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All good things must come to an end, so with the end of my single parenting episode, I bring you a few other good things of my week. As always, my number one good things--Claire and Mya. I could eat these two up. They are simply adorable. Claire was wearing my boots around. She says , "Momma, I got your knockin shoes on." We got snow Thursday night to which Claire was convinced that Christmas must be coming. She said it several times that night and Friday morning. I just hope Daddy knows the gifts she'll be expecting to fulfill her Christmas wishes;) Mya loves, loves, loves to sing. Claire does too, but Mya seems so little yet that I eat up every word. Her latest song of choice, Three Little Monkeys, to which she then adds "na, na, na boo boo. you can't catch me." Again, I eat up every word. It is adorable, but I think nearly everything these two do/say is adorable. My little whiz, Claire...I discovered a new game for her. Rush Hour, Jr. I was a bit worried that it would be too difficult being that it is for 6+, but she's sailed right through to the advanced level. She is mastering her way through any challenging traffic situation. She'll be ready for the Korean roads very soon ;) I can't wait to follow her successes through life. She is a little smartie, but I suppose every parent thinks that of their child too ;)
New jammies. Love them and their jammies. After several tries, Mya continued with her cheesy grins, so this is what we got.


Mya hiding under the chair. She loves to hide.

Kumquats. Delicious. I'd never had them before, but they are absolutely delicious! Korea definitely has the best fruit all year round. Don't know how they do what they do, but I love it.

Our kiddos love fruit. Thank goodness because fruit is nearly the only healthy thing these kids will eat. They absolutely detest vegetables. Oiy.


Blackberries. These were also so very delicious and HUGE! We've been going through fruit like it is going  out of style. Yummy.

Mya agrees. Yummy.

Another cheesy grin for your viewing pleasure. This girl has attitude like no other. I can't wait to share it with her aunties.

Comments

Erin said…
its wierd that you mention kumquats (sp) because I saw them at OUR grocery store this week and they looks so pretty and yummy but I had no idea what to do with them or what they taste like. So, please - do tell!!!! (Instead I bought boring old Strawberries)
Anonymous said…
Love love love the pajamas. Way too cute. How funny was claire to add in our conversation yesterday that she had a blackberry too. Nothing like life in the eyes of a child. Love you guys, j
Kara said…
Erin--kumquats. My info was taken from a Korean man who was far from a fluent English speaker, so take it for what it is....he said they are like little oranges. you eat the whole thing--peel and all. (I clarified this point to make sure he was meaning what he was saying ;) they do taste like oranges and have little seeds inside them. Very yummy and less mess. Definitely a must try fruit.
Erin said…
Thanks Kara. I am going to go to the grocery today so I will be sure to pick up a little package and let you know what we think :)

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