On the day of Dahin's family performance of 'Annie' (see previous post) the boys had a school fieldtrip to Yongsan Family Park and the National Children's Museum. The two classes of 7 year-olds (Korean age) went together in two big tour buses. I went with them on their trip, and we planned to join Jack and Dahin in the late afternoon at Sejong Cultural Center. Above, the boys sit with one of their classmates as they wait for the lineup and procession to the bus. Below, the boys ride the bus. I was so happy to do this fieldtrip. At their previous preschool, all the field trips were not parent-accompanied because, I guess, they had extra staff to go on the fieldtrips. This was the first frieldtrip I've ever taken with the boys at school, so it was quite a special occasion. I did learn, however, that teacher is way cooler than mommy. They kept running to the teacher for help opening containers, zipping jackets, etc. I was like, "Hey, Mommy's here; let me do it." My requests for importance were met with mixed reviews, including a 'who do you think you are?" look. Hmmm. Well, the teacher is great and the boys love her. Thanks to her, their switch to their new school this semester has been a great success.
We found a great picnic spot under a bunch of willow trees at the park. The kids, below, were fascinated with the beautiful koi that are plentiful in the park's pond.
For safety and to help someone get a child back to the right place in case s/he lost her way, the kids wore tags that listed the name of the school, the school's address and phone number, as well as the teacher's cell phone numbers. I was glad the tags did not include the kids' names, which is never a good idea.
We played a whole bunch of games, such as popping the balloons of the other class (those with the most balloons left won) and tug-of-war. The moms had their chance at tug-of-war. Ronan took these photos of me as I competed with the other moms from the boys' class.
The boys and their classmates did a great job and squashed the competing team, which was the other 7 year-old class. Once they were finished, they did some victory jumping and cheering. It was too cute.
The National Children's Museum is adjacent to the National Museum. It is absolutely wonderul. There are so many hands-on activities, videos, and great exhibits I would love to go again, many times.
The museum's outdoor playground was a welcome change. The kids got their 'wild' out on the playground before boarding the bus. We had other plans, though, so took the subway to meet apa instead of riding the bus back to their school. The boys, especially Oliver, were really bumbed not to take the bus back to the school. They tried to convince me to take the bus back to school and then take the subway to apa, but that would take twice as long and I vetoed that brilliant idea. They were a bit sleepy on the ride on the subway, and Oliver ended up sleeping. I had to carry him out while Ronan was such a big boy and, despite being tired, too, helped carry my bag so that carrying Oliver would be easier.
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