Vegas, Advent, and Holiday Programs

Olin's Christmas Program. Dae says "nice pic. can't see a thing" and I told them that's just the way I like it. I prefer to see nothing (clearly) rather than see a poor resolution zoomed in photo. (However, after scrolling through this post I noticed several very poor resolution photos. Oh well.)

Speaking of poor resolution photos. Christian's Holiday program. His group did a nice report on Winter Solstice and Leelee wrote his entire monologue out in nice cursive handwriting on the board.

Delivering his monologue.

S'mores for advent. Olin does not like marshmallows. He also randomly does not like caramel. Crazy cat.

Cookie making and decorating for Advent. They get a lot of advent treats, but I have also inserted some "say something nice to haraboji and halmoni!" and "Donate $1 to those less fortunate" which Leelee bartered down to 50 cents. 

I fell asleep first, then he fell asleep with me, and then I took this picture. I think it has been at least a year or two since either of my kids have napped with me and it's glorious :)

When I got up to leave, he promptly sat up and moved himself to this perch and fell back asleep. Just like a little dog.

Olin frequently looks out of the sides of his eyes when he's watching something or talking. It's pretty funny. This photo captures it a little bit but not in its full extent.

These were the notes the kids wrote to their teachers. Christian wrote "thank you for typing everything" to the administrative assistant at his school. I guess that's fairly accurate! Olin inserted his Love, Olin part near the top of his messages to his teachers.

Las Vegas for a 3 night getaway! This was the view from our room at the Bellagio. I love the fountains...

...so much so that I got a schedule from the front desk so I wouldn't miss Con Te Partiro, my favorite.  As  it turns out, there were so many good songs on the line-up I told Dae I'd barely be able to squeeze in any other Vegas activities between my fountain shows! hahah! We (finally) heard my song and I told Dae he didn't have to hear the word fountain again.

Selfie at, you guessed it, the fountains. :)

Selfie at the indoor flower gardens at Bellagio. These polar bears were made of flowers and they were cool.

Michael Jackson One. I absolutely loved it. Dae thought Absinthe show from April was better and I think he is crazy.

Heart Attack Cafe on the Strip. If you weigh 350 I guess your meal is free. Only in Vegas! Dae needs to double his weight. (Can't tell, but it says 183.)