Trip to eyeglass shop

Shuffling kids around has been interesting. Kids go to Tae Kwan Doe while I'm teaching. And Terry had to peel Mikey off my leg crying and put him on the bus. I don't know why he and Muriel took a turn but they did. Muriel was sulking and Mikey suddenly didn't want to ride the bus. They were fine 5 minutes later. Less crying at class too. I figure after the first week, they'll be used to it and look forward to class every day. They say they like and want to go until the bus arrives. I literally have to stay in the classroom so the kids have to go down stairs with Terry. If I go, they suddenly freak.

When class was over, Terry took the kids over to Inha Optical to meet Jessica. He also carried his pointing stick so my children would behave. The Koreans had seen me with my wooden spoon a few days before and were laughing at the sight of Terry with that stick. Here they use the shoe spoons to whack their kids with. And as they get older they break out the golf clubs. So, a wooden spoon is a shocking sight. Most people gasp when they hear Jessica say her "sister has a wooden spoon for her kids." I don't even touch them with it, I just point it and tap the chair and tell them to SIT DOWN, BE QUIET etc. I guess it's the threat. The kids were pretty good though. Once back, the kids changed clothes and we went to another optical store. We bought several pairs of children's frames. The girls really had fun trying on all the different frames. Mikey got to pick out new ones too. The guy quickly understood we didn't want metal frames. And helped us find plastic ones that won't break as easy. I'll have to look around for some adult ones too. I'm sure I'll be needing them.

We picked up fresh produce on the way back to the school. The kids were fascinated by the mushrooms. There were several kinds and boxes full of growing mushrooms. We wanted lettuce, eggplant and carrots. Each was only 1000 won. Pretty cheap for fresh produce. And for some reason, Mikey has taken a sudden dislike for carrots. He says "carrots are for rabbits. I don't eat carrots." Silly kid!

Jessica and I made fajitas for dinner. She whipped up some fresh corn tortillas out of corn flour. They were like a taco but thicker. It was a nice fast dinner and the kids stuffed their faces. THEN they got their "orders" to hold their hands together and march to the bathroom to wash. We tell them to keep their hands folded so they won't touch the furniture or wall paper.