F-R-E-E-Z-I-N-G

I know I always complain about it being freezing but today it actually is. Literally. I had a kindergarten visit today & for a few moments while we were outside playing in the bitter cold, bits of snow fell from the partly cloudy sky. Brrr...

It was my 3rd visit to Yumoto 1st Kindie so at least half the kids remember me. The playground was littered with the sounds of "Makashii-sensei, mite!" (McCarthy-sensei, watch!) "Shoon-sensei, ishoo ni asobou!" (Shawn-sensei, let's play together!)... I climbed a jungle gym, threw a rugby ball, rode scooters, built sandcastles, pushed kids in swings & tried to pretend like I understood what those cute little 3 year olds were talking about as they yabbered away a million miles a minute at me in Japanese. One overprotective 3 year old boy cried every time another kid tried to take me away. (^-^) Then they fought over who got to sit next to me...ah, sitting in micro-sized chairs with dwarf-sized tables between loud & snotty nosed kids who can't keep their germy fingers off me...well, let's just say I'm glad I'm not a kindergarten teacher.

2 more days of elementary school visits & 3 more days 'til I leave...