The Heat

Mom:
So what do you think about the heat and humidity?

Pepper: Oh! I don't like it. Umm...I don't like, um, its always like most nights its not cold and I just dropped my spoon, no mom! Don't write that.  I think that if it is cold then it is kind of hot or it is raining bad.  I am serious.  Holy Moley this is a big load of pancakes!

Sedona:  It gets SO hot here!  It gets hot here.  I don't know. 

Wheeler:  Asks me in Korean *where is it?* 
Mom: Any thing else?
Wheeler: Shakes his head no.


Mom:  Anything else?

Pepper:  You know what mom?
Mom: What?
Sedona: that is so funny?
Pepper:  I want to say something.
Sedona:  I said 'you know' for both yes and no.

Pepper: I know som'thin I want you to write.  All the people her recognize us and touch our hair.  They give us candy.  Even at Shipwreck park, they even gave Wheeler 5 bucks to give wheeler candy and ice cream just because he was cute.  But my dad put the money in HIS wallet instead.
    Here, guess what?  All the people recognize us and they say hello in Korean in the little kid way.  They say Aong-Yong all the time.  All the people at shipwreck part notice us too. Even some girls that were on the stage that were going to do belly dancing, it looked like, they even camed up and ...do they give, they asked us if he would be his wife...I think one time one of the girls, um, gave us, I mean Wheeler, even they asked him if they could marry him. 

Sedona: There is this one kid in my class, he looks exactly like another one in my class, but he has glasses and the other one doesn't.  But the kid with classes is like a baby.  He's like the baby of our class.  It will be like quiet and all of a sudden you will hear someone scream!  and sometimes, which is him screaming, and sometimes it will be quiet and all of a sudden you will will hear someone scream cause he is smacking another kid on the head with his notebook, on the girls head.  Does that make sense?  He is just crazy.  Like on this trading day (where the kids took little toys in to trade with each other) I was watching him and he was just walking around in the middle of the classroom with his hands in his pants!!  and when he cries (shakes head frustratedly) it is so loud! It will be quiet and then you hear a scream like 'aaarrraaahhh'!
  There is this other boy in my class who looks almost like Cameron (Sedona's cousin), but his head is a little more round.

Mom: sorry time to take a shower!
 

CHILDREN'S ART SHOW

All picture comments were made by Pepper.

Well, this is a picture I took on my camera.  I thought these lights were crazy! They look kind of funny to me for some reason. 

Wheeler:

Wheeler: Yeah, Ok.  

Mom: What did you think of it,.

Wheeler: Umm...Appple.  Awesome.

Mom: What else?

WHeeler? Ummm..awesome

Mom: Again? Awesome?

Wheeler: Yay! Awesome again.

Mom: anything else?

Wheeler: Yay.

Mom: What?

Wheeler: Umm....awesome.

This penguin picture that I took, since mom took one of us, I decided to take one of them, and mom is doing the same thing I did in her picture.  Sedona is pretending to be kind of like my mom is, well actually she is pretending like she is as short as the penguins.

This picture I thought was really cute, since the little girl is sitting in the rocking chair is really cute and stuff like that. and all the pretty flowers and stuff, but my mom, I almost took of everything, but my mom said, just take pictures of what you think is good, so I just picked a few.  

Sedona:

I think that the art show was cool.  I don't have that much to say. 

Pepper: 

I think that art show was kind of awesome, but well there was like a little tv, well actually I think it was awesome, but the TV that showed up a whole bunch of art all over again, but one thing taht was cool was the tv would show the shadow of you in it and stuff like that. 

Mom: anything else?

Pepper: If you want me ta.

Mom: Ok, go ahead

Sedona says: can you tell this is a little girl?  Um...the sunny side circles are like two little ponytails and then the redish thing by one of the sunny side circles is a bow and then the two smaller ones by the square are her legs.

Pepper: actually that is all.  Well also at the art show there were cartoon things, they were magnets and there was this board you could stick the magnets on and mom was helping me and you were able to make one move of a magnet to make it like a story and after you move that one piece of magnet move then they would take a picture, like ten pictures, and then you would do it again and over and over and over and over until it was done. 

This is what I made and this is kind of like a wall and you can walk through the middle of it.

And also at the top where the square is, that is kind of like the chimmney and the triangle on top is kind of like the top, like if it was a house. 

  

Wheeler crying from the other room

Sedona: (Sedona in other room) Well what did you think would happen?

Pepper: What did you do?  Mom can you help peel this orange, it is not turning out very well.

Wheeler comes to mom: mommy!

Sedona following him: I am sorry.

Pepper: Sedona what did you do?

