Today was such a LONG day... hence why I am writing this blog at 12:06am! I had so much to do that I just got done!
At school, we had Mini Olympics with our older morning kids. We took them outside and they had 4 games. Each class was divided into 2 teams and the teams rotated between games! The first was water balloon toss... we all know what this is! Second was Beanbag Relay. The students had to hold a beanbag on a spoon while weaving in and out of cones and then hand the spoon to their teammate. If they dropped it, they had to start over. Third game was Circle Hula Hoop. It is where everyone holds hands in a circle and you have the get the hula hoop around the circle without letting go of your hands. Its kind of hard to explain in writing but soooo much fun to play. We have played it before in the U.S. . Lastly was the sponge relay (which the kids seemed to like the most). There were 2 buckets full of water and 2 with no water. The teams had to soak their sponge and then run over and drain it in the empty bucket. There was a line they had to fill it up to. However, we made it fun by saying they had to hold the sponge over their head while running so they were all soaking wet.
After all the teams competed each game, medals were handed out and Zach had some tricks up his sleeves. He really wanted to have a water balloon fight so we gave every kid one balloon to fill up and on the count of 3, let them go at it. Thankfully I didn't get as wet as I thought I would, but still wet enough to have to go home and shower during break before our afternoon class.
It was our last day with the first graders so I took lots of pictures. We taught them adjectives such as pretty, tall, funny.... We had them each make a bracelet with one of the words on it. They then had to come up in front of the class, say their word out loud, and then give it to someone in the class that matched that word. It was super funny because one of the girls had "old" and she gave it to our teacher. The last boy to go (who is one of my favorites) had "pretty" and he was soooo embarrassed to give it to someone. He eventually gave it to me. I thought it was cute how embarrassed he was. We practiced all of their songs they have learned over the past 2 weeks and then gave them their graduation certificates. Zach took a video from yesterday of the kids singing so I will post the link to that too. OOOOOO how I am going to miss those kids! But I am definitely excited to meet the 2nd graders next week!!!
After school, I met up with Judit and Stacy to go get pedicures. We knew this would be an experience because we didnt have anyone to translate for us. The nail salon only has two girls working so only two of us could go. When she told me it would be 40,000 won (about $34), I thought that was a little expensive, but I knew how badly I needed a pedicure and went for it. Let me tell you it was definitely the best money I have spent since being here!!! The leg massage part was ridiculous!! She poked and punched and dug with all her might on my calves and I could feel it all the way up my leg. I got out of the chair in complete relaxation! We will definitely be making another trip there before we head home! Pedicures were awesome but I knew it was crunch time. I had to make some things for tomorrow's ice skating field trip with our morning students. SOOOOO after making 6 medal necklaces and cutting 42 wristbands, I am finally getting to relax and write this blog...
But it is definitely time for bed.... ice skating tomorrow and then some exploring with everyone tomorrow night... should be fun!
Goodnight!!!!
Pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46379050@N04/sets/72157624484849191/
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