Korean Cinderella

I saw The Korean Cinderella on the shelf at the Dakota County Library and picked it up.  There were several different Cinderella books there each set in a different country.

This first picture convinced me it might be a good book for Adele.  I could tell her how it was like her real life with the pushy mom who made her do so many chores and the sister who thought she was so cool. 

But then there was this picture.  Apparently the author is a Hitchcock fan and wants to scare the crap out little hapa kolea girls.  I imagine my niece being terrified every time a bird came near her window.  Then again, maybe it would replace her fear of the strange man who hangs out staring at her window.

Nice Moment

Oops. I meant niece moment. Excuse the typo. We had the nieces while my sister went to 007. There was a lot of wild playing with the Dora playhouse, a bit of whinging (quite a bit from my daughter as well), and some ice cream at Ring Mountain. A. was partial to Bob the Bear.

Pictures of the New Niece, Adele!

She doesn't look at all like I expected.

If you want some real photos - you have to hop back to the new niece post.

Adele - A New Niece

Congratulations to my sister who gave birth today to Adele Enget (first/middle) today. I think she wanted a name that wouldn't already be all over the internet.

A link back to historical procreating on her part.

Update, now...with audio/visual tastiness!
The mother and new daughter:


Sisters:


Cousins:


Video for a more immersible effect:

Weekend Fun

We had my niece over for a big chunk of the weekend. So there was swimming. And the park. And more swimming. She and Eryn got up at 6:00 a.m. on Sunday morning and announced it was time to swim. They didn't get to go out that early. But when my niece noticed I was getting her swim diaper ready, she squealed, screamed, "I'm going swimming! I'm going swimming!" and rushed over and hugged my leg. When they finally did get out, it was for over three hours in the pool. Later I pulled over the red slide, and that was even better. Lots of yelling and giggling, and it kept them out of Claire's for the day.


Here's the two of them hamming it up.


And here's a video of them swimming in the "disgusting little pool", which doesn't have any water. Pooteewheet bought them a new $15 pool for the weekend so they weren't sitting in this equivalent of a large bucket. I should have had the forethought to fill it full of grapes.


Dinner was a nice selection of meats, breads, and other things to dip in a big pot of melted cheese. Mostly the adults ate the melted cheese - the kids didn't seem to like the wine.


And before bed we spent some time reading. Eryn declared herself a doctor and made sure no one was crampy after swimming and eating.