Sedona: he wouldn't get out of the way so I folded the bed up on him. 

Well, This one was what I was talking about on one of the other things, and I made this, and I made this and she is jumping and she is going to jump until she is over his head, but the watering can. 

 This is what it looked like on the computer after we took a picture of it. 

Moms over view. 

Lucas made a friend with a Korea and he took us to a neighboring town to visit a children's art exhibit. 

I am pretty sure each artist was an illustrator for a children's book, and after each artist's section they would have a hands one section for the kids to explore. 

There was a 3D TV showing a short movie, a circle room with lights so it looked like your shadow was a giant walking through the scene that had been painted on the wall, one was a place you would place your worries on a sticky note and stick it to the wall.  There was a really cool place where you could make your own Stop motion cartoon, by moving magnets on a board and taking pictures of them we made cartoons--about 5 seconds of (badly done) cartoons took 5-10 minutes.  

Mom says: There was a place to put your piece of art and take a picture of it, so that you become a featured artist!  

Jeju Island

The Jeju Island trip!

Mom: Tell me about our Jeju-do trip.

Pepper: 

Well,  Jeju is a place that is an island in Korea, but on Jeju there are waterfalls, two waterfalls. One leads from rocks into the ocean.  Ouch. Wheeler!!

Well, At Jeju-do on the boat ride there we stayed there for hours on the boat and since it was down low I was at least getting a headache.  One the trip back we were on the higher floor because there was two seats.  There was one by the door where you can go outside cause, the deck, we were going 55 miles an hour, my Uncle Steve thought, but he wasn't sure, we were going 55 miles. But we, they, on the boat, they would let people go out on the deck while we were going 55 miles per hour.   

  And also, it was blowing like crazy out there.  guess what we had crackers, but two of them fell on the floor, so mom let Sedona do it first, and then me do it and we got to throw those crackers off the boat and when I let go of mine I thought it was on the boat, but I didn't see it on the ground and that was when it was windy.  And on the way back we were higher, and usually I getr higher and I usually get headaches, but since we were higher I didn't get a single headache.  What are you writing Sedona?

Sedona: This.  Mom?

Pepper: What

Sedona: mom put a period at the end of 'I don't know what to say', so you need this (points to an exclamation point she drew) at the end!

Wheeler: Tissue Please

Pepper: Yes Wheeler

Sedona: Hums happily

Pepper: sings 'be still my soul'

Pepper: in bathroom: Phew it stinks in here

mom: then spray some spray

Sedona: It smells like Jello to me

Dad: Put that on the blog!

Sedona:

Jeju-do is a cool little place. an island like Pepper said. we went with my aunt and uncle.  there is a waterfall we went to, it is called Jangbang falls (mom: I don't know how to spell that)  Just spell it like Jangbang mom!  Um we got to play in Jangbang falls.  No Wheeler, I am not a doggy.  Ok, I am talking!  and it was fun. Me and Pepper liked to find seashells. It wasn't that far from the ocean.  It would fall, have a teeny small pond and then go into the ocean. 

 So, too bad every thing we had to pay for. Um...and well...while we were at the falls my aunt Marinda, uncle Steve and my dad went to a cave, so they kinda left us, me, wheeler and pepper with mom.  And, a while later they came back and then we left to go to another hotel.  

The next day we went to another waterfall. We thought we could play in it, but it wasn't as cool as Jangbang falls, you couldn't even get that close to it.  Um, cause it was like a big lake, or river or something.  There was eels and ducks in it, so that was a little bit weird.  And there, while we were there, um...there was this big rock pile it looked like, but each stone they don't do this in....never mind...but the Korean would pray on a rock for a wish or something, and then they would set it on a rock stack or make a new one, so.

We had to take a bus to a place called Wangdo, to get a ferry to Jeju. The ferry ride here wasn't so good.  It was pretty long, but we got there alright.  We were only going to stay in Jeju for 3 days anyways.  And the trip back seemed shorter, I don't know why!  Umm....     I don't know what to say.

 this is some jeju water fountains

Pepper

Well there is lots of walkways in Korea.  And we have to wake up really early to go to school, we go to Korean school.

We walk to school everyday and today there was a big holiday and tomorrow is a big holiday too, and Chusuek.
Chusuek is a type of year, and every body doesn't have work or anything for 3 days.  Chuesuk is like a Thanksgiving day.  It is really fun.  Do you know what we are going to do?  We are going to go to...what is it called mom?  We are going to Ulsan on a train ride.  Last time we went on a bus, but it was too hard, last time we had to take 3 buses, it was really hard with me, sedona, wheeler and all our stuff, so this time we are taking a train instead.

