Well, it is freezing and we can't wait for warmer weather.
Spring, please come soon.
While we wait the kids have been keeping busy with lots of activities.
Zoey has started a cooking class on Monday's and Wednesday's afterschool
and James loves to pick her up from class and snack on whatever the kids have made.
I wish I could have gotten a picture of him sitting with the "big" kids last week -
but this will have to do.
This boy takes eating VERY serious.
James started Karate - Tae Kwon Do!
He has only gone once so far but he is so stinking cute!!
We are excited to be starting him so young because the school is Korean based
and we thought it would be a great place for him to continue to learn more Korean.
James did great for his first class.
At one point, Master said "Say Thank you Sir" and James looked
at him, smiled, and leaned in for a kiss.
Sorry my sweet sweet boy - No kisses in Karate!
(head over to facebook and look at my videos to see it all unfold :)
The class that James will be in is aged 2-4, but right now it seems like the kids are all a little older and James is definitely just a baby compared to the preschoolers in the group. So, they have matched him up with a teenager who has a black belt and was also adopted..from Korea..and born in Busan..just like James.
God is definitely in the details - how amazing is that!!!
For the next month James will be working on the basics..
and MaMa will be trying to convince him that he likes
his new Karate uniform.
Well that, and washing it over and over until it gets soft :)
Zoey had her Daisy Investiture Ceremony - and officially became a Daisy.
She has been working hard since September to earn her petals and patches,
sell her nuts and cookies,
and be a good girl scout.
So proud of her!!!
She has really grown so much in so many ways over the last year.
Next week she starts tumbling and she keeps on asking to join Cheerleading.
Things are getting busy over here at the Wongs - throw in her OT and she has a full
afterschool schedule every day of the week.
Things are certainly busy at the Wongs - but things have really fallen into place.
These two are quickly becoming the best of friends.
It is hard to remember back to the time when James was so jealous of Zoey
that he didnt want her anywhere near me. He would push her away from me over and over.
And Zoey, she had a hard time dealing with his screaming and grieving and would suggest that "maybe he wanted to go back" and when she really struggled sometimes the sencerity in her words just wasn't there and we would hear strong words flowing from her lips and would cringe at the sound of "Send him back".
What a difference a little time makes.
They really love eachother - and I love that they love each other.
I love that Zoey loves to tuck her brother in each night and that James never forgets his sister "Wow-ee" when he says his prayers. I love the way they spash together in the tub and the way Zoey looks after her baby brother - instead of getting upset when he cries she has learned to comfort him - to get his blanket.
I love how James gets so excited when Zoey comes in from school and how he loves to climb into her bed in the morning and say "Good Moon-ing"
I love how I can't remember the last time the "maybe he wants to go back" words came from her mouth but instead this week when I picked her up from school another teacher came to see James and said that Zoey let her know that James was a Wong now and we were all a family - she is so proud to be a big sister.
James really looks up to Zoey. He watches what she does, takes it in, and wants to learn to do it as well.
Like potty training, if big sister wears "UnderWearwers" then he wants to too.
He keeps them dry all day long and big sister cheers him on.
The only thing greater then underwear - Mickey underwear.
They balance each other.
They compliment each other.
But most of all...
They LOVE each other ♥
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