Home Made Pizza

Today I made pizza...
I made my own pizza dough and everything.
It wasn't has hard as I thought it would be.
Just used the ingredients I had on hand for the toppings.
All veggie, no meat...

Here is a picture before hitting the oven.
I used coby jack cheese
since that's what I had on hand.
I didn't have a pizza pan so I used one for baking cookies. Worked just fine.

My boys just gobbled it all down.
So happy they liked it.

I will be making this again for sure.

Yummy Yum Yum

Yesterday, Joseph and Matthew saw a kids cooking program. They were making cake and fruit punch. Matthew wanted to eat cake. Joseph wanted to bake a cake. Unfortunately, we didn't have all the ingredients. Mabye it was fortunate since I wasn't really feeling up to baking a cake.

So, today my boys and I spent the day baking banana muffins and peanut
butter cookies. The banana muffins were over mixed by my boys, but that's

okay. Oh and Matthew decided to put a little surprise in it too... pieces of 생선전 he was eating earlier. I caught him before he put too much in or maybe it was Joseph who caught Matthew and alerted me. Either way, I didn't throw out the batter and just baked it. Ewwww, you might say, but you really can't taste it.


I also made 약식 (Yak Shik) for the first time. Joseph doesn't like 약식 so he didn't have any. Matthew was taking his nap so he had a little bit afterwards.

Then I made tuna quesadilla. I think I told them it was a tuna melt. Oh well, doesn't matter... my boys liked it.

It's fun cooking with the kids. They get so excited, but it gets quite messy too. I was a bit impatient today and it wasn't as fun as it could have been. Next time I need to take breathe deeply a couple of times and enjoy just being able to spend time with my kids.

떡복기

We went to Kelly 언니's house on Tuesday (July 28, 2009). She made us 간장 떡복기. It was her first attempt and it was pretty good. A little too sweet. She packed on the sugar near the end. We liked it, but the kids didn't seem to enjoy it as much as we thought they would. To the left is a picture of her with her creation.

Today, I thought I do a little experimentation myself. I tried my hand at making Pineapple 간장 떡복기. I made due with what ingredients I had which wasn't much. I didn't have to use any sugar. The natural juices from the pineapple chucks did the trick. It turned out pretty well. My two sons seemed to like it. Matthew loves mushrooms so that's what he started eating first. That little guy is somewhat of a health nut.

Playdate - Dominic's House

We had a good time with Dominic today minus the bee sting Matthew got.
Eun Jeong prepared a lot of yummy snacks.
Joseph and Matthew didn't go into the pool.
They just played around and near it.
Matthew was playing at the water station Eun Jeong set up when a bee came by.
I saw it and tried to swoosh it away, but it decided to land on Matthew's hand.
Before I knew it Matthew pinched the bee with his two fingers.
The bee of course stung him.
I saw the stinger and pulled it out. I'm not quite sure if it came all out though.
Another mom who happened to be at the pool gave us a scare.
She said we should rush to the hospital.
So she put Eun Jeong and me in a panic when we were pretty calm ourselves.
Yeah... so we rushed to urgent care near by.
They didn't accept our insurance so we decided to go back to Eun Jeong's house.
I wasn't going to pay $100+ for a bee sting.
I'm not putting a price on my son's well-being.
I just didn't feel this was a situation to fork out that much money.
If Matthew was allergic to bees or showed any serious signs
I would probably have seen the doctor.
While all this was happening we talked to several people...
Everybody from my husband to Jihee 언니, who is a nurse...etc.
Oh what a day...
Matthew was a brave little boy though.
He cried a bit ... 아퍼, 아퍼... 벌래가 물었어.
After awhile though he was playing again as if a bee never stung him.
Gosh... as a mother I try to be prepared for these things,
but when an acutal stituation occurs it's quite difficult to remember.
All in all... go with your motherly instincts because it's almost always right.

Okay now go here for some pictures from today.

Playdate - Alf Museum/ Memorial Park

Today we went to the Alf Museum and Memorial Park in Claremont.
It was good to see familar faces from Mommy/Daddy and Me.
The museum was hot especially the ground floor.
That we didn't like very much.
Matthew seemed to be afraid at first, but he started warming up to the place.
I'm not sure if Joseph and Matthew really liked the place as interesting as it was.
We'll see if they ask me to go again.

Memorial Park was pretty cool.
We never been to a park with a wading pool.
The boys weren't really interested in going in the water.
King of a good thing because I forgot the bag with all of the boys extra clothes.
They basically sat and ate.
That's what my boys do best when we go out.
They get all the good stuff while all the other kids are playing.
While the other kids had fun in the water my boys played in the playground.
They love sand.

After lunch and playing awhile we said our good-byes.
We went to Trader Joe's before heading home.
The store was so refreshingly cool for a hot day like today.
There wasn't a lot of people in the store either.
We got some goodies and headed home to drop them off before heading over to Dominic's.


If you would like to visit Alf museum or Memorial Park keep reading.
Otherwise go here for pictures from today.


Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology
(On the campus of The Webb Schools in Claremont, California)

1175 W. Baseline Rd.

Claremont, CA 91711

909-624-2798

Museum Hours:
Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm
Closed for lunch from noon to 1:oopm

Saturdays 1pm - 4pm (Septmeber thru May)
(Closed Saturdays June through August)

Admission:
$3 per person, Four and under free
Free admission Wednesday


Check out the Parks in Claremont.
The two parks below have wading pools.

Memorial Park
520 Indian Hill Blvd.
Claremont, CA 91711

Wading Pool hours
Mon. - Fri. 11:30am - 1:30pm

Wheeler Park
626 Vista Drive
Claremont, CA 91711

Wading pool hours
June 15 thru Sept. 4, 2009
Mon. Wed. Fri. 11:30am - 1:30pm

Heritage Park

July 3, 2009

We went to Heritage Park in Diamond Bar.
The kids had fun playing with sand.
It was a shame that Christopher and Jacob could not join us.
There is always next time.
Photos here from the park and later that day at Esther's house.


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Metrolink

June 19, 2009


We took the Metrolink to LA Union Station.
We had lunch in Koreatown and then came back home.
The whole day wasn't all that great.
There was a certain person that just ruined the day.
If you think you are that person, you probably are not person.
Don't want to write anymore.
I don't want to dwell on it.
If you happen to take another trip I'll write more in detail.