We are meeting dad's friend over there, he was a missionary friend of dads and he lost track of him, but then a member of our church told dad about him and dad was like "NO WAY!"  Now it is the second time we are going to go visit him-and this time we are going for Chusuek! YAH!

Aunt Marinda and Uncle Steve are coming over.  They ARE coming over.  I bet when they come over we are going to have alot of fun. and guess what we, my mom went out one day to look at an apartment, and they are going to live on the highest floor, they 16th floor.  (MOM says:  we are borrowing an empty apartment while they are visiting).  One time guess what? The elevator goes lower then the stairs.  and two people can live on the apartment roof. (mom: did you go up there?)  No, but I can just see it.

My mom can't download pictures, like on Sedona.  So I can tell you about some strollers, well one stroller.



We bought a stroller and the person we bought it forgot to tell us something!  They should us pictures of the stroller and that the handles were ripped up, but they didn't tell us that the #2 was braked.
We figured it out one day while Sedona was at school.  Now it is kind of crappy.  We don't use it as much now. 

(Mom says:  We bought a stroller from a person off the Korean Yard Sale (a facebook group) and it was is worse shape then I had thought when we got it.  It fold downs small and it nice that way.  but you have to push two buttons #1 and #2 to fold the stroller down, and #2 button broke about a month after we bought it--we could have bought a "cheaper brand", but new stroller for the same price--should have done that!
I haven't posted much because the computer continues to tick me off everytime I use it!  Sometimes it works great, but most of the time it is overly frustrating!) 

Food and Buddha

Sedona:  

Hi.  Its great in Korea.  There is always lots to explore and things to do, places to go, but my favorite part of Korea is having a different life. 

Korean food tastes weird.  Sometimes it is hard to eat Korean food.  My dad is fine with it, but I would much rather eat Aunt Pam's lovely dinners.  They taste delicious.  But as for Korean food, humm....I don't know. 

Two things I like and don't. 
1.  Holding Wheeler (he is sitting on my lap right now)

OK now for the real number 1. These are some of the foods I like:

1.   Dong Cassa: They are these meat patties that are pretty good and covered in seasoning.  Really good seasoning. 
2.  BimBimBop is really good too.  Its rice, mixed with other Korean vegetables. 
3. Ramen - speaking about ramen, my two favorite American foods were Ramen and Macaroni!  I miss macaroni and cheese.
4. Sea weed.
5. Meat: My dad cooks meat and we wash lettuce and we wrap the meat in lettuce, we also sometimes have rice with it and seaweed.  It is delicious!

Non-liking foods:

1. Kimchee: it is pretty much vegetables put together and have spicy sauce on it.
2. What else do I not like?  ummm...*big sigh* ...soup.  Mosts soups here I don't really like.  They have to much Korean taste.  I want American soup--come on guys!  Can't Koreans have a little bit of American soups, well I guess they do have a  few soups.
3.  I don't know. It is hard to think of a whole bunch of food.


Pizza:  Pretty much like American pizza.  I like potato pizza.  It is pizza with potatoes, not whole potatoes, but cut into slices, like when you cut an apple into slices, it is like that.  They put mushrooms on pizza, they also put corn on pizza, and they have pepperoni pizza, but it is more spicy, I guess some American pizza can be that spicy as well.   

BUDDHIST TEMPLE

Me and Dad went to a Buddhist Temple.  Pepper let me borrow her camera, cause she wasn't going to be with us.  As you can see behind that big statue thing I took the picture of-that looks like a big house-that's a part of a Buddhist Temple.  You have to take a --well--it is more of a road, but like a dirt road-wet dirt road. I kind of feel sorry for Buddha. WHy? I'm sorry for Buddha, because he was a good man and now Monks are like making money to see his temple, my dad kind of thought the same thing, I guess.

Things I know about Buddha

1.  I know that he was a great man.

2.  He taught people about meditation.

As you can see in this picture, he is meditating. 

That is Buddha as well. 

Anut mirinda and Uncl steve is comeing to kreoa!(thaer going to the buddhaist templ whith us!)

Sedona wrote the above sentence all by herself while I changed a diaper.

MOMS SAYS

Ok my patience is to thin to continue right now-The computer is acting up, not the kids (well Wheeler is, but what is new!)

kids at lake park. or as they call it "shipwreck park".

pepper: this is at "ship wreck" this is me pretending to be a pirat.  And im on the ship and im retending im looking for treasure.

Sedona:  i thought of this one.  i thought of it because um i think its cute.  and its a nice picture. 

