Thursday, July 26, 2007
changing paradechanging 20 soaked-to-the-bone kids is no joke
even with 4 teachers
the kids just LOVE waterplay
just mention it and their shoes and socks are ripped off
the aprons take a while longer cos some still cant figure how to wear it
then they would line up really quickly to go out
i sometimes wonder whats so fun abt it
its basically a water trough filled with water and various playthings
rubber duckies, floating toys and recycled mineral waterbottles
but they just have so much fun
some finish with wet sleeves [from reaching into the water]
but today..it was different lah
if i could play i would have had mighty fun too
the principal ms L wanted some cooking toys to be washed
so she killed 2 birds with one stone - kids wash the toys = waterplay
and so they did:) with a little soap squirted into the water
"see..i wash the plates like ka kak at home"
and since the water was soapy the stuff wouldnt be really clean
so a change of it was needed right
so ms L took out the water stoppers and the water started flowing out
and the kids went MAD from the sudden freeflow of water
they were sticking their feet under the the gush
squealing with delight at the sensation
[getting their shorts/pants wet]
ms L then filled up the troughs with clean water
and sometimes she really is like a big kid [said in a good way]
as in she really knows what kids would love and she gives it to them
so she started pretending to spray the kids from the hose
some ducked behind the trough, some used plates to "protect themselves"
most just screamed themselves silly while they got wet
it really looked like alot of fun
and by the end..
we had 20 wet ducklings
and the changing parade..
we had to do it according to level of wetness and possible parents complaints
[some parents are very finicky abt such "unhealthy things"]
we ran out of spare uniforms for the girls [15 girls in the class]
so i ran down to the pre-n class to take theirs
and it was all the small sizes which looked so tight and short on the bigger girls
that still wasnt enough so i had to go to the k1 class too
these were the bigger uniforms which somehow went to the smaller kids
aiyoh..but they looked so funny in them - sleeves until the elbow kind
in the end we switched between 2 girls cos the sizing was just too ridiculous
it was kinda fun actually
just that its something that cannot be done too often
photos and editing courtesy of erica
a tribute to the car that has served our family very well. with approx 119 000 km of mileage under its belt, its by far the most well-used car [ratio of length of use and distance travelled] that my dad has had. i'll miss the lovely colour which i help choose - by vehemently refusing the initial one my dad picked. i still remember the initial few rides when i would turn to the back and be mildly surprised that the car has ended already [no 3rd row of seats]. and of course..the huge boot which can comfortably accomodate all our bags when we travel up north. i hope it would serve its next owner [if it gets one] as well as it did us.