When in Rome...

I hear that Swedish kids in daycare sometimes get to take field-trips to outdoorsy places, filled with fresh air and trees and leaves and what have you. Is it forests they call it? And that they get to look for moss and cones and ants. Sounds like fun.

Here we do field-trips as well, but ours are more focused on the world below the surface. Last week, the whole school went to that water world place that I've described to you before. In preparation for that, we had a dive master come and teach us how to dive and snorkle, and which animals we could encounter when out swimming. Now, those are definitely essential knowhows in the world as I know it!

Squid is nothing to worry about. But we should stay away from the big octopuses.Furthermore, safety is key. You have to know how to help your diving or snorkeling partner if they get into trouble with their equipment.And of course you have to know your own equipment very well.I think I got it. The only thing that saddens me is that I hear diving trips are very uncommon in daycare back in Europe.By the way. We're not moving back to Sweden this fall, but instead to Poland. Maybe the playschool there will let me take up plumbing... This is at least something mom and dad hopes for!