the munchkins in their costumes

Well-- after two whole months of blood, sweat and tears, the big day finally came. We had our drama festival and graduation on Friday evening. The entire day was dedicated to dress rehearsal. It was on of the longer days of my life, to be sure. Somehow I got stuck with the job of supervising all of the children who weren't performing at any given time. By myself. 25 children without any structured activities. In short, it was chaos. One boy hit a girl in the face with his shoe. There were several escape attempts and fights among the children. But we all survived the ordeal unscathed.
The stage and the venue was way more grandiose than a kindergarten play should be. I wish I'd gotten a picture (unfortunately I was stuck back stage the entire day). They brought in blow up castles and blow up flowers and a ridiculous amount of neon lights so that the back drop of the play actually DID look like the 1950s backdrop of Oz.
At least the kids looked cute in their costumes! Here's a peek:







In other news, Dad and Julie have made it to Korea safe and sound! We've spent most of this weekend showing them around Seoul, taking them to open air markets, temple, palaces and folk villages. The days are long and exhausting, but worth it to share the experience of Asia with them. I'll do a future post on the whole thing with pictures. We have an entire week of their wonderful company ahead. :)