Korean names, English names, nicknames

These twins are adorable, I admit it. But they are evil, evil little people. They are nicknamed various forms of evil villians, Medusa, etc....







Paul is a beautiful child. Because he will undoubtedly grow up to be a very attractive boy, we have named him, "Brad Pitt"









On the left is "Richard Simmons" (Gordon) because he always wears little sweatsuits and sweats excessively for a five year old.
Front is Adam or, "Cheesecake" because he is extremely heavy for being so small. Paul (Brad Pitt) and Dennis, who has yet to be properly nicknamed.





Here is little Florence Nightengale (Cynthia) named so for her constant compassion when other children are crying.





Here is Kevin (named "Alvin") and the fabulous Chloe (remember, "PBS"?)










Every kid who starts at the preschool is given an English name. The names of the kids at my school seem so illogical, without pattern. Sandra, Dennis, Jayden, Paul. Are we going middle aged themed, African American or Biblical here? The Korean school year finishes in March so that, presumably, I will have the chance to name some children of my own. I plan on giving them really cool names. No five year old will be named Fred if I have any say in it.
But for now, because Hannah and I get bored, and because the kids are just so darn amusing, we are slowly assigning them endearing nicknames (as if they needed more names). We've got about 10 of the 18 kids appropriately nicknamed.

These photos are from the all day "pajama party" that the preschool had on friday. It was a lot of fun, mainly because it involved nothing but games and eating all day. If only every day at preschool was like that....