Every morning when I leave for work, chloe runs down the driveway following my car behind to say bye.

Shane’s camp-free today so he came to work with me. His Warlock drawing.

My mom, Chloe and I went to the city this afternoon for some furniture shopping and dinner on this hot steamy summer day.

We had dinner at Republic, one of our favorite noodle place. 

Then we went to Eataly for yummy gelato and bought some bread and fresh pasta noodles to bring home. Along the way, we made a quick stop at its Wine and Cheese bar which was so delicious and perfect end to our day.

Swim is going well, kids are learning to dive.

Shane did one week of chess which he enjoyed a lot.

They are also in an Apple camp, making interactive storytelling books.

I don’t know how this happened… I thought we were going to have a nice relaxed boring summer and I just signed up for a few things here and there… Apparently I didn’t really plan it well..or think everything through. Obviously…
I’m running around busier than ever during this summer break than during school season. Yeesh.

I’m driving the kids before, during and after work for these activities and I have my parents driving them (thank you!) as well as arranging for car pools with other moms.

Actually it is pretty nice and relaxing for kids and they are having so much fun. Andrew is having fun too since he gets to golf more.

A close friend of mine from church is moving to the west coast next week so we’re back at the Lont’s again for the Chung family’s farewell party. 🙁

Korean food!

Here it is again. The dab !

I love summer for so many reasons like, no school, longer daylight, more play time with kids, swim every evenings, beach vacations, rosé wines, grilled corn on the cob, summer fruits, cute beach cover-ups, etc… but mostly because my parents come stay with us during the summer!

When Chloe was a little younger, she would ask me,
“When you get older, are you going to only speak Korean? like grandma?”
“Are you going to become beautiful like grandma?” I hope so!

Chloe mastering the “Dab”. What is this?

Zucchini noodles with pesto.
This was not very popular amongst my family members… I thought my mom would love it since she loves everything healthy. But. She looked at me like I had three heads when I served this for dinner. My dad didn’t even come near it. Chloe ate a few forceful bites and ran away. ONLY Shane and I thought it was delicious and we finished our plates. Shane actually asked for second. Maybe it had to with the fact that he was so starving just coming back from his basketball camp.
I didn’t even try giving it to Andrew. So for those who were snobs…, I had to make real pasta noodles and served it with the same pesto sauce. They were relieved.

Vietnamese banh mi – everyone’s favorite.

Shane started basketball camp this week. I’m a chauffeur for three boys in the mornings. 

I ordered Maryland style blue crabs from Fresh Direct for lunch today.

Roasted Beet salad with goat cheese

Watermelon and mint juice to wash it down. 🙂
Happy 4th!

We are at our friend’s annual 4th of July pool party this afternoon.

It’s always a feast here every year.

Kids only came out for a bit to grab a bite and are back in the water.

Time for dessert.

Thank you Judy and Ken for your amazing hospitality!