our building-mate, kathy. she's a year older.

the sweet mother hen of his class, vivian. she's always gently correcting & encouraging him!

the asian parents thought this was such a funny idea to have a pj party in the middle of the day. we asked them to bring a pillow, blanket, & stuffed animal:)

going to a theater is SO $ here, like $15+US/ticket, so this is really special.

in case you didn't guess, this is ian's classroom, in a nice new MS building,
which will be our Elem. sit next year.

the gifts!

elliot bought a toy smoking cigar, so ian brought all these sweet little 6-7 yr olds out on school property to smoke it up!! didn't even work.

i insisted on "story time"! they're like "mrs. hanson, when can we play on the computers???"

typical images...

easter!

we painted paper-mache eggs

my classroom, w/ luke's latest creation while i work...

the tech team, or the "computer geeks!"
the other white guy's the secondary computer teacher & ring leader...the chinese man in the back is the elem. computer teacher, the other 2 are support guys for the hundreds of computers for our 4-campus school!

how he spent his dishes $ this time...

the signs we see everyday are hillarious. just one example...

elliot's new B/F-sasha from washington DC.
they often come here & blow their $ on these rides.
they take the bus all by themselves! sasha's lived here 2 yrs & knows how to do it.

it's ian's "year of the ox" & here he is with it!

not sure why people buy these-pets? dinner?

"Si Hai" park, a quick bus ride away. popular destination.