Happy New Year!

My sister, Jason and Emmaline have come for a visit and we've all been busy! We've had a packed house since Wednesday as that's when my parents, aunt and sister's family came to spend the night. They came just in time since we had been without daddy since Monday. Tuesday night was the hardest for Noah and he was crying for daddy.

He came back from his OneThing conference on Thursday and we were able to have our make-up Christmas dinner then. We weren't in too much of a festive mood on Christmas since my sister wasn't in town not to mention Remi's little toe. ouch.

Friday (today) was spent celebrating New Year's with the family. Noah was SUPER excited to bow to his grandparents so he could make some bank! But Remi ABSOLUTELY did not want to wear her hanbok and cried the whole time.

SO miserable but SO CUTE!

She finally did it but only because we told her she could take off her hanbok right away. We had Noah stay in position so she could see what to do.

She was still upset after we took her hanbok off. She was still crying and fussing then my mom asked if she wanted gum and she perked right up! Then we told her she had to bow if she wanted gum and she was on the floor in an instant!
Will bow for gum.

Get that gum ready!

Afterwards we went to visit WS's parents at their store. The kids bowed to them and got paid -AGAIN! Then the kids and I met Mrs. Kim/John/Danielle at Cheesecake Factory. Mrs. Kim is a total angel. She always treats me out to lunch because she wants me to have some time for myself away from the kids. As a mother of four, she really understands. She wanted to get our kids together for lunch so we met them there. The food was so good and Remi was happy to have the company. Noah was excited too because Mrs. Kim was spoiling him. He showed John/Danielle how to bow (right there in the restaurant) and Mrs. Kim was so impressed that she handed Noah a big wad of cash. Then to my horror, he started to count it right there. oy. He's received so much cash over the holiday season! We usually take it away from him and give him a small amount to spend but now I'm not sure how we're going to pry the cash away since he seems to be more aware of it now. He's thinking of saving up for something big.

Thankfully, my sister/jason/emmaline will be here for a couple of weeks but unfortunately, WS will be leaving again for another retreat from Sunday-Tuesday. Noah is so much more aware of when WS leaves and sometimes gets really sad. Poor kid. When you ask Remi where dad is, she always says "yo mama!"

Cousins!