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Touch football tournament

It has not been a great week for us with Jack getting the flu and then Molly getting it... of course in tag team formation...
Jack was keen to do 2 things last week and I think he willed himself better for them- Basketball training on Friday and then the touch football games on Sunday.
We had a fantastic day of weather and 2 other teams travelled from opposite ends of South Korea to play touch. (Seoul and Busan). The standard was pretty good as Mike the MS Principal is a Kiwi and has been slowly but surely brainwashing these American and Canadians into all things Australasian. He still has the cheek to wear his All Black's jersey but who can hold that against him for long.
The kids here really love it as it is such a fun, running game. Our MS team took out the trophy!
Jack had a great day!

Exploring Daejeon

Finally the weather is starting to fine up and the blossoms are out in earnest.
On Saturday morning we watched our 'lady dragons' soccer team play in the APAC tournament. This year TCIS hosted 5 teams from all over Hong Kong, Shanghai and Manilla. The tournament was held at one of the Universities as our field is neither large enough or level enough for this tournament.
The University grounds are quite pretty as they are on the outskirt of town and have a lot of blossom trees there.
After the game was done we decided to explore one of the surrounding areas called Gyejoksanseong. Peter has climbed to the top, but the aim was just to find a nice spot, walk for a while and relax.

This area was a place to take off your shoes and 'massage' your feet on the stones. Most were smooth but after 50 metres of these stones, my feet felt more than 'massaged".
After catching the bus back into Daejeon we had a snooze and then went back to the soccer field to watch the girls play off for the Championship. Most of the school was there to watch and it was a great home game atmosphere. The girls played really hard and really well. Unfortunately they lost that game, but finished second in the tournament.
It was a good Saturday!

Blossom Festival

Last Sunday we decided we needed some adventure in our life so we grabbed the Daejeon city guide and started flicking.
We found a bus map and off we went.
Little did we know that we were about to fall into the Blossom festival (with alas not many blossoms)
What a funny litttle adventure to the festival which is held in a corporations gardens (termed loosely).

There are some blossom trees, but the people watching, jumping castles (under a major highway) and the traditional games were so fun.

and why is the grass brown... not because it is dry or hot... but because it is still cold and the green hasn't started yet!

The Koreans are the masters of simple games.
It was interesting that all of the young children knew how to play their traditional versions of games... probably because they still do play together nd spend time together as a family when they have some time. Time might be precious to Koreans but they spend it with their families when they get it.

Jack and Molly in Chapel today

Jack's class presented an Easter play today called "The Napkin".
Jack played an old Jewish father complete with beard.
Peter managed to go along and captured some great video footage- available on Facebook.
Jack made quite an impression with his singing today.
Let's say God heard him loud and clear!
Molly enjoyed having her big brother up on stage today to watch.

Easter

The weather showed us it's magic today! It was a fantastic day for an egg hunt.
Easter bunny came to the apartment this morning, much to the surprise of the older and younger one!
After showers and coffee... Mum had to go over to the shops to get some bread. Well, if Easter bunny hadn't dropped another stash of eggs in one of the gardens near the apartment. What a clumsy bunny! Some friends joined us and had also stashed some eggs. Molly thought one of the real eggs was hatching- it was hilarious.

After church we also had another hunt for plastic eggs. Molly was Snow white today- with the cape which made her a "super princess" (her words).

Well both her and Jack found lots of eggs and had a great time in the process.

While spring has not fully sprung here, there is one tree on campus with blossoms.
Enjoy.

Day 5 Bejing tour.

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The last day of our touring included the Temple of Heaven and a silk factory.
Jack and Molly are both in love with their silk jammy's!

The afternoon spent at the pearl market was fun... if not a little daunting. We managed to scrape out some bargains and the kids got a couple of toys direct from China!