May 5th is a holiday in Korea called Children’s Day. Children’s Day is a day of showing respect and celebrating their happiness and it was one of my favorite holidays while growing up in Korea. School is closed for the day, many restaurants are free for the kids, and they have many fun contests/games for the kids to participate in. So now, we celebrate Children’s Day in my own family.
Since May 5th fell on a Sunday, we celebrated the holiday the day before on Saturday. The day started with going to cheer Jay at his half marathon.
the girls wanted to wear their metals just like dad and Adi also grabbed a cone
to use as a speaker phone so she could cheer for her daddy.
there he is!
and there he goes! then we drove and went to the finish line to wait for him there.
he did it! he placed 42nd place in his age division which is not too shabby
especially for his first half marathon! I am so proud of him!
especially for his first half marathon! I am so proud of him!
Then we went to go watch The Croods, and after the movie we went shopping where every member of our family got to pick out something from the store. Jay got a pair of pants, I got a maxi dress, Adi got a pair of shorts and a dress(to share with Ana too), and Ana got a pair of “mint sparkly slippers” as she calls it.
Then we finished the day by going to eat at Sizzler’s. We love their parmesan toasted bread! If you’ve been to Sizzler’s, you know that place is dominated by all the cute senior citizens. And every time we go there, Jay and I talk about how we’re going to be one of them one day, going there every week with our senior citizen discounts. 😉
Happy Children’s Day!
Children's Day is definitely one thing that I do miss the most when I lived in Korea (I moved to US in 2001). I'm glad that you still embrace that holiday for your girls. 🙂
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We also celebrated Children's day in Japan. Unfortunately, it's also celebrated as part of Golden Week (a week of 4 holidays all together) so really crowded everywhere we went. We did manage to find a nice little cafe where we met up with some friends for tea and snacks. They absolutely adore our girls and vice versa and since they are always busy, it was a real treat for everyone to see each other.
I'm glad you are keeping your childhood traditions alive with your girls 🙂 It's a great tradition celebrating the lives of our kids.
Hello fellow Korean! 😉
Yes, I wish they celebrated that holiday here as well. 🙂 Thanks for your comment!
I know they celebrated Children's Day in Japan too but wondered if it was any different! Tea and snacks with friends sounds like a wonderful way to celebrate it, thanks for sharing!
What a fun celebration! Something I hope to do with my children one day.
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