The gist of the Korean language - A long run-on whine.

You know you have been here too long when...today we were talking and we came to the title's conclusion today. We had a good laugh and I thought I would share this with everyone.

So, not much is going on. A few of my friends have returned home and a few more have arrived for their sentence - just kidding. Work has been going well and the kid's abilities and their understanding have really improved. So I have a bunch of pictures from a picnic we went on back in October.

Our school had a play day back in October, the school took all the kindy kids on a picnic to World Cup Stadium. It was a great day for a picnic, but then again I should have known better. It was a hagwon organized picnic, which means that the kid's aren't allowed to run around, enjoy being outside and have fun. There was some fun, but the kid's don't know any different, so they don't know what they are missing.

We got all the kid's organized and onto the bus. The ride over was a lot of fun. I corrupted my kids and got them to sing "Everywhere we go". Those of you who have been to camp will be familiar with the song. Unfortunately, I have not sung this song in a long time, so I forgot how it ended. The kid's had a chance to be loud, so they had a lot of fun. Then I got them to pretend they were on a roller coaster and put their hands in the air and scream everytime we went around the a hairpin bend. The kids and I had a great time, but eventually got told to stop doing that.

These are all the kids sitting, waiting to get on the bus. These are all the kindy kids are my school, give or take a few.

The kids on the bus make faces at the camera.
L to R: Theresa, Carol, Lina and Sonia

This is Jenny and Ryan.

Woo-Jae (foreground) and Jason (background)

The kid's are set up in their teams, this is the white team. My kid's are sitting right in the front. Carol's sitting in front there, with James in the blue hat and Jason (brown hat) right behind him.

Here are some pictures from the egg and spoon race and the tug of war. There was a teacher tug of war and at this time I don't have any pictures :(
Peter, our head teacher, while demonstrating how to do the egg and spoon race bailed on the grass - flew threw the air and landed hard on his rear. I wish I had a pic of it, it was absolutely hysterical.

This is Julie with her kids, she is one of the newer teachers.

This is Woo-Jae doing his best to keep the egg on the spoon.

James - a face only a mother could love .

My friend Beth and I.
I must say that I love my flip-out (screen) canon camera!

Woo-Jae and I

So this was the picnic. We came, ate and attempted to let the kids be kids for a while. I got in trouble for using sidewalk chalk, so I was a little miffed. Overall, it was a gorgeous day and we all had fun. It was way better then being in a classroom.