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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Vacation!

We survived 2-15 hour flights with 2 kids under 2. If you may like to know, it wasn't bad at all.

Olivia did amazingly. She did not cry, she also did not sleep... hmmm... I didn't mind that she didn't sleep because she was very happy the whole time + it worked out for us, cause with the time difference, it made her adjust right away.

Marky, as always, was a great sport. He's so fascinated with planes and he's super curious with just about everything, that he keeps entertained pretty easily. It's just more how we handle tiredness and having to answer absolutely every question there is. He needs to know everything about everything. He's at that age, I guess...

Was nice to see you!

And it's all over just like that... You would want your vacation to last just a little longer. Like my bro. said, "It's like when you are a kid and get a candy, and they take it away too soon. You stay wanting more"...

Home sweet home, here we come!!!

We are heading back home!!!! Yeayyy's for the yeayyysss.... : )

I can't believe it, it's almost been a year since we moved to Seoul. Time truly goes by fast!

I have to say, I have enjoyed my time here. But like in any vacation (the way I feel being here, a very long one for that matter) It's always nice when you return home. Weird, we are going on vacation, but we are really returning home. And for two-whole-weeks!

Liebster

Hello!!!

Today is a happy day! I recently got some love from a fellow blogger & it made me sooooooo happy! : D
She gave me the Liebster award! Who knew there were blogger to blogger awards... I love it!!!

Gracias a Caminar por el hermoso regalito : )

Oh... so sweet!

Hello!

Valentine's Day was a couple of days ago. I meant to do a post on it, (Valentine's here is very different) but I've been procrastinating, BIG time.

I have been super busy last couple of days with the kids, packing for our trip, trying to leave everything in the house in order for when we come back & trying to get some gifts & treats to bring back... ughhhh, I wish I could bring everybody a little something... it's so hard though... sigh... Also Marky is not attending School anymore (long story)... So I've had my hands full for a bit.

If it wasn't for Facebook status' on Valentine's Day I probably wouldn't have remembered. We have never been big on Valentine's. Seriously, I'm really bad with it, the one that always remembers any important dates is Sean... : ( My memory is horrible. I meant to bake a cake, but did not have time. : /

Letting go... (Mom talk)

Hello...
It's been a couple of weeks since I posted anything. We've been recovering from our horrible cold. After the kids and I got better, Sean got sick... therefore, it's been some busy days, trying to rest, trying to get better and trying to get over the sadness and emotional stress that I've given myself over the fact that I might just be done breastfeeding.

I suffer from a bit of separation anxiety, don't know why, maybe because the few people I have near me, I don't want them going anywhere. Having my Mom on the other side of the world, Sean going on a work related trip, Marky going to School or to School trips without me... I hate separations. I hate letting go.

Dakgalbi

I forgot about this one!!!!
The other day we went to Coex, (Our Plaza Las Americas here)...
In PR we went to Plaza when it was just too hot to do anything else and here is the contrary. It's so cold! I don't mean to complain about it, because when I was In PR all I did was complain how hot it was. Now I get to be in the cold & not sweat, so no complaints!
I'm not particularly fond of the cold I got because of how cold it is, but if I have to choose, I prefer the cold weather rather than being hot 24-7. This weather just makes me crave hearty food, so for lunch I was looking for a very Korean restaurant to have lunch. We randomly picked one and to my surprise it was Dakgalbi.... Yeaaayyy!!! I looooooove Dakgalbi!!! Then I realized I totally forgot the post I was supposed to do about it.

So here I share with you, a part of the very special weekend we had and us learning about what has become my favorite Korean dish...

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The weekend we went to Nami, we stayed over night around the same area, I think Chuncheon...

I got a liiiittle scared of spending the night there. What would you think if the first thing you saw in the room when you went in was this...

ummmmhummm..... bug spray korea, hotel

How was I supposed to sleep after the thoughts this bug spray brought to my mind. Nothing I hate more than roaches. I am terrified, horrified, disgusted with the idea of having bugs crawl over me. The movie Just Married came to mind...
Luckily nothing happened, the only thing I saw was a lady bug. After some sleep we woke up to the most beautiful misty, happy morning. : )

In Chuncheon they are known for their Dakgalbi.

I found my favorite food heeeEEEeere... Oh my, was it good!

It's basically stir-fried chicken with vegetables. The first version we had of it, was barbecued on coal, so it had that yummy flavor.

It brought back very happy memories of my childhood. Times when we used to go on daytime trips to the beach and make barbecued chicken on an improvised grill. It has always stayed in my memory as the best chicken, even if it had a bit of sand on it! I miss those days....

It also made me think of how the things we do now, are going to be a very important part of our kids life. When you have kids you get the chance to live a second childhood through them, I get to be part of a lot of first times again. Building their memories is so exiting and giving them a healthy & happy childhood, is our goal : )

So back to our dinner.... Yes, it was yum, yum, yum, yum, yum.... delicioso!

Grilled Dakgalbi

Our very first time having Dakgalbi.

Dakgalbi

The flavor the tteokbokki (rice cakes) gets from the grilling is just sooooo good!

I can remember what this dish was called. I really liked it. It's made out of potatoes, similar to a hash brown but less greasy, mashed and maybe mixed with some flour.

I'm really starting to like the floor seating. Marky just runs around without knocking down chairs and I'm not afraid he might fall from one. He is to tall for a infant feeding chair and to small for a regular one. The floor is just perfect!

The next day, we went to a ski resort (tons of fun)...