Pics of Pierce at school back in Oct 2013

I love looking back on these pics of Pierce at school in Oct. 2013. He looks so little to me and it really shows how much he has grown in the past few months.  Pierce was really starting to have a good run at school. He was given a star of the week and had some great work to show off.  We are so proud of our little man.  

Here is Pierce's class picture.

At the beginning of the month Pierce got in trouble on the playground for fighting.  He and the smallest boy in the class picture got into a "fist" fight.  By the time I got to school I was given various stories of how it all went down... some teachers saying it was a big deal and others saying it is what boys do.  I did not know what to say especially when the Head Master wanted to talk to me about how he handled it.  He told me that he told Pierce never to do it again and that if he did he would be kicked out of school.  You can imagine my reaction and yes I cried.  I was embarrassed, devastated and sad for Pierce.  All up until the point when I found out that him and the other boy "slapped" at each other at the most.  Pierce can not even throw a ball all that hard much less punch someone.  But nonetheless we had to put  some behaviour measures in order.  Below is a chart that Pierce carried around for three weeks to every teacher/every class to give the teacher the chance to mark his behavior.  The first week was insightful, the second week was better and the third week was much better and that is how Pierce earned his star of the week above.  Which was the start of many more to come.  He really took a turn and realized that he had a lot of people on his side and were trying to help him be the person that God made him to be.

Also this month they had a lot of field trips, one to the theater, one to the park, and one to the museum ... Pierce as you can imagine was so excited.

And we can not forget the infamous Pirates Day (aunt juju was here last year for the big day... we missed her this year).  Pierce had an outfit to wear to school but the morning of he did not want to wear it.  So I have learned to pick my battles so this is why Pierce is not wearing anything pirate.  It was a good lesson for him after school he asked for his pirate costume before the party... he has a good mommy bc I had it in the car.

Here are some pics of the fun after school... the Pirate Party!

Pierce and his good friend Jacob... aren't they cute.

Below is a pic of one of Pierce's journal entries in class.  Look at all those words... wow!

Grand Park with GM and GP.

Grand Park in Ulsan is one of our favorite places for many reasons but the best is you can find something for everyone... So off we went and boy did we have fun.

I love this pic of Asher... like he is pushing himself in this stroller... so happy to be with his people outside.

 

We found a bug/insect museum that we had never been to and we spent awhile checking out all the various butterflies and remembering Sara May.

We also stumbled onto an area where you could pick up and pet rhino beetles.. Pierce was eager to get inside but not so eager to pick them up.

GM got this action shot of Pierce when he finally got a hold of one... he was not excited at all.  However he loves the thought of having one so he asked if Santa could bring him one this year... maybe two so it would not get lonely.

 

 

One of our favorites... the roller slides and on this day we were the only ones in the park... there was not another single soul at this playground which is really weird.  Since there were no other children we adults got to take a turn (something I have always wanted to do).  It looks a lot more fun than it actually is... really does a number on the bottom.

Rub it out GM and go again... what a great GM.

 

 

 

Reflexology path... man those hurt.

And finally the war memorial.

 

 

 

 

Another great day with family in the sun... wonder what the next day holds.