Seoul Forest

Thanks for all the kind words family and friends - what an incredible adventure! Once again I will say that we did not intend to spend a week and a half with YeoWon here so we are woefully unprepared for that. Even knowing it was on the way for about a week did not inspire us to stock the fridge, get a stroller, etc. That's the Webers for you! Turns out it would have been hard to stock the fridge - she drinks milk from a bottle 3 times a day and here is a list of her favorite foods other than a few spoons of rice: seaweed soup, soybean paste soup, kimchee, meat and eggs - no cheese, no fish. Our experience so far is that she doesn't eat much but she also doesn't seem to complain about hunger. She will try most things but spit it out or push it away if she is uninterested. So this morning we Craigslisted a stroller from some Americans who had purchased it for their vacation. We were a little worried that YeoWon wouldn't take to it but it was no problem - she climbed right in and even wanted the straps fastened. What a relief - as we mentioned before our little neighborhood doesn't have sidewalks and this 2 1/2 year old has pretty much outgrown the 3T things we brought! She's heavy! Otto is pretty adamant about pushing the stroller unless we don't let him - on and off trains, busy sidewalks, etc. We started at the Splash Fountain which goes off in crazy patterns for half an our each hour. Otto loved it and YeoWon and I hung out at the edge splashing with our feet:

Then off to the playground where Otto and YeoWon went down the slide lots of times together:

Ramen and sushi at a food stand which YeoWon really didn't eat - nor did she drink the milk from a carton with a straw but let us squirt some milk shake in her mouth from one of those bottles like apple sauce can come in. We toured the butterfly garden again and went through a cool little building with animals. Last night Otto taught YeoWon about making bunny ears based on her bunny and the bunny that made us all make them:

We ended up back at the fountain but it was off so we just splashed around for a few minutes before heading home. Now, I have only felt positive feelings about the Metro but I will tell you that it is tricky for the stroller pusher. The trip to Seoul Forest took 3 trains, 2 transfers but the transfers amount to walking a block or two underground and there are intermittent steps throughout. You have to go far out of your way to find the elevator and sometimes Tim just carried YeoWon and I carried the stroller but the whole way home she was almost asleep the whole time so we were reluctant to bug her. Kind of tricky... Tim went to dinner by himself, Otto and I ate yogurt and leftovers. Tim forgot his wallet and left the iPad as collateral! Eek. All worked out and we're all settled for the evening...