Dad: Pepper, did you take this picture?
Pepper:  ya i thi.. ya i did.  this is dad and wheeler were walking to shipwreck park.  this is the path to shipwreck park.  and wheeler is kinna gwumpy.  and dad is trying to make him not be a bad boy.

pepper:  i took that, didnt i take that one?  this is a picture of dad and sedona setting on the bench close to our apartment. 
Dad: no this is shipwreck park.
pepper:  oh this is shipwreck park.
sedona:  i like that picture because i love sitting by dad.

Sedona: peppers face is red.
Pepper:  my face is red!
Sedona: this is us sitting down on a huge rock at shipwreck park.  that thing in my hand is a bubble blower.  that day was my birthday.  dad told me that i could get one toy at Home Plus.  so i got that. 
Pepper: its sedonas birthday, i have a mad face cause my face is red,  just kidding.

Pepper:  wer at shipwreck park and wer playing a game inside the exercise place.  and thers a little play place so why your kids are at the exercise place you wont have to tell them stuff ta start stuff so you wont have to tell them to stop telling you stuff to help them.

Sedona:  as you can see we are at shipwreck park.  like pepper said. but um, thats little board you can see in front of me and pepper, is like a game board.  it lights up.  and um, were playing the game on the board and wheeler thinks hes playing too.  but hes on the other whale and that stick thing in front of him has water in it.  and when you peddle the water turns into a whirlpool. 

Pepper:  this is a show that they play songs or they do singing things and this is a river or a lake and the stage and the show plays is surrounded by water.

Pepper:  i think i took that one too, yah i did.  this is at the trail to the places with all the cars.  and its surrounded by mountains. 

Pepper:  this is me by lake park and this is me standing by a lake and you can see theres a trail on the other side of me and thats to the cities where theres lots of cars and taxis and big trucks.

Pepper:  i have the peace sign on wheelers head and hes all smiling.

Pepper:  this is at shipwreck park and im pretending to say aghrrr and im pretending to be a pirate and im saying aghrr like a pirate which and i am saying aghrr aghrr aghrrr you can see.

Pepper:  thats me looking with my hands for land so we can find the treasure.

Sedona:  this is me pretending to be a pirate at shipwreck park.  as you can see i am trying to make it look like i have a hook hand and one eye.  And you can see little wheeler man is kind of in front of me.  the real name of shipwreck park is hosu gongweon or something like that.

Sedona: me and little wheeler man by shipwreck park.  lots of pictures of shipwreck park huh? 

Sedona:  I like climbing up there.  its one of my favorite places to go to in the playground at shipwreck park.
Pepper:  that sedona on the edge of the pirate ship and thats wheeler with his little head popping out and thats me pretending to be a pirate.  thats all i need to say.

Sedona: this time wheelers playing the game. or at least trying to.
Pepper:  thats me on a little well i meant a whale or what are they called.... whatever.. and im making it go fast so a little tornado shows and wheelers gwumpy cause he cant make it go cause hes too short and cant reach the peddles.  thats all i need to say.

Sedona:  little wheeler man loves the slides here.
Pepper:  wheelers sliding down the slide from the pirate ship.

Airplane Trip

Questions:

Today we went to Chucky Cheese's with Grandma Minnie I asked:

What was the best part of today?

Pepper: Chucky Cheese's!  Um--that I got to get all the tickets from the man who checked all the machines to make sure they were good. And because I got a prize.

Sedona:  Chucky Cheese's-- Actually mom, Chuck E. Cheese is spelled with an E not a Y.  (She is right, I have been spelling it wrong).    Getting a picture with Chuck E.  (Those pictures are on Grandma's camera--They will have to be downloaded later)

Wheeler didn't like the rides at Chuck E Cheese's very much.

This one felt like you were on a roller coaster--FUN!

Dad was the big ticket winner--he won about 45 tickets in one shot-

mom (Amy) came in 2nd with 25 at once!

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What do you think it will be like flying to Korea?

Pepper:  I think there is going to be a bunch of clouds and when you look down a bunch of buildings and you are just going to have to sit and whenever you want something, just call them and they will give you whatever they want.



Sedona:  I think when we look out the window there will be a lot of clouds and when you look down all you will be able to see is green or some buildings and stuff like that.  And I think, I think that it will be fun, kind of.  And I do not think it will be fun staying in one place that long.  And I think it will be a lot of fun.

