Micah's awesome stay... and my cool boy! !

He really was here - in all his goofyness and excitement!!!

He left yesterday... I was sad to see him go as we had a marvelous time! I cried when he got here cause I was so excited, and cried when he left... but the in-between was more than I could even have hoped! We got to see shanghai, eat great food - even the best food I've had in China so far! It was worth the two hour train ride to Nanjing just for the food! :) This is the Nanjing group --- notice the ratio of guys to girls... hm... doesn't look to out of place for micah! :) We had massages - three in the week he was here - rode my scooter everywhere! It was the bomb! He love dmy kids, and even one wrote in her thank you note to him that life's boring now that he's gone... I don't know what that says about my teaching, :) but they did love him to pieces!! It was a blast - here's some pictures to enjoy!! and nathan is here in three days -- i have just enough time to catch up on sleep and get ahead on school! :)

Micah and his group at the Science and Tech museum - they were the pandas! :) they had fun - even if he did call one of my students ke ah for the whole day ( her name is KaiYi - pronounced Kie ee :) )

Janai enjoying Strawberry ugghh... we made dinner one night and it was awesome!! We hung out with friends every day - he really got to know my group well - and even got their names pretty well figured out! they all thought he was great - like having a little brother around to pick on!

Almost as awesome as my new scooter - but not quite! this is cool boy - as it's named so far - I love him so much, and he drives very fast - when he has charge. it gives me so much freedom to explore - and to feel indendent! It's like I finally have moved here since I've bought a vehicle! :)

So we took a motorcycle taxi back afte rour trip downtown - there was a que of 20 people for taxis and none there - so we decided a 10 yuan ride on a motorcycle would be adventure as well as cheaper - and it was a blast! I'd do it again in a heartbeat! :)

Wide eyed on the Bund - with the Oriental Pearl Tower! :) We did Yu Yuan garden, Nanjing Road, the Bund, and Blue Frog for dinner all in one night! We were gung ho! :)

Our Nanjing group at the train station! This was right after there was a whole train car of people staring at Micah and I while we were waiting for our train - seriously all 40 people had their faces pressed to the class looking at us - so I did a little dance, twirl, and curtsy - they laughed, a few clapped, and some looked away embarresed that they'd been caught staring! :) I guess my qualms about doing crazy things in public goes down the longer i live in Asia. I was going to chase the train and blow kisses, but our train arrive before theirs left...

Micah taught my kids ASL - and they loved it - it was the highlight of the week !Here they performed for their 1st grade reading buddies.

Korean food! Micah loved kim bob especially! And two Korean parents sent it with us on the field trip on Friday to the museum - we were in heaven!!! :)