Happy Birthday Lucy! Celebration 1

Since it's already August 30 in Korea, we celebrated Lucy's first birthday Korean style. As per tradition, she dressed up in a han bok. This han bok was given to Lucy by her foster mother.

For her ceremony, we took a cue from our Korean neighbors and chose to use a pencil, rope and money. According to Korean tradition, whichever item Lucy chooses indicates her chosen path and success in life. The pencil represents scholarly endeavors, the rope represents longevity and the money represents prosperity.

She chose the pencil! Here's to perpetuating the stereotype of Asians being braniacs! Yipee!

This is the best we could do with all FIVE of us!