We've Got The Spirit!!!!

We've got the Olympic spirit that is!!!!!  We anxiously awaited the start to the Olympics by doing some Olympic style crafts....we made torches (as shown in Jae-min's hand) and even decorated 2 large signs.  Who are we rooting for you ask....USA and KOREA of course!!!!  Our signs are split into 3 sections...one gold, one silver, and one bronze.  Each morning Jae-min excitedly joins me at the computer to see how many medals both the US and Korea have received for the day before.  We then tape up yellow, silver, and brown (or in our case orange) circles to each respective spot on each respective sign.  I originally wondered if this activity would be over Jae-min's head....but nope.....this boy is working his graph or his "photograph" as he calls it.  He loves counting them, seeing who has more and who has less.  And just this morning he remarked "Korea has to get movin'"  They are slightly behind the US you see.  He's having such a blast  and its fun to see them have such spirit for both of our favorite countries!!!!

And of course no celebration would be complete without the right outfit to wear...so on Friday, the day of the opening ceremonies, these 2 sported their USA gear.....

With a quick wardrobe change for Jae-min into his Seoul Korea Olympic shirt!!!!

If your gonna play the part, you gotta look the part, ya know!!!!
What do you think....future Olympians?????  Maybe synchronized diving for these two????  Yeah...or maybe not.  Haha

Eye See You!!!!

Jae-min had his annual eye check up this past week and we found out our little guy needed glasses.  It wasn't much of a surprise due to his preemie history and the other exams he's had since coming home.....so we had prepared him slightly for this very news.  We talked it UP, and Jae-min left the doctors office excited to get a cool pair of glasses!!!!  So we stopped at the local mall to pick out the new shades.....

Now if you know Jae-min, you know that he's a bit of a character and mundane things always turn into an adventure when he's involved.....and shopping for glasses was no exception!!!  We were both overwhelmed with all the choices but narrowed it down to only the ones with the flex twist in them....you know for the 4 year old.  Well, Jae-min wanted to find just the right pair and told me that he wanted a "stylish" pair....and would say "I don't think those are stylish enough" after every pair I showed him!!!  He had the ladies in there in stitches.  It was difficult to sway him away from the bright blue and yellow ones, the pink ones, and the sparkly ones....you see he has to wear these stylish shades all the time!!!  But my mommy persuasion worked and he picked out a great looking pair!!!!

He walked out of that store strutting his stuff, I tell ya!!!!  And....drum roll please....here he is.....

Pretty adorable huh????

Ok ok....I know he looks sooooo much older!!!!!  I did have to take a step back seeing him like this.  Seriously where did that pudgy little baby go????  Ah...but I digress....
He's been doing great keeping them on all the time.  And yes we did get the insurance as I can't wait for the first oops to happen to these little buggers.
Jaelah has been poking her finger into Jae-min's glasses and looking at him alittle strangely.  She then points to her own eyes and says "assess".  Maybe someday.  But for now I can only stand this much cuteness from one of you!!!!!!

Little Mista......1 and 2

For Easter Jae-min had gotten a butterfly habitat with a coupon voucher for free caterpillars.  After encountering a few glitches in the "free" portion of the voucher, our caterpillars arrived FINALLY.  Jae-min was so excited to take the container out of the box and count the caterpillars.  You see there were supposed to be at least 3 LIVE little buggers squirming around....but in true crazy mommy world nonsense.....only one little bugger had survived the mailing!!!  Oh dear, what to do???

Jae-min was beside himself and watched that lonely little caterpillar eat and eat and eat.  All the while this mamma prayed and prayed and prayed that this one little guy would make it!!!!  Come on hungry little caterpillar, its all resting on you.....

And after a few close calls...(one dropped container, oops).....and a caterpillar who for a few short hours appeared to be stuffed....he FINALLY  went into a cocoon!!!!  I continued to pray and pray that this little guy would make his transformation and not disappoint.  We had gone out for the morning and when we returned this is what we found........

 A BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY!!!!  I could finally let out my mommy breath...we had done it.  How cool to watch the entire transformation...whoo hoo!!!  Now it was time to name this little new friend.  And because we have a fish named "Little Fella" Jae-min decided to name the butterfliy "Little Mista"  So we (oh I mean I) cared for this little butterfly for several weeks.  And then it was time to let Little Mista fly free.  Jae-min had a hard time saying goodbye to his friend, but has seen him visit us in the yard to check in and show us that he's ok.  Phew....with only 1 caterpillar we had success!!!!
You're probably wondering where little Mista 2 comes into play right????  Well this spring we had been playing outside when I noticed a butterfly in the grass with a broken wing.  We decided to use the habitat and nurse him back to health.  And for a very short time he became a part of our family......

And because he had a broken wing he couldn't fly away...meaning Jae-min could hold him.  Strange as it sounds that little butterfly loved Jae-min and would stay on his arm and crawl around while Jae-min watched tv or just hung out.  Jae-min was sad to say goodbye to him as well.
Gosh, we truly are the home for wildlife around here.  This little boy truly has a heart for animals and animals respond amazingly to him.
And truth be told.....we even have a little friendly squirrel who visits often.....which Jae-min has named squiggy.  So if your ever in the mood for a wildlife sighting, come on over.  Chances are we're befriending it!!!

The 4th!!!

We enjoyed celebrating the 4th this year with some fun activities.....but first we had to show our spirit with some cool 4th of July outfits!!!

Next we headed out (in the misty rain) to our town's annual parade.  Jaelah and I had missed it last year as she was so newly home that we thought it would be too overwhelming.  But this year they both were rock stars...dancing, chasing down candy, and holding their umbrellas to ward off the rain drops.

Next we attended a small cookout where these 2 had a chance to play with their cousins...and play they did!!!  The rain finally stopped so I requested a patriotic photo shoot outside....

We lit off some sparklers early in the night....Jae-min was alittle hesitant, and Jaelah was so fearless that she almost lit her hair on fire...Just kidding (well not really)  Haha

And we ended the night with some belly shots.  Ok...do you see the pure joy on their faces when I told them they could do some belly shots.  Crazy I tell ya!!!!  These 2 are crazy!!!!

So fun to celebrate this holiday with these 2.  Happy 4th!!!