Gangnam Style

The boys dancing to "Gangnum Style" (a Korean pop song that's popular here, too).
Ellen: The Boys:

Army Heritage Center

We went with some friends to the AHC. It was hotter than Hades outside and I have NO idea why I agreed to go. Ha! I was SO sluggish, but Jae didn't seem to notice the heat as he was having too much fun with the 4 boys:

Poor Joey! I tried to shade him as much as possible! Shade was hard to come by and the poor kid got so hot!

Jae was going through a no-I-don't-want-to-take-a-nap phase so I let him roam while I got Joey settled in for a nap. It was VERY quiet and I figured he was up to no good! I was half-right. ;) He found Joey's snacks and hid to eat them. Next thing you know, he fell asleep w/ his hand in the canister!

Joey's Burn

Joey burned his hand on the light bulb in our room on our floor lamp. There's an arm that extends out that Jae was playing with when I last looked. I turned to talk to Jimmy and then I heard screaming. Poor kid was trying to pull his melting skin from the light bulb! Good thing Jimmy burned his hand before so we knew to run it under cold water. ;)  I did put lavender oil on it, but then the doctor said that's never a good idea because the oil traps the heat in the bubbles and makes it worse. Ha, oops!  Joey survived, though, and it seemed that the lavender calmed him down long enough for us to get to the doctor. We were lucky the ped's office was open during the time this happened! Needless to say, we missed Church, but Joey was a trooper!

Aug 19

Aug 22

He hated his hand wrapped! He would bite the mitten wrap and sometimes it would come halfway undone!

Aug 24

Aug 31

Sept 4

I started putting lavender oil on it again to help with the healing process.

Jae's 3rd birthday

All of us, but Jimmy, are under the weather, so we did what we could to make Jae's birthday fun.  At 7:30 in the morning, Jae actually said that he wanted to go to the park. So, Jimmy took Jae to the park bright and early!  It looked like a beautiful morning!

Joe-Joe Bean and I stayed home and fixed breakfast. I wasn't wanting to, but I did what I could and Jimmy did the rest. We had hashbrowns (I peeled the potatoes and let Jimmy do the rest), I made syrup for the French Toast that warmed on the skillet. (Jimmy made the French Toast earlier this week.)

We went to a "Saturdays Market" type thing at the campus and bought a balloon yo-yo and bookmark from our friend's Japanese Relief for Sendai.  Jimmy suggested we have a caricature done for Jae, so he got that done.

Jimmy told the artist that Jae likes to draw and paint and has his own easel...

We napped.

Then Jae wanted to glue...

Then Jae wanted a tupcake.

Jae decorated his cupcake with 3 Junior Mints.

Then he ate them.

Then he started to lick the frosting off the cupcake.

Then he decided he wanted more candy...

So, he added 2 more Junior Mints.

Then he licked the rest of the frosting.

I probably let him have more sugar than I was supposed to.  He's so congested, it's not a good idea to give him so much sugar, but since it's his birthday, we'll let it slide just this once.

And, here is a wicked long, boring video of him opening presents...

the boys and bubbles

i love what jae goes to get to catch the bubbles. ha ha, what a funny little guy!

Jae in May

May 30
I love when I read books to Jae and he knows what will happen next... Page turn... Huge smile on his face! Sometimes followed by a "haaaa!"

Jae: [walking like a robot] Danger! Danger!
Me: Red alert! Red alert! Are you a robot?
Jae: No, I'm Jae!

May 29
We finally made friends with the neighbor kids. He played with them on Memorial Day and wanted to play with them the next day, but they were at school. I asked him if he found his friends (we were sitting outside) and he says, "One minute. Hmm... I can't find 'em anywhere!"

May 28
Jae running after Jimmy on the bike: Wait up, dad! Wait up!

May 27
Jae had fun today in Nursery.. By himself.. In the corner playing. Good thing this is just a phase that most, if not every, child goes through!

Jae wanted a tao tuptake. Which is a cow cupcake. We made cow cupcakes for a silent auction for the YW fundraiser for Girl's Camp.

