Too many kids in the bounce house.

Today was our first fieldtrip! All of Reggio ELC piled into buses and we went to Airkidsland. Yes. Airkidsland. Right across the street from "The Dream Center".  Sometimes I wonder who the hell picks the names for these places...but that's another blog entirely.  I digress. So this Airkidsland place is like a mecca...a mecca of childhood fun and happiness. It should really be called Magicalplacewherechildrenswishesarefullfilledland.  I was completely astonished when we walked in...i can only imagine how it must have looked to a two foot tall 5 year old (3 years old to us westerners). The ceilings in this whimsical warehouse are probably 100 feet high, there are 60 foot slides, mini cars, bumper boats, arcade games, multiple bounce houses, mini roller coasters, trains, and probably like 50 other things that I didn't see.  This place is a child's heaven.  There were multiple times today where I silently wished I was under the age of 10, but let me also say that being 23 did not stop me from having a fantastic time.  As a matter-of-fact there was one point in the bounce house that I had to check myself, because I was having too much fun.  Somehow a game of dodgeball had broken out and my involvement in the game began as a way to get my students to participate, but before you know it I was actually winding up and throwing balls at 7 year olds from another school.  My sobering moment came when I nailed one of the kids in the face and got a serious death glare from an adult onlooker.  Along with being looked at as a complete idiot, by who i'm assuming was a Korean mom, there was one more negative thing about Airkidsland...the smell.  It was stronger in some places than others, but anywhere you went there was a twinge of hot rubber, feet, and vomit.  All of which made sense...but didn't do much for the experience.  Smell or not, Airkidsland is beyond amazing and if my E2 visa covered that type of employment they'd already have my resume.