The Orphanage

Orphanages in SKorea aren't exactly what you'd think of them being here in the states. They are all state funded and kids do live there. But for the most part, its more of a state-run day-care system. It was also common for children to live at the orphanage but have full families who just couldn't care for them on a daily basis because everyone worked. So they would live at the orphanage five days a week and then go home on the weekends. Sort of like a boarding school... We took the girls one night to the orphanage to play. These kids were Crazy! They always looked forward to the military coming to visit. American candy is much different than Korean candy so a sure fire way to become popular fast is to pull out bags of candy. You'll get mobbed. It turns out that little red-headed children who suck their thumbs are pretty dang popular too. Actually, they are popular with...get this...the boys!

This was, no joke, pretty much Emmaline's entire evening with these kids. They mobbed her constantly! We discovered that Emmaline really isn't that big into people who want to poke her cheeks and who don't speak her language... lol.

The girls enjoyed Emmaline but they stayed back a lot more. They LOVED taking pictures and kept asking for the camera. When I asked if I could take their pictures, they said no. So I had to sneak the pictures while they weren't paying attention.This was the beginning of a candy mob:

And for some reason, every time the kids posed for a picture, they had to do the peace sign... Emmaline picked up on that.

Peace.