Christmas Party Fun!

The Party was a blast! Our faces hurt from smiling and laughing so much. The students are amazing! My favorite part was watching the students eat pumpkin pie with chopsticks. Slowly all the candy disappeared. They were especially excited when their head teacher told them they could skip class for the evening and stay at the party!
We ate, sang carols and played games. I was even forgiven my pork mistake! Lemon who is sitting directly behind me with the yellow headband, and her arms around me is one of our M_slim students. She stuck close through the night and at one point told me, "This day makes me very happy, this time is happy!" So sweet.
We are thinking we need to have another party, especially with more goodies on their way from the states. We talked about it with the students a little and they would like to do a masquerade party. We would all wear masks. I'm not sure if they think this is an American thing or not.
Their favorite Christmas songs were Jingle Bells and Silent Night.
It was definitely a time of connecting with the students. All the kids and I felt some relationships really seal. It just melts your heart when they come up and slip their arm through yours. You could also see how much they adore Jeff. He is so good with them and clearly loving his job!
Tonight we are having our English couple friends over for dinner, remember the bee-keeper and his wife? They leave for home tomorrow, England. Our Mr Bee-keeper is recovering well from illness. So so sad to say good-bye to this lovely couple. They have been such a support to us.
Today is Savana's first day of teaching! She is really looking forward to it, and anxious to find out if this company may be where she works her gap year.

B