Yesterday after picking up Tay from Beth's, we decided to go for a walk to the local grocery store for some eggs and things since we were low on "dinner-making" materials. The weather was actually a bit windy, but the temperature was great, so we made an adventure of it...
We let our apartment complex and made our way down the street toward the large grocery around the corner. On our way, we got honked at by a few taxis who wanted to pick us up, but we were only going a few hundred meters, so why would we take a taxi? Anyhow, we strolled along and part way down the street, she wanted me to pick her up and carry her. Well, I carried her for a bit, and then put her down again to walk. She held my hand and we walked along a vendor-filled street with little old ladies chatting on the curb and selling fruit and other things. Tay just looked all around her at the giant baskets of chestnuts and oranges, tiny cherry tomatoes in crates, and large clear bags of apples and persimmons. We finally made it to the store and she sat content in the cart as I pushed her around the store picking up various items for dinner and snacks for later. She did tell me to get some chicken and some rice cakes, and we couldn't forget the eggs (we've been out of eggs for a few days now). We picked up a few other items and made our way to the checkout line. She was so helpful from inside the cart putting the smaller items on the belt. :) She asked me for help on the bigger items because she couldn't get them quite over the side of the cart from her sitting position onto the belt. Even the ladies at the checkout counter couldn't get enough of how helpful and sweet she was being...:)
On our walk back, we made a quick stop at a little vendor selling "boong-uh-bbang" (sweet bean filled fish-shaped cakes) and picked up a few for dessert. While we're walking along, Tay turned to me and asked me to carry her again...so I waddled a few steps carrying her and the groceries and then I put her down and explained to her that I couldn't carry her because the groceries were too heavy to carry with her. What does my little angel do? She offers to carry the "boong-uh-bbang" herself, and when I hand her the little bag, she asks, "Better now?" in an ever so sweet voice with her head cocked to the side...hehehehe...:) Then she held my hand and we walked the entire way back up the hill to our house. When I asked her where our house was from about 100 meters out, she points to our apartment complex and goes, "WAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay over there...faaaar." Hehehe...I guess to a two-year-old, that can seem pretty far...:) Anyhow, we made it safely back to our house without any injuries or incidents, so we were happy about that...and then it was time to wash up and prepare dinner.
I prepared o-deng (fish cake) soup, some rice, mini-sausages, and a couple sides (cucumber kimchee and moo-mal-lengee). She really liked the mini-sausages so she ate all hers on her plate before touching anything else. Then, she looked at me with a bit of a sad face and said, "my sausage aaaaaall gone. Eat Umma's?" Well, I had a few more on my plate, but I wanted her to eat the rest of her food first before I gave her any more, so I told her to try some of her other food, too. She ate most of her rice and tried a bite of her o-deng I cut up on her plate. She cautiously took a bite, and then with an excited look on her face, she said, "Dduk!" (Rice cake!) She thought the fish cake was rice cake (her favorite)...probably because the consistency is about the same. Anyhow, it was a big hit, so she ate the rest of what was on her plate and asked for a couple more before she was full. Then, I shared some of my sausages and she also wanted to try some of the moo-mal-lengee (a spicy marinated version of dehydrated Korean turnip)...I explained to her that it was spicy, but she still wanted to try it, so I gave her a small piece...and as soon as she got it in her mouth, so pops up both thumbs and says, "GOOD!" Hehehehe...so funny. Then, of course, she says, "Picy!" and asks for some water. After her sips of water, she asks for more, so I gave her another small piece and again, both thumbs up and another, "Good!" Why is my daughter so silly...:) After a few more iterations of this, we were ready for dessert.
I took out the boong-uh-bbang, told her to close her eyes for a surprise (which she LOVES), and I told her to bite. She took a cautious bite, and opened her eyes and I get another thumbs up with "GOOD!" I enjoy that my little girl has the same taste buds as her mama. :)
Since I started taking prenatal vitamins, she's been very curious about vitamins, so I got her some Flintstones vitamins so she could join in on the fun. Well, she's funny because she does actually like her vitamins a lot, but she knows I don't like taking my vitamins...so in her effort to empathize with me, this is our conversation every evening as we take our vitamins:
Tay: Umma vi-amins bad?
Me: Neh. Umma's vitamins taste bad.
Tay: My vi-amins bad, too.
Me: Really? But we still have to take our vitamins because it's good for us.
Tay: Neh. Really. Eat, too.
Me: I'm going to drink some water.
Tay: Neh. Drink water. Better now?
Me: Neh. Better now.
Tay: Good.
After all that, we decided to get into the tub and get cleaned up for the evening, read a few books, and we both were out like lights by 8:30pm! A GREAT NIGHT!
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