Day 462: Sunny Days

Today was such an amazing day! It was Field Trip day for Preschool, and it turned out to be the best field trip yet. We took the kids to Lake Park to explore and play games, and it was a perfect, warm, sunny day with the bluest of blue skies (a rarity here in Korea, as the sky is usually too choked with smog.)

We took the kids wandering through some of the gardens and next to some ponds and pagodas for the requisite photo shoot that is a part of every field trip. It's like "Look! We're all having fun! Everyone smile! Now let's do that again 100 more times!" After the photos we went to this big field trip where the Korean teachers had set up a small obstacle course for the kids to run through. It was hilarious to watch the kids all line up and run through jumping through the hoops and rcing back and forth.

It was then time for lunch so we all camped out in the shade and had a picnic lunch under the trees. It was calm and relaxing and so nice just to hang outside. When we had finished eating we had the rarest of all rare events - free time! A concept so foreign to these poor studyaholic kids, we actually had time to run around and play and let the kids just...be kids! I had such a blast playing tag with my kids and horsing around with them in the sunshine. I wish every field trip was like this!

During this time I looked across the field and spotted...Meghann! She was there with her kids on POLY Mokdong's field trip! Small world! After that we had a gruelling game of Tug O War and the Parrots kicked major ass! We beat the two classes we were against (Addie's Hummingbirds and Katie's Penguins) and my kids were on a total high. And so was I! Beautiful sunshine, a field trip that's actually relaxed and *fun* for once, and a chance to play with my kids? What more could I ask for! :-)