May 24
Jae knocking on the watermelon says, "Tan't oten it!"

May 23
The big ant climbed right into Jae's bug catcher that he strategically placed in front of the ant. "Hey, ant!" he said excitedly.

May 22
Looking at the "I Spy" book with Jae before bed. I read the rhyme and we start looking. "Jae, I can't find the other starfish.." "Don't worry, mom! I find it!"

Jae asked if he could have some "Joey treats" before dinner. I said he could have a couple. I finished cooking dinner and THE WHOLE CAN OF GERBER SNACKS ARE GONE! I just asked Jae, "What's Joey going to eat now? You ate all his snacks!" "BANGONES!" "Mangoes? Joey's going to eat mangoes now?" "YEAH!"

Jae grabbed a toy from Joey. "Oh! Thanks, Joe! Thanks!"

Jae asked me for a tissue. He didn't sneeze, but I gave it to him anyway. I was doing dishes and he came in w/ a ball of tissue in his hand saying that he got it. "A bider on daddy's bike!" i didn't check the tissue, but I told him thanks for saving the day anyway. :)

May 20
Looked at First Words Flash Cards at G&G's place with Jae. Jae would name them as he saw the pictures: Cup, ball, cat... Then a baseball bat appeared and he said, "weapon."

May 19
Rinsed off grapes for Jae and put them in a paper towel. I told him to hold onto it tight. He says, "Hold on tight, grapes!"

May 18
Earlier today Jae was naming a bunch of items not to eat: rocks, trucks, Joey...

May 17 "Come on, sweetheart." I shouted to Jae. "No, I'm Jae!"

May 13 Jae lined up 6 or 7 potato chips on the table and asked me which one was the biggest chip. He pointed to one, I pointed to another. And then he took a bite of it and gave me a bite. Then he asked me which one is the smallest chip. "Where mallest chip?"

May 11
Me: What time is it?
Jae: Time for lunch!

Jae had broken out in hives. Just a random happenstance. He is fine. No allergy to milk (which is what I was thinking it was.) That day, Jae was very energetic. Jimmy asked Jae if he needed more medicine. I'm thinking Jimmy is liking this Benadryl thing. I chimed in and told Jimmy that Jae is fine and that medicine is not in order.

May 10
Looking at the I Spy book:
Me: White and flashlight.. Do they sound the same?
Jae: Yeah!
Me: That's called a rhyme.
Jae: Wrhyme!
Me: What other words can you rhyme?
Jae: Truck...
Me: [laughing]
Jae: and starfish!
Me: No... Truck and duck!
Jae: [what-the-heck look on his face] Truck and duck?

May 9
When I was reading "Green Eggs and Ham" to Jae at nap time, he smiled so big when the dude tried the green eggs and ham and liked them.

Driving home from the park, Jae said that he didn't want to go home. "Where do you want to go then?" "Um... Temple."

"Mom?" Jae said pointing to me, "You Yitensi?"

May 8
Mom. Don't eat trucks. Don't eat cars.

May 6
I bought Jae some fleece camo boots from Old Navy that were .50 and Jae was putting them on his feet:
Jimmy: Jae, are those new boots that aren't meant for summer?
Me: Yes, but they were so cheap.
Jae: So cheap, cheap, cheap!

May 4
Jae sometimes watches "Ni hao, Kai-lan" on nickjr.com. Today Jae shook Joey's hand and said, "ni hao!"

May 3
Thunder and rain scared an almost-asleep Jae. I stayed with him until it stopped (which was only a couple of minutes). We sang "The Wise Man & The Foolish Man" and I was telling him that we need to build houses on rocks, not sand. He says, "And doors, and windows, and turns (???) and nakes." "Snakes? We don't want snakes at our house, do we?" "No. No nakes!"

May 1
Jae asked me where his rock is. It's the size of a grain of sand.

 The Jae-man!

What he will look like with facial hair! ;)

where my pail?

Jae got this lunch bag for Christmas from Jimmy's friend, Ed.  I took out what was inside because it felt a little heavy... This is what I found: a can of beans upside down, Cheetos, and a car in the side pocket.