Monday, Day 11: Seoul Children's Grand Park

So much fun stuff to do in Seoul! Today we went to Seoul Children's Grand Park. We were about half an hour on the subway, a fun adventure in itself for Simeon who looked out the window. It wasn't crowded midmorning on a weekday so we had seats no problem.  The place is huge--530,000square meters, whatever that is in acres. It includes a zoo, botanical gardens, musical fountain, sculpture gardens, shaded walks, several playgrounds--you get the idea--all for free. We picnicked by the fountain, while it played kids songs and spouted water in patterns.

Loved the landscaping.

There was a whole walk through various sculptures made of scrap metal.

Simeon was so excited in the zoo that he ran rather than walked from one enclosure to the next. He loved feeding the Formosan deer.

He was not happy about leaving. We staved off a three-year-old temper tantrum by reminding him that Mom would not be excited about coming back if he threw a fit. Of course, when we were on the train he asked very sweetly if we could go back now.

Monday night is Awana night. Simeon loves Cubbies and works hard to learn his verses. Tonight was a pizza party to celebrate the end of the year. Since Simeon is highly alergi to wheat, Erika brought him his own rice-flour pizza so he could eat with the other kids. She also brought Simeon-friendly cookies to substitute for the cupcakes a little girl brought for her birthday. He is really good about not eating thiings he shouldn't. He has too many memories of upset tummy from even the smallest bite.