Month: April 2023

April 23, 2023

Mason’s birthday weekend! 

On Saturday we made our spring trip to the dinosaur park. It was a nice day to be there, not too crowded and not too hot. The spinning bumper car (has nothing to do with dinos) was probably Mason’s favorite – a family even paid for Mason’s second ride because they wanted their son to be able to ride with Mason. I think they were Korean-American because the son only spoke English. We stopped on the way home to buy my birthday gift to Mason (Bowser and Mario).

Unfortunately, later in the day, Mason said he was cold and had a headache – not too long after a fever and Tylenol. 

On Sunday morning, we (JK, HK, HK’s dad and me) played golf at the “The Ban” – HK’s first round ever and my first in almost 10 years. HK killed it for a beginner had some incredible shots. The caddie marked me as a 98, but she was being kind, it was more like a 110 I think, but I did legitimately par one hole.

That afternoon we had Mason’s party at SaDongRhee and he had recovered or at least Tylenol got us close. He has an ice cream cake and got some cool gifts. We drove back to Seoul at 10pm. Mason slept the whole way home.

April 16, 2023

Saturday was a good day but rainy. I have a photo below of Mason’s grandmother standard breakfast, so we can remember it. Mason and I hung out at Daerim and I cooked chicken breast, a little harder than I expected. Of course, we had beef and pork BBQ at Mason’s grandparent’s house before going to bed.

Sunday was Everland, with Yun Woo, Son Woo, Grandma, Jae Hyung and me. It was cold, cloudy and a little windy. Plus, I hurt my big toe again, so limping around an amusement park all day was probably not the best idea. I bought Mason a shark hat upon entry and Yun Woo was promised a princess dress on departure, but she was asleep at that point, so that never materialized.

Amazon Express was the highlight of the day, as all 6 of us got to ride together – although only me and Mason got wet. JH bought lunch – some sort of fried chicken package and I bought the 3 of us Erdingers later in the afternoon. It rained briefly and we sought refuge in a huge fake tree. Mason was scared to ride the pirate ship at first but quickly built up the courage to do it. Mario cart in the arcade was hard to drag Mason away from.

When we saw the log ride on our way out of the park, I said to Mason, “maybe you will be ready for that next year”, he replied, “maybe never.” He is witty.