four other Korean adoptees are coming. Two are kids just about Katie's and mine age and the other two are adult adoptees.

Next weekend is Katie's party with our family. We are having a more American meal for that one but Mommy is making her famous Chicken Bulgogi as well as putting out Kimchi for all to try.

Well I need to get to bed since it's late and I don't want Mommy and Daddy catching me online!!

~Ryan

BiBimBop

Mommy made BiBimBop for dinner. She modified it a little so that we had chicken instead of beef (since we don't eat beef). We even ate a little of the green stuff. Mommy ate almost the entire meal with chopsticks. She had difficulty with the rice though. It was pretty funny at times watching her try to pick up the rice. So instead she used a spoon. During dinner, Mommy had Korean music playing in the background.

Tonight before bedtime, we also had Daddy read the story as well. We didn't join in when he read "BiBimBop"...only Mommy did.

~Katie