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some pics of my 2 "little" kids on their school field trip.

La Mesa Eco-Park, Quezon City.  11 October 2007.

my feet ache...my calves ache, to be exact.

i accompanied the 2 little kids - migs & andy - to their field trip yesterday.  we first went to the la mesa eco-park in quezon city then proceeded to Greenbelt, makati to watch the Cinderella stage play.

It’s my first time to go to the la mesa eco park, previously known (as I have known it) as La Mesa Dam.  The surrounding area (around 2700 hectares) was now turned into an eco-park, meaning, lush plantation, several ponds with different kinds of fish, bike and hike trails, playgrounds and picnic tables scattered around the area. 

The first activity for the kids (including parents, of course) was to count the steps of these very high stairs located at the far end of the park.  Andy and I, thinking we could get away with it, and wanting to get things done easily, tried to just count the steps from the photo in our activity sheet, but it was impossible to do so, heh-heh.  Besides, I think andy would have more fun if she counted the steps while actually going up the stairs.

After 80 steps, I thought I couldn’t go on anymore.  But andy was persistent and seemed to still have lots of energy.  Migs was nowhere to be found, he went ahead with his third grade classmates, running up the stairs.  Yes, running!  Andy and I finally reached the top of the stairs, after 117 steps.  And that’s non-stop climbing for us.  Hah!  I was so proud because we beat the other pairs of kids-moms, thanks to my tennis sessions (no matter how irregular our playing nights may be).   Oh, I forgot to even get a glimpse of the Dam. Darn.

After more walking/running activities, we had lunch then went to greenbelt.  Aaah, air-con!

The kids loved the play, plus there was a sort of audience participation during the play, so the theater turned really noisy with all the kids’ reaction.  I’m sure everybody, parents/yayas included, had fun.  After the play, it was time to go home, and we had to walk in queues as usual – from the theater, to the mall, to the sidewalk, and finally to the waiting area… climb, walk, run, wait in line…  those were the things we mostly did during the entire field trip.

And that was the story behind my aching calves.  But it was fun.