Jinju Lantern Festival

The boys and I went with a group from our church branch down up to the Jinju Lantern Festival that they have here. It is supposed to be the biggest and best festival here in Korea. We went on a Monday night and stayed out late (got home at midnight). That breaks all of my rules as a parent, of being in bed on time on a school night. Oh well, we recovered after a few days of torture. We weren't able to see the entire festival, but I guess that will give us something to do next year... somehing to look forward to. The boys were excited to be abe to make handmade art things that they had in the craft area. Braxton had to make one of every kind of stamp that they had there. He told me that the boys who were helping him make them told him that he was doing such a good job, that he needed to keep doing more of them. I was helping Isaiah make a straw bird that held an egg. He wanted one so bad and I didn't realize that it was going to be something that I was going to need to give full assistane to, so Braxton was left in the booth next to ours making as many stamps as he wanted. See what kind of a parent I am? Yup! That kind! I even let the boys try something that I didn't think that they would try. Silk worm larva. Yes, that's right. They both tried it and both said it wasn't great, but it wasn't good either. So now we are officially turing into Koreans. We can eat bugs!!!! We had a great time looking at the fun lanters that they had out and about. There was even a dragon lantrn that breathed fire. We were allowed to walk on a type of bridge that was made to be able to see the lanterns better and another area of the festival. What a great time and new experience for us. Next year we may just have to stay over night to see two days of the festival because they had a castle area witha performance that we could see happening but wasn't able to make it to that side of the festival. We are still having a great time living here and are enjoying all of our new opportunities. Anyone want to come and visit?