First Day of Pre K

On Wednesday (Sept 12th) Jae-min had his first day of PreK.  He's back at the same preschool as last year, just one more additional morning a week.

He was nervous, excited, and alittle anxious to see what the day held for him.....

I took the same picture last year.  I just have to say, gosh why does he look sooooo grown up??????

Once we arrived in the car line I could tell his anxiety was kicking in.  He started saying he didn't want to go, he didn't like school.  I talked him through it and once our car was next he was all SMILES!!!!!  He grabbed Mrs. W's hand and off they went.  And as you can see from the picture he began to talk her ear off right away!!!!

His teacher's said he's adjusting well, enjoying all the activities, and making new friends (and rekindling some old friendships too)  That makes me so happy.  I LOVE his little school and I know  he does too.
I did well this year at drop off.....no tears from this momma.  Until I saw this......

On the right is Jae-min's "kissing" hand from the first day of school last year, and on the left is his "kissing" hand from this year.  Do you see the huge difference????  Not so much a baby hand anymore.  Which means not so much a baby anymore.
Ahhhhh, thats when the tears flowed.  Stop growing little man.  I want to freeze this time and snuggle that little boy for eternity!!!!!

Summer Roundup

This weekend marks the "official" end to summer so I thought I'd do a little round up to sum up our summer happenings....

Jae-min learned to fish....first in the front yard....

And then at the pond!!!

We attended our local Dragon Boat Festival where we indulged in some yummy Korean food and watched the dragon boats on a hot and steamy day.

We ate ice cream....

Lots and lots of sherbert for us!!!!

And some of us had some tantrums, and some grouchy moments too.....

We loved swimming and sliding in our blow up pool in the back yard.

And spent lots of time digging and jumping the waves at the beach.

We did lots of relaxing and took lots of walks and bike rides.

We went to the "little" zoo bunches of times, and the "big" zoo once.

And some of us did alittle more tantruming out and about......

We found, caught, and held our very first frog!!!!

And practiced our golf swing at the driving range.

And we practiced some more.....

We spent lots of time as a family and with family and friends.....

This summer was ALOT different than last summer.  Well, if you recall, last summer was just about the HARDEST months of our lives.  While this summer was better we still have lots of things to work on....lets just say we're certainly not in a "perfect" place yet!!!!
Its sad to see the lazy days of summer come to a close.. but we're ready for Fall!!!
(Disclaimer:  Before anyone panics about the fact that Jae-min does not have his glasses on in some of these photos, please note that some were taken before he actually got glasses)  Phew....that explains it!!!  Haha