Happy Halloween!

I keep forgetting to write each week! I will try and do better in November!

The last two weeks of October went so fast. At work, we were busy decorating for Halloween and the kids were really excited about the Halloween festival we had planned so work was really busy, making it go even faster than usual.

Two weekends ago (the 21st and 22nd) a lot of my co teachers went out of town, some to Seoraksan, and some to visit some friends they had from home in another city so it was a pretty low key weekend for me. It was nice though, especially after a busy week. I did go into Seoul one day with Heather, who I also work with. We went to an area called Insadong which I had never been to before. It had a lot of great knick knack stuff and a lot of traditional Korean items which was cool to see. It was a fun area and it was a beautiful day to be out walking around. We also walked to this traditional village, where people still live today but their homes are still like the ones in the past. I guess they could only make so many changes to the houses, and if they did, they had to keep a certain appearance. It was really pretty and I wish more of Korea looked like that!

To cap off the day in Insadong, we went to a tea house where I tried "shaved ice" which I had heard a lot about. Here is what was in it: shaved ice, tomatoes, corn flakes, dried fruit, real fruit, red beans, ice cream, hot fudge, and a cherry. It sounds absolutely disgusting but it was delicious! The mixture of everything was so good, even if it sounds like a five year old came up with the ingredients.

This past week at school was really fun. We had "Spirit Week" for our kindergartners, so Monday was Pajama Day, Tuesday was Backwards Day, Wednesday was Sports Day, and Thursday was Crazy Hair Day. The teachers got to dress up to so that was fun! On Wednesday we got to carve a pumpkin with our class! It made me a little homesick when I thought about how I used to carve pumpkins with my family and how fun it was to go pick out your pumpkin and roast the pumpkin seeds and get ready for Halloween. I had a minor accident too and cut my finger. It actually was bleeding a lot and the kids were so concerned if I was ok. On Thursday morning, before class started, one of my kindergartners, Christina, came into the teacher's room just to ask if I was ok! She's so adorable.

After school on Wednesday, Christine, Rachel and I went to Costco since Christine's mom sent her their membership card! We left right after work at 6:30 and it took us about 2 hours to find it...We asked about 5 people, some who tried to help, but we still couldn't find it, and others who had no idea what "Costco" was. Luckily, with the help of some bus drivers, we got there and it was worth it. I wanted to buy a lot more but had to tell myself I didn't need a 16 dollar thing of chocolate covered almonds... I did end up buying real cheese, which was the most exciting thing I got, some deli meat (the kind I get at home even!) and then some oatmeal which was actually pretty cheap. I don't think I'll be going there a lot, but every once in a while when I need a sandwich and want real cheese!


We celebrated Halloween on Friday at school, so all the teachers stayed late Thursday to finish the decorations. We had a haunted house in our play gym, and then random games in "Big Gym" but the school looked really cool! The kids went through a rotation then the whole day, playing games, face painting, snacks, and decorating trick or treat bags. It was really fun! Then, in the afternoon we had our song contest. My class sang "Ding Dong the Witch is Dead" the glee version. They were so good at it when we practiced in our room by ourselves but they were so shy on stage! It was still really cute even if they forgot half the words. I'm going to try to upload the video to my flickr if I can figure that out!

This past weekend I went out to celebrate Halloween Friday, then just hung out Saturday. Sunday, Rachel, Christine, and I went into Seoul to do a little shopping. I got some little gifts I wanted to get, but really wanted a winter coat but wasn't able to find one that was under 200 that I liked. I'll have to figure that out quickly before it starts to get really cold!

This next week should be busy with starting a new month and everything but it is already November this week! I'm counting down the days until Danny is here and the Philippines! Hopefully this month goes quickly!

Hope everyone had a good Halloween!

Love, Meghan



updated pictures!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/meghanfaricy/sets/