Saturday we celebrated Jae-min's first birthday with family and friends. We had the traditional party outside and the Korean Tol set up inside. It was truly a perfect day!!! After stressing about it for weeks, the weather was perfect and everything turned out great. We really wanted to do his Korean heritage proud, which I think we did. He had a blast and was quite the little ham, clapping and yaying for himself. He even sat and looked at all the gifts as we opened them.
He looked very dapper in his Hanbok and was really the star of the show. He chose the knife and dollar at the toljabee ceremony which means he'll be a chef and wealthy. Yahoo, a wealthy chef!!!! We said a small blessing over him and took a moment to remember his birthmom on this special day.
Our tol table was filled with fruit, candy trees, rice cakes, and cupcakes. We also placed his referral photo as well as a professional photo we had taken. His foster mothers photo was also displayed to honor her on this special day. All in all I think it was the best day we've had since we've been home from Korea. We feel proud to be able to share this amazing culture with our family and friends.
Happy happy birthday and happy happy Tol Jae-min!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He looked very dapper in his Hanbok and was really the star of the show. He chose the knife and dollar at the toljabee ceremony which means he'll be a chef and wealthy. Yahoo, a wealthy chef!!!! We said a small blessing over him and took a moment to remember his birthmom on this special day.
Our tol table was filled with fruit, candy trees, rice cakes, and cupcakes. We also placed his referral photo as well as a professional photo we had taken. His foster mothers photo was also displayed to honor her on this special day. All in all I think it was the best day we've had since we've been home from Korea. We feel proud to be able to share this amazing culture with our family and friends.
Happy happy birthday and happy happy Tol Jae-min!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!