Today we went to a 1st Birthday Party. 1st birthdays are always a big deal in Korea and Korean families always put a lot of effort into organising a party. In the past a 1st birthday was a great milestone for a child because not all children would survive until their 1st birthday and when they did it was reason to celebrate. Friends of ours, although they're not Korean, decided they would throw their son, Miles, a Korean style 1st birthday party. Laura, Tyler and Miles were dressed in traditional Korean hanboks and they had put a lot of thought and effort into decorating the venue. They had the traditional Korean 'ceremony' where a few objects are placed in front of the baby. Each object has a symbolic meaning and is supposed to represent what the child will be in the future. So if the child picks a pencil then the child will grow up to be a scholar. If the child picks money, then he will be wealthy. Of course, everyone wants their child to pick the money. Miles showed little interest in the money (or anything else on the tray) until someone slyly exchanged the note for a bank card and after a bit of coaxing and waving the shiny card in his face, Miles picked the bank card. Yay! It was good fun! 
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