Daddy turns... twenty-twelve?

OK, it might be starting to get a little old... the twenty-ten joke, not E, that is!

Anyway, we celebrated his birthday over a couple of very interesting days.

On his actual birthday we took e to the doctor for a follow up on his ear infection only to find out he was having asthma like symptoms, just like his brother. A chest x-ray and two medications later we went to dinner with some friends of ours, Lynn and Patrick (a doc here on base). e was still wheezing pretty good. Happy birthday, here's your wheezing baby! After dinner we all came back home and got e to bed. I really thought I was going to be making a trip to the ER. I didn't know how often I could give e his inhaler since this is his first episode, luckily Patrick was still there. Needless to say, I am extremely grateful to good friends and albuterol! e went right to sleep and has been feeling much better since then.

After all children were in bed and not wheezing, the four of us played cards and ate cake. Yes, it is still more cake from his promotion. Mmm... oak leaf.

The next day we went to Seoul to see the war museam. On the way we stopped at Bur.ger Kin.g for lunch, (it's a treat for us - sad but true, the BK here is in a little trailer.) We have officially reached the two kid's meals phase. We ordered e his own, and he ate almost all of it! (More on e's eating techniques in a later post...)
From there we headed to the war museam. One of the things that really struck me about the experience is how the Koreans really view so much in relation to any chance of unification of the penunsila. I think I forget just how recently this country was divided and how sharp of a division it really is. This piece of artwork represents two brothers, one fighting for the north, one for the south. The crack symbollizes a divided nation. This was a theme of all the artwork in the museam.
N wasn't overwhelmingly thrilled by spending his afternoon in a museam, but there was a lot to see, including these old battle ships from the Joseon Dynasty (15th - 19th century) referred to as Turtle Ships because of their spiky metal roofs!
Then we found the helicopters... this was the first time N would smile for a picture all afternoon. He just couldn't take his eyes off this helicopter display!
And then the airplanes and tanks on display. Here are all the boys in front of a Korean War era T-6 Texan. (Don't ask me how I know all of this!) Notice the oh so trecherous no handrail stairs. Korean standard.
N in a tank...And the obligitory picture of the cute kid driving a jeep!
There were even more airplane and helicopter displays outside... and e was pointing them all out! (As if Dad and N would miss a helicopter or an airplane!)
It was really cold outside, but clear so we caught this nice view of the Seoul Tower before heading home. Happy birthday E!