Update

- English class is going well - and much more smoothly now. I gave them a word search and they absolutely loved it - they'd obviously done them before because they are really good at it! But they were so quiet and dedicated to finding every single word.
- The kids like when I try to speak Chinese - but they are also helpful about it too.
- I'm planning to have a party with them on the last day - next Friday - like we do in the US in grade school :) It should be fun.
- I bought some Chinese chocolates because they were cute and had little characters on them, I thought they would make little presents. But I had to try one, and wow. The most horrible chocolate ever. Ever. It tasted like wax. So don't worry people back in the US - you won't get any of those!
- I don't think I have written about this yet. Babies in China when they reach perhaps 1 years old, start to wear "split pants"- they are all the fashion rage for little kids.... and it basically just means they can do their business wherever they like. The street, the sidewalk, wherever. I feel like that must make it really really difficult to potty train them though.
- The Olympic subway line isn't open to non-Olympic tourists.
- So the word on the street is that Beijing's pollution is actually getting worse... thats awesome. My throat loves Beijing.
- This is Ysabelle and Joan's last week here at China Care!!!
- I'm ready to come home.
- I like blue skies :)