Wheeler:  huh?
Dad: is it going to be fun
Wheeler: un hun
Dad: what are you excited about?
Wheeler: Pepper? Plane
Dad: Airplane?
Dad: Is it going to be fun?
Wheeler: un hun and fun

Meet the Little Larsons

This is mom real quick:
We have our family blog (luckylarsonslostinkorea.blogspot.com), but I wanted the kids to tell about Korea in their own words and experiences.  I ask them a basic question such as: Tell me about yourself--Then I type in exactly what they say.  Even the pictures posted will be mostly taken by them.



Introducing Little Larson Lady #1: Sedona Gene (Aka: Squirt)

Hi.  I am Sedona, the oldest and I'd like to tell you about things that I like and stuff like that.  And also I would like to tell you what I think Korea will be like.

First off, I am going to tell you stuff that I like. I really like art and when I grow up I want to be an artist.  I love to explore and sometimes I change my mind from an artist to an explorer and I'd like to tell you a little bit about what I think Korea will be about.

I think it will be a big city, with tall tall buildings.  And I also think that they might have some weird food, but the thing is, I am really into the ocean and I like fish and the market is there and it will be outside and all the fish will still be alive, so, all the stores outside will kind of be like aquariums and I can't wait to see all the different kinds of fish and I would like to see the ocean and when I go back to school I am going to tell everyone about my trip to Korea.

My brother and sister most of the time think I am a very good big sister, and that they really like that I am their big sister and I know that my family is happy that I was sent to them.

I think it will be a great experience and when I come back I want to share it with everybody.  I would like to tell them what it is like there.

Thank you for letting me talk

Introducing Little Lady #2: Pepper Faye (Aka: Firecracker)

I am going to say the way you say your name in Korean---says *I am Pepper* in Korea.

I like art and I excited to go to that place and I use to be afraid, and now I am not.  I think it will be an amazing adventure and it is going to be really fun and we are going to meet lots of new things, and I think that all the people are going to be different, and there will be different homes, and stuff, and plants, and like, different little triangle houses and big tall ones, and its going to look like a huge city, but actually it's not.

I love to be sunny and I love my sister and my baby brother because my baby brother is kind of a helper, when he does accidents he helps pick up.  My sister is great because she helps take care of me and helps keep an eye on us.

I love to color and draw stuff and I think that this is going to be an amazing trip and when we come home we won't even understand that language that we are speaking.

Today for my field trip, today, I got to go fishing.  It was my last day and we caught one a little while later after he got there, cause I took the bus and my dad took the car, and we caught a fish and then my dad was sitting in his seat and found another set up hook and before that a guy come over and said "did you bring your own powerbait?" Dad said "no" and the guy gave him some and said "this works good. we were catching them like crazy." Then my dad took the hook and put a big blob of that and he just sitted there--so like 5 minutes later I am rolling in my fishing wheel cause my dad felt a tug, and I had two fish! One on each hook.  And I broke my record of just one fish, so I am lucky cause that was my last chance and apparently I broke it.  So when you find something lucky you use it and you might have something come up with it.

Introducing Little Larson#3: Wheeler Lucas  (Aka: Little Man)

(Sedona and Pepper will tell me what to write for Wheeler)

Sedona: The little man is always playful and has something to do.  He is most of the time he is kind of nice.  He is a great baby and I am pretty sure when we go to Korea he will have a great experience there and when it is time to go he will be like *No. I don't want to go*   I think he is a good baby and when he grows up he will make a good choice on what he wants to and he will make a good choice on everything he will do and if will get married and if he has kids--I know he will be a great dad. (she got teary eyed and a little choked up.  When I asked if she was said, she told me "no, I have just never had to describe Wheeler before.")

I think he is a very smart baby, he can figure out most everything out.  He really likes being outdoors.  and I think he will really like being outdoors alot and I hope he likes it in Korea and I think he will and he will have great time and most of the time we don't even know what he is saying and my dad thinks that Wheeler is already speaking Korean--he barely even knows English!

He loves tractors


Pepper:  what am I doing? Is this about me again?  Oh! Wheeler?  Wheeler is a handsome little guy and a smart one.  Every time he sees a tractor he yells tractor and runs to it and we are like "no buddy, sorry".  And also Wheeler likes phones, and cows and horses  and he especially likes me.  He calls both me and my sister Pepper and we tell him, her name is Sedona, and he says "no Pepper" and sometimes calls her S-Pepper.


Wheeler:  Ha ha ha ---
Mom: what do you like
Wheeler: tractor
Mom: Are you excited to go to Korea?
Wheeler: A ball?  Thank you.
Mom: What are we going to eat in Korea?
Wheeler: Crackers? Mommy I want a cracker.  I want a cracker, mommy.  Please.
Mom:  Are you going to want to come back to America?
Wheeler: Doo doo--unhunnn Pepper?  Tractor?