"I know of many kinds of hose..."

So yesterday (Monday) we had a water games day with the kids! At 10am we led them all out to the soccer field, split up into four groups, and started playing. Bruce and Sam got a lot of squishy balls that you can dip in water and throw at each other. The kids made two teams and played dodge ball. Each group made it about ten minutes before someone got hit in the face and started crying. Katie played the game where you fill a cup with water on your head, and have to pour it into a cup on someone else's head behind you. After going down a line, the last person dumps it into the team bucket, and two lines of kids race each other. That was also a big hit. After only two rotations, though, we threw all the water equipment into a big pile and just had a huge water fight. Balls and buckets and frisbees and bubbles were flying everywhere, and most of us got soaked. Although all the teachers were in our swimsuits, the kids were just in their school uniforms... oops. But they loved it. They also knew that the semester is coming to an end, that we're leaving, and vacation is starting. I think they appreciated the day as a kick-off to vacation. We gave them all popsicles while they dried off before heading back to their Chinese teachers.