Busy Busy!

We have been busy! Last week there was a lot of adjusting to do since it was the first week after the break. We went to the Ada Library and picked out books for the kids to read. Haemin found a lot of books about Eagles and Birds of Prey, and he found a couple of transformer books as well (of course!). Wednesday we had a home visit with Mr & Mrs. Lee and Mr. Beckman. On thursday Haemin attended scouts with michael - he seems to really enjoy scouts! On friday my boys had haircuts after school then we attended a potluck at our church. It was a soup/chili night and Haemin LOVES chili... well the sauce anyway. He doesn't like the beans! it is funny to watch him try to scoop out the sauce and leave the beans in the pot. On Saturday we went to an indoor playground called "Planet Kid" where the kids could just play and get some energy out. It's still pretty cold here (in the 30's) and my kids never last long outside when it's cold. We also went swimming at the YMCA that evening and everyone had a great time. Sunday we went to church again in the afternoon and just played games and had family time in the morning. It's our day to rest and relax, getting ready for the upcoming week. Yesterday we were invited to eat dinner with Kevin's host family - the Shane's. Haemin really enjoyed getting to be around another Korean student and we are looking forward to having them come to our home sometime in the next week or two. I have a few pictures from the indoor playground, but did not take my camera to the YMCA.. (I don't want it to get lost or stolen!) Tomorrow Haemin will get to have Dinner with all the Korean students at the home of Mr and Mrs. Lee. He is REALLY looking forward to a good Korean meal! Thursday will be scouts again, then Friday we plan to drive to Oregon to where I'm from and my parents will take the kids on snowmobile rides and we plan to go sledding as well! It should be a fun weekend. I am also hoping to arrange for a time to ride horses while Haemin is here as well. (click on the photos to make them "bigger")

A typical school day for Haemin is to get up around 7:30, get ready for school, catch the bus at 8:25 - Then school starts at 9:05. The Bus usually arrives at school 10 minutes early where the kids can play before the bell rings. He gets a morning recess, lunch time (which includes recess if he doesn't take too long to eat) and an afternoon recess.. and of course there's some school work mixed in with all the fun. School ends at 3:45 - they take the bus home and I meet the bus around 4:25-4:30. The kids usually like to come home and play for a little bit before dinner. Since it gets dark a little after 5pm here, there isn't much outside time before it's too dark. It's usually starting to get pretty cold by that time too - so luckily they have around an hour of playtime each day (recess at school) Unless we have another activity going on (such as scouts), the time after school is used for play, homework and reading time. Haemin also has a journal to write in with specific questions to answer. I usually have Haemin go to bed between 8:30 and 9:00. When he goes to bed much later than that he seems to have a hard time getting out of bed in the morning (and so do my kids)!!