Christmas Carols

Every year at this time of the year for the past two years, Rhett would performed at the Dragon Hill Lodge lobby with his classmates and sing Christmas carols. So here he is with the all the 2nd graders making us proud. They rehearsed many times to come up with such joyous songs.

Normally, he would be shy and hiding and I cannot hardly take photos. This year he was coming off his shell.

All of the 2nd Graders from Ms. Crawford, Ms. Lowder and Ms. Stewart singing popular holiday songs.

Gingerbread house display from the Dragon Hill Lodge. Every holiday they display elaborate Christmas decorations.

www.dragonhilllodge.com

 

The DHL also provide food to all the participants after the performance at the Bentley's bar and restaurant.

Rhett with his 2nd grade teacher - Ms. Lowder. Ms. Lowder loves to spoil her class.

Here is Rhett's class photo. Thank you son for an awesome performance!

Suji's Restaurant in Itaewon

 

When it came to picking a restaurant for Rhett's 7th birthday lunch... it didn't take a second to make up his mind. "Mom, Suji's!" He loves Suji's so much he has a teddy bear named after it. LOL.  Suji's is on the 2nd and 3rd floor of the building above Han's Engraving. It is a hop and and skip from where we live on post/base. 

It is located in 4-16 2nd & 3rd Fl. Itaewon-dong, Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea with telephone

02-797-3698. It is famous for its brunch in Seoul. Suji's home-style menu includes such American favorites as mouth-watering blueberry pancakes for 13,000 won and giant omelets for 15,000 won ($15). http://www.sujis.net/

Rhett and I waiting at the crowded entry. This place gets real busy and waiting time varies. Fortunately, Rhett had his PSP to pass time.

 

This is the counter where you pay after your meal. 

And true enough he ordered what he likes best in Suji's - guess what?!

Chicken Alfredo pasta. He had Dr. Pepper soda to go with it. Chicken Alfredo is his favorite food.

 We ate at the second floor with a nice window view. The weather was just perfect. Sunshiny and all.

Happy 7th birthday Rhett!

Hello Mommy Goodbye Tummy! Baby Shower 2005

i was basically cleaning up my photos online and came across some baby shower photos seven years ago for rhett. he had three baby showers. this one was from my employment in blue cross blue shield of florida in jacksonville. pretty cake.

i was told by my supervisor - jonathan that he needed to talk to me in the conference room for something. this was not something unusual since we do discuss about our corporate accounts. i was in membership & billing and we have our own dedicated accounts. however, this is what i saw in the conference room.

surprise! it was a baby shower.
 

 they had me sit in front to open the presents. here is froggy and i showed it to rhett (age 7) and he yelled with excitement. that's froggy!!! we still have him and he has traveled with us throughout miltary relocations.

lots of baby clothes. i swear he had more matching outfits when he was a baby. carter's, gymboree, children's place, etc. it was easier to shop too. just me picking things up. now, he has favorites. or he would say... that's gay mom! and he would not wear it. ha ha.

diaper bag with things hairbrush set. i think i registered with target for the baby wishlist and i had picked a lot of winnie the pooh items.

there were more gifts... it was really so sweet and thoughtful to think about the baby. i was with blue cross for five years prior to relocating.

thank you guys!

a book for mommy's. i still have that today.

now it's time to pack and thank for all the blessings.

rhett-ism

"Why do people sing about husband and wife all the time? Almost all the time. Bruno Mars is singing about it right now."

 - Rhett (7)

rhettism july 2012

rhett (age 7): "you know why i don't like the world?"
mama duchesne: (shock) "why anak (son)?"
rhett: "because you have to pay and pay and pay." "you have to pay a lot!"

Rhett's Baby Shower in Dave n' Busters

this was taken around february 2005. your baby shower (you had 3 of them) in these photos was at the dave and buster's in jacksonville, florida.

there's carlos signing the souvenir book  for the event. i still have the book and it has some very good tips about parenting. there is bhel  next to carlos and josie garlock(bhel's cousin). carlos resides in arizona now. they always had awesome get together in their home.

the cajudo family came as well with rydell, noel, mackee and mommy delia. a very tight and spiritual family.

my friend gemma from blue cross and her son. the last i heard she opened her own quizno at the regency mall and also was expanding.

my armenian friend natalya and her daughter. we became friends from training class in blue cross. she was my lunchmate as well.

there were many gifts such as baby clothes.

some gave toddler clothes since babies grow so fast.

and feeding bottles. we ended using those bottles with disposable liner. mommy likes convenience.

baby blankets.

warm clothes.

blue for a boy.

a wardrobe for rhett and he was not even born yet.

the baby register was with target and had lots of winnie-the-pooh character motiff. i didn't know what you would like yet. so pastel green seem safe.

giftcard came in handy

and more blankets... wnnie-the-pooh

hey a practical idea-diaper.

winnie-the-pooh jumper

winnie-the-pooh set of photo albums. you still have this in your bookcase. these days your photos are online.

winnie-the-pooh feeding set

bib i supposed.

onesies. when you actually used this, mama would only snap 2 buttons out of 3 because we had too many diaper change. lol.

 my dear friend pamela ashley-mercer from blue cross and her son.

ms hannon with her daughter kapri(now in college) and joyce. we all worked together in the navy disbursing world.

carmen de guzman who i met up in blue cross and also we went to the same church. and there's crazy loren who is so funny. she made you cry at times. ha ha. never mind how mama look. i really had a big belly because you were huge.

melanie, rebecca and tina.

we had games later on at dave n buster's after dinner.

daddy played a bit too. this was taken in 2005. there's the disclaimer. got it.