Cookies and Uno

So this past weekend we invited several of our coteachers over to make cookies and play games. Well, only two of them could come-and they're both named Jenny [one of them was my Jenny]. But the other Jenny (Who I will henceforth refer to as Jenny #2) brought her 7-year old nephew because she wanted him to meet foreigners. His name was Chenchen (pronounced Chin-chin-not quite sure on the spelling but it's what we'll go with). 

Chenchen was AWESOME!!!! I have never seen a kid with so much personality-we had so much fun making cookies with him. We made snickerdoodles and peanut butter cookies. 

Jenny #2 mixing the dough

He helped us pour in the different ingredients. I let him try the sugar just to see what his reaction would be. His eyes lit up, and he giggled and clapped his hands in delight. Yeah, kids are all the same. They love sugar. 

Chenchen mixing the cookie dough

And he was fascinated by the oven-neither of the Jenny's nor Chenchen had ever made cookies before. So they all were very excited. But Chenchen loved the oven-he stood there for a while watching the cookies bake-it was adorable. 

Chenchen is puzzled by the oven

While Sarah and Anna tended to the cookies, the rest of us played games. We taught them how to play Uno. Chenchen (who by the way could hardly speak any English) caught on to the game real fast. His favorite card was the Draw 4 card, and every time he played it he would laugh maniacally at whoever had the misfortune of sitting next to him. It was hysterical!

Having fun playing Uno!

And we played spoons. Chenchen also loved this game. He stole a spoon from his Aunt and waved it in the air in triumph. We all laughed so hard. 

One really neat thing that happened during our little party was that the two Jenny's became friends. They realized they both went to the same college and had the same major, but never had any classes together. [In China, you're divided into different groups of students (classes) in your same year and you take all of your courses with that same class-or at least that's how it's been explained to me]. So yeah, that was really cool for us to watch as they sat there and chatted about their college. I hope they will become good friends. 

So yeah, even though we didn't have many people come, our first little co-teacher gathering was a success. We had so much fun, and we hope the two Jenny's and Chenchen were blessed. And we can't wait to have another co-teacher party. 

Oh yeah, and we've decided if we invite Jenny #2 again to another party, she's got to bring Chenchen. Or she can't come.