Insadong & BFFs

Saturday was supposed to be a lovely day of Christmas shopping for myself and my BFFs, Sarah and Courtney. It quickly became a whirlwind day due some events but we still had a great time, in the little time that we had!!! We made it to Insadong, Courtney had never been. She loved it!! Buddhas for everyone! Big, goddy gold ones! We wandered up and down "Mary's Alley" frazzled in the rain and wondering who exactly we were buying for. I think a couple of times, we would look at each other and ask, "who was this for again?" Good thing we are BFFs and we keep track of that stuff! LOL! No shopping trip would be complete with a trip to Starbucks and singing gospel music. Wait, you heard me right. There was a small group of singers who really wanted us to join them on "Peace like a River." Courtney thought this would be a grand idea. Needless to say, the very kind Korean singers thanked and blessed us. I will have pics of that soon. Or, see Sarah and Courtney's blogs for them at a later date. :) We are hoping to squeeze in a few more shopping trips, kids or no kids ASAP! I mean, we have to get Sarah to buy black market maternity clothes before she leaves! hahaha. Oh, in Korea you have to hold up the "peace" sign and say "Kimchi"(not cheese), or you are just not cool. Period. :)

Spam and Rice...

That's what Mason had for dinner tonight at Shabu. I was feeding him "bap" or rice, when the Korean ladies brought me a small bowl of something I didn't recognize. Maybe it's because I've never had Spam! Dave knew what it was from the get go, he likes Spam...gross. Anyway, Mason loved it and couldn't get enough, he even choked himself trying to get the whole slice in his mouth. Emma loved dinner as usual...she was the one who picked Shabu for dinner. She even greeted the ladies with her trademark "Annyonghaseyo!" and over dramatic bow. All in all, it was a great dinner. I included some pics from Baskin Robbins ice cream cakes. A little over the top ya think?? Emma wanted them ALL. And yes, those are matching GAP hoodies, I bought them on the streets of Seoul...who knew?? LOL!

Just sharing...

My child speaking....Korean!

I keep telling everyone that Emma comes home from her "school" speaking new Korean phrases and everyone is like, yeah right, get it on video. Just so you know, it's really hard to capture a 3 yr old on video doing ANYTHING. I usually find her with the living room window open yelling "hello" in Korean to the kids downstairs. Today, she was telling her baby brother "NO" in Korean. You are hearing "ani" which is a shortened version of "Aniyo" which means no. I have found out from her teachers that many of the Korean words are shortened for children to learn before they learn the longer formal versions. You also see her do her "mini-bow" to Mason and say "Annyonghaseyo!" (Hello). She will say this to elders and simply tell other children "anya!" Sounds simple right? LOL! Hope you enjoy!

Happy Halloween from the Hall Family!

Ok, so warning now...this will be a picture overload!!! We had a wonderful Halloween celebration here in rainy, cold, nasty Korea! Kidding about the nasty, but not kidding about the cold and rainy. Today it's beautiful, go figure right? I do believe Emma enjoyed herself thoroughly and Mason as well. He mainly played with his two girlfriends (Mrs.Laura & Mrs.Kerri) while Mommy chased Tink around. That's right, who would've guessed that Emma was Tinkerbell? Mason was "Cpt.Hook" minus the hook...so maybe just a pirate? We decided a hook would not be so smart between him and Emma. Our evening started out with the kids trick-or-treating through the guys offices and the hangars. As well as the businesses on post. After that we had a great party in the Eagle Dome(gym) with games, crafts, and snacks...and CANDY! Then the kids go to trick-or-treat through the Soldier's barracks. Emma made a killing on the candy. Or I should say, Mommy and Daddy did. Ok, enough typing...time for the pic overload! Hope you all enjoy and Happy Halloween from Emma and Mason!