[chapter one]

Children are great. They have this way of keeping you so young, yet also making you feel pretty old at the same time. After a day of working with children, it's the strangest sensation. I'm both completely spent and energized at the same time. I'm exhausted because I've endured a lot of physical, mental and even emotional drainage- running, jumping, screaming (in a fun way), whispering, laughing, scolding, leaping and watching after squeamish, tiny people all day is.....exhausting. But, I carry away little moments that made it all so worth it.
Like the other day when we were learning about our new learning center and it's theme- the mall. We're suppose to talk about the vocabulary and terms associated with the mall (oh ya we're learning!). We got talking about what shoes I should buy when I go to the mall. These were the suggestions that I got for my new shoe purchase...

- Pink (light pink to be exact), superman shoes that have wings on them.
- Tiny boots that fit only on my big toes.
- Invisible shoes that make my feet disappear on command.

I did an impression of how I would walk if I found the tiny toe boots. Now, the kids beg me on a daily basis to "walk in the toe boots". Unfortunately, only the impression will have to do. I have yet to find any toe boots in Korea.





The big head is Benny. He is a ham. The face I'm making is my "Benny" face. Because he is crazy. Really crazy.