This blog is just a little bit late and I have been putting off writing it however sadly I know the longer I put it off the less likely I will be to write it. Friday the 24th of December our school had its Christmas Party (Ryan and I may of been a little on the "Grinch" side because this part meant we couldn't fly out to get home until Christmas Day) and I won't lie but it was a little odd. Most of this blog will probably be photos because the Christmas party was very simple and went more or less like this:
Show up to school at 12 to blow up balloons with Annie teacher (what Ryan and I are always put in charge of)
- Have a meeting about who was doing what for the day and about how we are not to raise our voice or yell at the children (yea right that didn't happen).
- Have the first group of kids (8 to 10) show up from 2:30-4:30
- Gather them all in the gym to sing songs, play bingo and then break up into their classes for to cooking contest (Ryan and I got to be the judges....fun fun) and then do the Christmas Carola contest.
- Have the second group of kids (10-12) show up from 5:00-7:00
- Repeat same drill as the first party only have this kids seem less amused and a little bit cranky
- Have the third group of kids (middle school age) show up at 7:30 as Ryan and I made our way out the door to catch the last bus to the airport.
I guess I can explain more in between photos because that really doesn't tell you much about the day now does it. I took a ton of photos however I also got put in charge of running the video camera to capture all the "sweet cute little moments" and well kids don't really like to sit still.
Party 1:
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The School Tree |
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Singing Songs....hints the title oddly I have never heard of "Lucky Cookies" |
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Playing Bingo |
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Winner number 1 |
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Winner number 2 |
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Winner number 3 |
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Start of the cooking contest |
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Ryan giving out the gifts, he got mobbed a few minutes later |
Party 2:
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They were not quite as happy as the first group was about singing |
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Where the title of this blog came from. If you read the song you will see that there is no figgy pudding but instead something called lucky cookies in Korea. |
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They were not really too happy about Bingo either. |
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Winner 1 |
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Dean asking Ryan if that was the right block. |
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Grace Teacher helping a student |
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Winner 2 |
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Start of the cooking contest |
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Licking the frosting off their fingers |
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The tomatoes with the sweets was kind of an odd combination |
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Putting on the finishing touches |
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They made a house out of all sweet snacks. Sadly they forgot to say that those little "Skittle" like candy's are hard as rocks. |
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They are my favorite class so maybe I am bias but how cute is it that they are cutting all the sandwiches (and insides) into tiny stars. |
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Sorry it wont flip upright but it was peppers stuffed with tuna and kimchi and it was great (and I hate tuna!) |
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Aww G2 I love you too! They won first place and made it and decorated it themselves! |
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It looked and tasted great however it was already premade everything so they did not win |
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Pancake cake.... |
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Ryan kept trying to talk them out of using the heart shape but sadly he didn't get anywhere. |
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They maybe some of my favorite girls! |
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Some of my very VERY talkative boys |
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Some of the cutest girls I know! |
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Our very cute boss/owner handing giving out the prizes |
And the last party was all middle school kids who seemed all but too happy to be there.
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Singing Christmas Carols, or well trying to get them to sing. |
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On of the Bingo winners and her prize. |
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The start of the cooking contest |
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Making chicken and rice |
And sadly we didn't get to try any of the chicken and rice, chicken nachos, or other good food the middle school students made because we had to catch a bus to the airport to have a great Christmas Eve at the Hyatt before starting a long trip home to be with our families.
3 comments:
That party looked fun!
The treats looked good!
Did you get to try any of the crazy looking ones ? Did they taste as good as they looked ?
OH we didn't have a choice we were the judges and some were good some were not, and others we passed on because of the class that made them sadly : (
Hi Megan
I get onto your blog every now and then just to see what is going on in your life in Korea.
Thanks so much for the Mud Soap -- love it and the jewelry box!!!!!!
I love reading your blog and I am in awe of you....you are so brave, smart, contemporay and adventurous.........You make your family so proud! Miss You!
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