Happy 4th Birthday~ Joey!!!

September 24th ~ We celebrated Joey's 4th birthday. Poor guy has been feeling like he's been pushed down from being #1 to now #3 and when Joshua comes #4. Anyway, Emma picked out this pink loofah toy for Joey. He loved it. Just like with all of his other stuffed animal toys, he tried all day to rip all the hair and stuffing out of it.

"Thank you for my new toy but why pink? Don't you know I'm a boy?"

"Let me go after the neck area first."

"Hmm...this toy is pretty long. This part down here squeaks."

2008 KAGRO Picnic at Sandy Point Park

This past weekend, we went to Sandy Point State Park in Maryland for the 2008 KAGRO (Korean-American Grocers and Licensed Beverage Association) Picnic. Song is the Financial Advisor for many of the owners and members.

This was the 2nd year the Park family went to a KAGRO picnic. It was at the same place last year as well. The view is very nice. The park is located right before you cross over the Bay Bridge. Last year, Emma was only a few months old. This year, she was trying to play some of the games but she enjoyed playing in the sand and water more.

"Hi, I'm Emma. Welcome to the KAGRO picnic. Do you want a raffle ticket?"

"Hello. Can you bring your nice sailboat over here and pick me up? I want to ride."

"Mommy...I don't think they are coming."

"Hmm...I have to get used to the feeling of sand again. After all, I've only been to the beach once. This feeling is weird."

"Yuck. I can't seem to get the sand off my hands. Let me go wash it off in the water."

"Do I want to go in there??? The water feels pretty cold."

"Forget it. Let's go find Daddy and play some games."

"Come on Mommy. I have my shoes."

"Hmmm...where's my Daddy?"

"What is Daddy doing? How come those kids are playing with our hula hoops? Daddy bought the purple one for me and the blue one for Joshua."

"Excuse me...can I please have my hula hoop back?"

"This is how the professionals like me do the hula hoop. We don't do it around our waist. We use our head."

"Hahaha. I was just kidding. I don't have a clue as to how I'm supposed to do it but I bet I looked like I did. I tricked you, didn't I?"

"Okay Mommy...I'm blocking out the Corona sign here since they're not our sponsors nor am I promoting underage drinking."

Bethany Beach 2008

We took Emma to the beach for the first time for a short weekend on Aug 23rd-24th. Lindsay's family owns 2 beach houses in Bethany Beach and they let the Park and Paik families use one of them. It was really nice.

The weather couldn't have been any nicer. It wasn't too hot or too cold. Emma didn't like the sand or the water at first, but once she got used to it...she loved it! She had a great time playing in the sand and the water. Sometimes, she would even walk towards the water by herself.

"Pick me up Mommy. I don't like the salt water."

"Wow...those waves look huge."

"Daddy...you be my legs since I don't like the sand. Lets go over there."

"Uncle Adam...you come over here and get the bucket. I don't like the sand."

"Ah...you can taste the salt in the air."

"I like playing in the sand now. Can you tell?"

"Daddy's flip flops are all dirty. Let me just wash them off for him."

"Daddy's work. Poor Uncle Henry. He must feel yucky laying in the sand like that."

"I don't know about this. Those waves are going to come get us."

"OMG...the water is so cold!!"

"I love french fries. These Boardwalk Fries are especially yummy.'



"Wanna play?"

"Grandma Paik got all wet playing with me."

"The high tide kept pushing the water up towards us getting all of our stuff wet. We had to move back several times until we didn't have anymore room, so the gang decided to build a moat to catch the water. It actually worked."

"Look at the water we caught in the mote. This was the initial one. We had to make it much deeper and wider."

"I'm wiped out. I'm going to take a quick nap."

Reston Asian Festival

Last week, we went to the Asian Festival in Reston, VA. There were a lot of people there. Emma enjoyed it because she loved walking around. She has gotten more and more independent these days. She doesn't like to ride in her stroller that much.

"Daddy and I are posing for a picture. Daddy's friend, ChiLan, is watching us."

"Mommy...I want to go and play in the Children's Area. I don't want to take a picture."

I thought this picture was so cute of Emma and her Daddy walking hand-in-hand.

"Cheese"

"Look at the lovebirds...Uncle Henry and his girlfriend, Young Min."

"Are they moving too fast or what? They got married! No, it's just a costume at the festival. Mommy and Daddy got one taken when they were dating at the Asian Festival in Baltimore."

"Can you tell...the Park family is for McCain. Well, Mommy isn't into politics but since Daddy is the President of the Korean American Republican Party of Virginia, we are supporting him."

"Do you hear the music? I want to dance."

"Who put this McCain sticker on my back? I don't think I got paid to be a walking billboard."

"My 1st Olympics! Go USA and Korea!!

"It's Angie Goff from Channel 9 News. She is the one who put our pictures on the 6 o'clock news."

"I'll be back!!!"

"I think I prefer Mommy's Chanel glasses instead."