The following day after the dol we had another birthday party at the house for neighbors and friends. Talk about chaos! I’ve never seen that many people and 1 year olds packed into our house. The heat wasn’t as bad as the day before, but was still a bit too much for people to be outside, so we packed everyone into the dining room and living room. It was a tight fit, but Skylar thoroughly enjoyed it.
Part of the tradition of a dol is to set out a variety of items that symbolize the type of person and future that Skylar would have. We had the following items to choose from:
I was rooting for Skylar to go for the cash, and even and this young age she knew to listen to daddy!
I guess it was the heat, but Skylar kept yawning throughout the dol. Here are a few of many pics:
Skylar had a traditional korean dol for her first birthday. That day the temperature was up around 105 and we had been going through one of the hottest weeks of the summer. When we got to the restaurant the temperature was hot. We were setting up and finalizing and we were all sweating, or glistening in the case of the women, and I turned down the thermostat in the room hoping it would cool off soon.
No luck, the AC went out and we wrapped up early, with temperatures topping 80 in the restaurant. Sklyar worked up a pretty good sweat as well and I was happy to see that she made it through the day happy and intact. This is why they have a dol at one year old – if you make it this far, chances are good that you’ll make it to adulthood 🙂
Sklyar sandwich!
Father / daughter bonding at the beach. Eventually my hopes are that this will morph into surfing and hiking trips 🙂
Sea shells are amazing, but then again everything is amazing when you’re almost 1 year old.
