She's Back...

So while I had intended to be a dedicated blogger, I don't think I quite realized how all-consuming a newborn could be. (I know, shocker!) Lark June was born on August 3, 2007 and 108 days later we are now living in Seoul, ,Korea after pit stops in Norfolk, NYC, and Santa Ynez, CA.

More to come later about life in Seoul and Lark's almost celebrity status around town. In the meantime, I thought it worthwhile to mention an example of the progressive children's literature that I recently discovered here while looking for Korean books to send to friends in the States. This charming book, My Father Is a Full-Time Homemaker, tells the tale of 3 zany husbands who are breaking with tradition and are staying at home to raise their children.
"This story goes with the fathers working at home and the mothers working outside. They are doing the opposite job from what they were supposed to do, but worked hard to keep happy home....In this, the fathers are wearing an apron and cleaning rooms, or make food. This is not a give-up of a life as a man, but adaptation to a life in a newly changed situation."

Lark and I agree that when looking at her dad:

It makes us to say to our thankful fathers to 'be cheerful, daddy', spontaneously.