Twick-o-Tweat!

Oh my goodness, where to begin? So much has happened since the last time I posted.  

Oh and it was parent's week ... this meant there were about 10 parents in every class I taught watching my class. They all had their smart phones out, videoing me and taking pictures of the crazy foreign teacher. And when I went out to dance with the kids during exercise time ... you would've thought Kobe Bryant had just showed up at SMBS. I had parents everywhere taking my picture, videoing me dancing next to their kid, pointing at me, staring with their mouths wide open. It was hilarious. 

I celebrated Halloween with my kiddos. They learned pumpkin, jack-o-lantern, trick-or-treat, and candy. I had them color pictures of jack-o-lanterns, and they also got to "trick-or-treat." I made them all masks out of cardstock, marker, and glitter glue ... let's just say for about four days my clothes, my room, and my hands were covered in glitter. The looks on the faces of my kids when I brought out the masks were priceless! So many oo's and ahh's. 

So yeah, I passed out the masks, after telling the kids that if they hurt the masks they would make Meesa Lindsay very very sad. [Not that I really cared, but I was not about to have 36 kids/classroom going nuts with the masks]. They had to hold up the masks and say "Trick-or-treat" [which sounded more like "Twick-o-tweat!"] and then I would give them candy. 

IT WAS THE MOST ADORABLE THING EVER!!!!!!!!!

Can I just teach American Holidays for the rest of the year?

The parents were also here during Halloween. Pretty sure they thought I was completely insane. 

Here are some shots of the kids with their masks:

My dear Archie 

Sheldon and Bruce (Class 4)

Class 1 Row 3

Josh loved his mask

Class 8 Row 3

Oh yeah, and I've learned a few more things about some of my students. I was showing Jenny all the pictures of my kids, and she would tell me different things about them. And some of these are just things I've noticed about my kids. 

For one, Dustin in class 3 is apparently a genius (as if I didn't know that already). Jenny told me she had to walk him to the bus to go home once, and as they passed all the parents in their cars, he could tell her the make and model of every single car. He knows all his colors in English, as well as a ton of other English words. So yeah, he's awesome. 

And Josh apparently went to Canada over October Holiday (who knew?). So his new nickname is Jiānádà, which is Canada in Chinese. And he is in Class 7's performance for the English show. And he's a Rabbit hahahahahahaha. 

Peyton is not just a troublemaker. He's also super smart. He is playing the part of the Farmer in Class 7's performance. 

Peyton and Josh learning lines in the office

One of my kids in Class 4 has a dad who is a big leader in the Chinese military. 

Stan had surgery on his tongue because it was malformed, which explains why he has a hard time speaking. 

Sheldon is a genius-he scored a perfect on the big midterm. And he remembers everything Jenny teaches. 

I've also got to spend time just hanging around with my kids after classes. They all go outside and have scheduled play time, which includes everything from play-doh, to jumping rope, to basketball, to coloring, etc. 

Meaghan and Anissa (Class 1)

My boys from class 1

Girls from class 1 coloring

More girls from class 1 coloring

Oh and yeah, my kids are AWESOME at jump rope. What was really funny was when I showed them I could do it too. I was hanging out with class 1 and Brody gave me his jump rope. All the kids gathered around, talking excitedly and laughing. Most likely they were saying, "The foreign teacher is going to try to jump rope! How silly!" Well, they were completely shocked when I actually could jump rope. A few of them even told me "Very good! Very good!"

Joslyn (class 8) jumping rope

This is Clay, he's the Class Monitor of Class 1 (meaning he's in charge of keeping the other kids in line). He wanted me to take his picture while he showed me how he could jump rope. He also wanted me to count how many times he could jump rope. He hit 57 by my count. 

Clay

My kids are AWESOME!!! I love them so much. Father is using them to teach me patience, love, and gentleness. He knows I need those lessons, and He's definitely using them to teach me patience. There are days when I just want to bang my head against the wall because the kids are being so naughty. So yeah, Meesa Lindsay is learning patience.