Melissa | May 1, 2010
I wish Korea was a lot closer for a lot of reasons. But it’s not.
Back in February, we had a couple chances to celebrate the Asian New Year with other adoptive families. At one celebration the kids had a chance to make a simple version of Yut-nori.
It’s a great activity because
{one} it’s fun to make
and
{two} [...]
Melissa | May 27, 2009
We made Stellan’s Name Gallery! We’re about 20 pictures down. The picture was taken in an ancient palace (Deoksugung Palace) near Seoul’s City Hall. I apologize Stellan’s name isn’t easier to read but I didn’t have any markers in our hotel room.
Melissa | May 21, 2009
I mentioned in some previous posts (and some people have asked) about how emotional it was the day we picked up Ty. Well, I’m finally getting around to sharing Ty’s adjusted well enough that I am ready to go relive what happened that day and the days to follow. I should also thank my relentless [...]
Melissa | May 11, 2009
Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.
I did NOT feed my kids M&M pancakes for dinner and did NOT justify it by adding wheatgerm and substituting milk for water [...]
Melissa | May 6, 2009
Reasons why Patrick and I would move to Seoul anywhere in Korea. Don’t panic. For obvious reasons, we will stay put in our God-chosen house in the mid-atlantic.
1. Where else can you have a city of almost 15 million people and a spotless subway? I mean there wasn’t even trash in the tracks. The kicker? [...]
Melissa | May 1, 2009
***WARNING: This is LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG post.***
I think I left off on Friday of our trip…or did I leave out Thursday morning?
Thursday AM
In last minute, Corkum fashion, we had left gift buying for the foster family until Thursday morning. We headed back to Namdaemun and Shinsegae in an effort to secure gifts for the foster mother (FM), [...]
Melissa | April 26, 2009
Yup, I’m posting in the same time zone as you now. Our flight arrived in record time (over 1 hour early). I guess that makes up for the delay when we left. Ty adjusted better to our house than to our hotel room. I can tell I’ll spend the next week training him on what [...]
Melissa | April 24, 2009
We met our tour guides, I.Y. and J, along with two other adopting families from Norway on Wednesday morning for our Seoul City tour. The tour started nearly in front of our hotel at Gyeongbuk Palace–the largest palace in Seoul. The artwork painted on the word work was so amazing.
Yup, that’s Mia with [...]
Melissa | April 23, 2009
**UPDATE**
I have a little more time now. Here’s a run down of how yesterday went.
The weather of beautiful. We got out to explore Namdaemun, one of Korea’s largest markets. We also shopped at Shinsegae…think Nordstrom with a Wegman’s in the basement. It was the perfect place to pick up last minute gifts for the foster [...]
Melissa | April 22, 2009
I know there are not enough details and pictures to satisfy you all but let me tell you that you’re lucky with what I’ve managed to post. Our days have been jam-packed–starting at around 7AM and ending around 10PM. We got in “early” tonight (around 8PM) which is why I am attempting to stay awake [...]
