Kindergarten Roundup

Last night Cameron went to Kindergarten Roundup at Island Lake Elementary School with mommy and daddy. Kyle stayed at home with a new sitter named Rachael who he loved. He couldn't wait for us to leave. Cameron had a great time at the school. We all started in the cafeteria and heard from the new principle. It was fun to sit with all the other families from our neighborhood. We were a huge group. Soon afterward we broke up into small groups with about 25 children per group with parents. We got a tour of the school beginning with exploring the art and science rooms, followed by listening to the school's string orchestra, and meeting the gym teacher. Cam and his friends think the gym will be a great place to play. Next, we headed to the library where the principle read a story to the group and we saw the huge computer lab. After that we went to one of the kindergarten rooms and met the teachers. They read us a story about kindergarten and gave us airplanes to take home. The best part came next...the bus ride. We all boarded the school bus, listened to some basic safety rules by the driver, and went for a 15 minute ride around town. The last part of the night was cookies and juice in the gym while mommy dropped off the registration materials. I had such a wonderful time and can't wait to go to school there next fall but mommy says she could wait and that I am growing up too fast.

Here's a few more highlights from the past week. Kyle fell out of his big boy bed for the first time. It only happened once. He was scared and that was the end of his nap but he was not hurt.

We went out for dinner at a great burger and ice cream place called Snuffy's. It was a fun night out.

Cameron learned how to play grow-up Monopoly and loves it. He even won over both mommy and daddy. Plus he loves to do all his own math. Cam also learned how to tell time this week.

Next up on Kyle's injury list was a cut to both his bottom and lower lip plus his gums after falling head first into the corner of the toy crest. What's next?

Sorry there are now pictures this week but hope you enjoy our update.

Mommy's First Time Cooking Korean Food

Hi Everyone - Hope you are all staying warm. Here's what has been happening in our part of the world lately.

On Saturday, Jan 24th we went to Grandma Judy and Grandpa Al's house for the weekend. Mommy and daddy attended a banquet in mommy's home town that honored the her family (the Sand family). We stayed with mommy's cousin Taylor while they enjoyed a night out. They had some good stories to share about the night like the sad one of how the Police Dept honored three people that helped to save her cousin's life after an ATV accident. The whole room was crying due to the incredible kindness and quick thinking that these folks had. The funny story of the night was when mommy's uncle Jim burned a hole in his nice suit while accepting an award in the front of the room...candles can be dangerous. I think Great Grandma Betty loved having most of her family there for the night including nearly all of her grandchild (mommy and her cousins). It was a huge deal to get a family photo of the whole bunch. For the local newspaper article and photo check out this: http://www.albanyenterprise.com/articles/2009/02/03/news/1sand%20family.txt (oh, of course our last name is wrong)

Cameron has been very interested in playing card games lately. Mommy says he is a card shark. He loves UNO, solitaire, golf, war, and now Rat-tat-cat.

Kyle is in love with Dora and has to read his Dora books from the library at least three time a day. He also loves Winnie the Pooh now. He is really into putting together puzzles and learning things like his colors, shapes, letters, and numbers.

We enjoyed watching the Super Bowl game this past weekend. We wanted Arizona to win but it was a good game by both teams. Mommy made her first attempt at making Korean food for the big game. She made Bulgogi (really yummy steak that you wrap in lettuce), Jap Chae (Sweet Potato Noodle Veggie Stir Fry) and Pa Jon (Scallion Pancakes). It was all very good. Kyle loved the Bulgogi, Cameron's favorite was the Jap Chae and mommy and daddy loved it all. The photos are of us that night at dinner.

An update on the adoption. We checked our placement on the list today. There hasn't been much movement over the past two months. It was way less than what mommy thought. We only moved up one spot to number 46. The list is a weird thing that we don't really understand but just have to have faith in that things will happen when they are suppose to happen and this is all out of our control. Adoption is a total leap of faith.