Indiana Jones hat = $12
“50% off sale” at the Sanrio store = $100 (WTF?)

Carousel rides = $4

Kids haircut place = $22 (plus tip)

Fireworks show and snacks = $14

Catching your exhausted little boy falling asleep Indiana Jones style
= PRICELESS!

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Sun Su and I fell asleep in our bed at 9 p.m. Amy gets annoyed at having to put the kids to bed at night but sometimes it feels like sleeping over at your best friend’s house. You just can’t talk about the hot girl’s boobies across the street because … she’s […]

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Ooseung is watching a kids show which is naming parts of the brain.
I raise my arms and exclaim excitedly,
“WHOO! Cerebellum!”
She stares patiently, waiting for this to make a little more sense. I just smile. She goes back to ignoring me.
She’s learning that’s just the way daddy is.
I’m not crazy about my […]

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My boy turned six today. I wanted to surprise him with my clone trooper costume but he unsmuggled it the night before while I was at jiu-jitsu practice (my fingernail is doing fine, by the way - my superpower is Enhanced Fingernail Regeneration).

Amy made it a very Star War-sy themed birthday party, […]

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(”Appah” means “dad” in Corean)

AMY: “I just got a call from someone saying they are out of … Episode 2 costumes, but they have Episode 3. I have no idea what that means.”
ME: “Damn, I really wanted the Episode 2 suit. Tell them the Episode 3 is fine then.”
I’m going […]

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After two weeks of playing hookey from Brazilian jiu jitsu practice, I finally mustered up the courage to go back. It’s always a slightly scary proposition going back when you’re body is out of tune after missing a week or two. Ofttimes I think about quitting during those off-times, but I’ve promised […]

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“Fifth floor, ladies lingerie,” said a fat man in a gurney as I walked into the elevator. The pale transport person humored him quietly.
I pressed “10″ and smiled politely while looking at my patient list. The nurse had urgently paged me to see a patient for shortness of breath.
“What’s up doc?” he said.
“Hey, hi,” I […]

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Amy was exercising on the balance ball when Ooseung asked,
“Umma, what are you doing?”
“I’m exercising.”
“Why are you exercising?”
“So I don’t get fat,” Amy answered.
Ooseung giggled, “Appa’s fat.”
(What the heck, baby girl?  I almost said aloud.)
“He is?” Amy asked.
“Umma’s fat too.”
(Uh, oh.  Sun Su’s about to become an only child.) 
“What do you mean I’m […]

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My little boy is almost 6-years old and he still won’t go to sleep by himself. I don’t really mind laying down with him. It’s bonding time. When the time comes that he doesn’t need me to go to sleep with him, what’s next? Preferring to play Halo 3 alone […]

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Amy and the kids were at an open play date a while back. Our kids were playing in a sandbox area with other children when Sun Su said to his little sister, “Baby, don’t do that.” He calls […]

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