Tia and Esther Park are having fun playing at the Yongsan Library.

Auntie Amy Park and Kay are trying to talk while Esther and Tia are playing.

Tia received this picture from Auntie Makiko on March 24, 2005. Auntie Halmoni (Gramma's Sister and Auntie Makiko's Mommy) is holding Cousin Yuu-kun.

Auntie Halmoni, Cousin Yuu-kun, and Auntie Makiko live in Osaka, Japan.

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Tia and Ester Park are having fun playing at the Yongsan Library.

Burger King and the Library

Mommy and Daddy dropped me off at school with Ms. Su this morning. Later a dentist came and checked all of our teeth. I didn't cry. Mommy picked me up earlier than usual this afternoon -- as my classmates and I were on our way to play in the Gross-Motor Room.

Mommy took me to the "Playground" Burger King, where we met Auntie Amy and Esther Park. I watched Esther play in the playground, but I didn't join her because there were some rough boys playing there, too. I stayed with Mommy and Auntie Amy and listened to them talk. After Daddy got off work, Mommy and I drove to the library and met him there. Later, Auntie Amy and Esther came and joined us there, too. Esther and I had a lot of fun looking at books and videos and playing in the aisles. Mommy left for a little while to go pick Cousin Arumi up at Ichon Train Station.

By the time Mommy returned to the library with Cousin Arumi, Auntie Amy and Esther had gone home. Daddy and I checked out our books and video (Daddy got one book, "The Da Vinci Code" by Dan Brown, and I got one book, "Little Miss Spider: A Christmas Wish" by David Kirk and one video, "Ice Age."

We stopped by Popeye's to pick up dinner from the drive-thru window, and then we drove home. I had fun playing hide and seek and other games with Cousin Arumi. I tried to stay awake until Cousin Jung-Hwa would arrive, but I couldn't do it. I fell asleep before she got here. Sweet dreams, everybody ... Love, Tia

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Updated Thursday, August 31, 2006.