Book Character Day

Today is book character day at school. Everyone has to dress up as a book character. It is so fun to see what everyone wears. Jenny and I are doing Alice in Wonderland. I am Alice and she is the Queen of Hearts. We got a few of the students to be cards. We had our costumes made at the tailor. they turned out really well. i will post pictures later so you can see our awesome costumes. Nate is Sherlock Holmes. We brought sophie with us tomorrow to be his hound dog. she was a little overwhelmed with all of the people.
Tonight is the school dance. they are always an enjoyable experience. this years dance is "Dancing through the Decades" so there will be music from the 50s till now.

Bikes in China

These are petty cabs. They are kind
of like a taxi.
This lady is on her cell phone

















We thought it would be fun to post a bunch of pictures of bikes in China. All of these pictures we took right outside of our complex. I have more pictures that I will download later. We just thought you would enjoy seeing how many people in our city travel. We have a scooter similar to the one posted above with the two people on it. We also have carried crazy stuff on our bikes including a microwave, a stereo system, sophie, our friends, groceries all tied down on the back, etc.

yum..coffee

i am sitting at my desk at school shivering, drinking coffee, and waiting...what i am waiting for??? Well, today is Parent Teacher Conferences, but since I am an elective teacher, parents don't really need to meet with me; so, I just sit and try to keep busy. Actually it really isn't that bad (other than it is cold). I have some books with me and internet games always come in handy when you have nothing else better to do. :) My new favorite game is the one where you have to get the numbers 1-9 both in the 3x3 boxes and in the rows and columns.
My room is also the multi-purpose room, so any extras go on in my room. Well, the aerobics elective is in my room and yesterday jenny and I were trying to have our language lesson at the same time. It was really funny. It was the highschool boys' day to have aerobics so they were in here jumping around and stinking up the whole place. We were having to speak quite loudly to hear each other over all the noise. Sure can't wait to get to our new school where we will have room to do stuff.

Middle School Trip

our middle school went on a trip last month. i didn't go, but here are some pictures that i thought you might enjoy. The picture of the girls around breakfast are some of our students. The other pictures are people they saw along the way.

getting to know me

1. What is your occupation? Music teacher at an International School in China
3. What are you listening to right now? "Here I am to Worship"
4. What was the last thing you ate? last night...popcorn
5. Do you wish on stars? only when watching "Pinocchio"
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Hot Pink
7. How is the weather right now? Cloudy, little morning chill
8. Last person you spoke to on the phone? probably Jenny
9. Do you like the person who sent this to you? Oh very much (thanks Ash)
10. How old are you today? 23
11. Favorite drink? Starbuck's Grande Triple Shot Latte
12. Favorite sport to watch? tennis and diving
13. Have you ever dyed your hair? only highlights
14. Do you wear contacts or glasses? Unfortunately..yes
15. Pets? Yes....the cutest little bassett hound in the whole world
16. Favorite month? hmmm...November
17. Favorite food? Desserts of all kinds
18. What was the last movie you watched? Batman Begins
19. Favorite day of the year? May 12
20. What do you do to vent anger? play the piano or take a long long shower
21. Fall or spring? Fall
22. Hugs or kisses? hugs
23. Cherry or Blueberry? blueberry....but i really prefer raspberry
24. Do you want your friends to email you back? sure..i love hearing from people ( although I really am terrible at e-mailing)
25. Who is most likely to respond? well, since i am doing this on my blog...i'm not quite sure
26. Who is least likely to respond? dunno
27. Who do you live with? Nate and sophie ( our puppy)
28. When was the last time you cried? Good question...i cried out of pain a few weeks ago when sophie and i collided heads.
29. What is on the floor of your closet? some expensive shoes that i don't want ruined in the shoe closet, some material to get some clothes made at the tailor, and probably some dog bones ( sophie likes to bury her bones in the closet)
30. What friend have you had the longest? Probably Jana Shelley
31. What did you do last night? played cards with the Roebers, Spatas and The Zichi, ate popcorn and oreos and watched Batman Begins
32. Favorite smell? Christmas time smell
33. What inspires you? Going to a symphony
34. What are you afraid of? getting stuck in a rut in life and not fulfilling my dreams
35. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? cheese.
36. Favorite car? Volvo or Miny Cooper
37. Favorite dog breed? Bassett Hound
38. Number of keys on your key ring? 5 or 6.. one house key, one school key, and 3 or 4 bike keys
39. How many years at your current job? well, kind of 1/2 year, but nate worked there last year so it isn't totally new.
40. Favorite day of the week? saturday
41. How many states have you lived in? 4 and China
>42. How many cities have you lived in/name them? Collene, TX; Buena Vista, CO; Randolf and Brockton, MA; Anchorage, AK; Cedarville, OH; Chengdu, China

highschool chapel

 

middle school chapel

 

two nathaniels...one teacher, one student

music class is fun

here are some pictures of one of my music classes....yes we are studying music, but having fun at the same time. there are some great programs on-line that have musical games. during this particular class, the students are having fun composing some music.

sometimes change is good

Okay, I am going to try this again instead of xanga.


this is a computer image of our new school. We should be able to move into it during Christmas break. We are all so excited. All the upper school teachers are sharing classrooms currently, so we are looking forward to having our own classroom space.