Getting Out of the House

Last week, our Seoul Searchers group went to an indoor play area called Kid's Cafe. I'm so glad we went, because I'm getting tired of winter, and hybernation, and laziness, and this place was fabulous. Complete with slides, climbing equipment, cars, a ball pit, bouncy house, carousel, and train, Alex was in HEAVEN:) Here's one half of it.

We went in the morning, and it wasn't crowded at all. Towards the end, there were a lot more people, but it still didn't fill crowded. As per the name (Kid's Cafe), it doubles as a restaurant, so we got lunch there too, which was pretty good, and not too expensive. In all, I think it cost me aobut 14,000 won, or $12.

Now, here's something interesting.

This area of the parking garage was for women only (hence the pink). I have heard of these, but never actually seen them until we went to Kid's Cafe. It is part of Seoul's goal to make the city more female friendly. Sorry guys:)

(In Stitches)

Yay, we had our first experience with getting stitches (warning - gross pictures to follow). This isn't necessarily because none of my kids have ever needed stitches, but because I don't think it's worth a trip to the ER (and the trauma that can accompany said trip) if the cut is small enough for only 1 or 2 stitches, or glue (as is the usual case) - I usually just slap on a bandaide and call it good (a little scar never hurt anyone). However, when JT tripped and fell (on the floor, on a toy, on a door handle? I just don't know) I knew as soon as I saw it that a bandaide wasn't going to do the trick (and it wasn't just because of all the screaming and wailing). So I had him hold a dishtowel to his chin, and off we went to the ER. He was pretty calm by the time we got there, and things went smoothly from there. When they got the cut good and cleaned out, I could see just how bad it was - nasty - but I was fascinated to watch them stitch it up. He came away with 5 stitches, and a "chick magnet" scar (so says the doctor - JT was just glad when he compared it to the scar on Indiana Jones' chin, which led to a whole lengthy discussion about Lego Indiana Jones). We'll go back in a week to get the stitches out. Here are before and after pictures (if you have the stomach for them).





In other news, Cora got a rose from a boy at school for Valentine's Day (and what's with all the parentheses in this post?)

New Year....late

So, I forgot that I was going to post this (specifically for my sisters). When we went home in December, they were amazed at how crazy-long my hair had gotten. Here's a picture that was taken a couple of months before that, so it was even longer than this.

My goal, when coming to Korea, was to grow my hair out the whole time I was here. I have not always had the best of luck with haircuts in Korea. Plus, the humidity in the summer makes me want to just keep it in a ponytail all the time anyway. However, after we got back here in December, my hair just started bugging me. It was crazy-long, and it was driving me crazy. Sooooooo, I decided to cut it on New Year's Day. New hair for a new year. Here it is.