Lotte World

In an effort to be better organized this year, I'm actually posting a blog about something that happened just yesterday!  Hopefully by posting things here and on Facebook in a timely manner I won't feel so overwhelmed and never want to post anything because it becomes such a major task.
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Yesterday after dropping David off at the airport, we headed over to Lotte World to help a friend celebrate his 6th birthday.  Lotte World is a theme park similar to Disneyland, except a large portion of it is indoors - which was wonderful seeing as it was a whoppin' 25 out yesterday!  Other than having to wait in line for long periods of time, it was great!  I think the adults complained about the wait more than the kids did though... 

The first thing we did when we got there was head to the ball pit.  The kids and I got there well after the others, and Kim had made reservations for 2:00 PM and we got there just in time.  The kids have such a great time in these places, and they got 45 minutes to run amok.

 I was feeling a bit targeted.

 Tristan sighting his "gun" in

 As you all know, my kids get gobs of attention everywhere they go, and today was no exception.

This man standing next to Grace filled her bag I don't know how many times.  As you might imagine, she didn't complain about that at all!

 On the other hand, Tristan had to fill his own bag.

 Having a little fun with the kids.  This was about the extent of my being able to ride rides.

 Tristan and Michael watching the bumper cars

 Oh how I wish I had one of these at home...

We took a "hot air balloon" ride around the park.  Here's a shot from the ceiling of the place.

 Yep, that's an ice skating rink down there.

 We made it downstairs in time for the parade - it was pretty spectacular.  Unfortunately, my pictures don't do it justice. 

This lady is teaching the kids how to dance.

We had a great time, and it was a good distraction after dropping David off, knowing that we won't be seeing him for 3 months.  How do you like that?  My wonderful husband leaves his wife and children alone in a foreign country for 3 months... during the bitter cold winter.  Humph.

Not really.  Well, it's all true, but we aren't upset with him about it.  He's off to a school in the DC area that will be great for his career, both in the military and civilian world, and we have some great friends here who we know will help us whenever we need anything.