Day 106: Picture Day

LMy favorite thing about the day was that it was class picture day for our kiddos, meaning they took class pictures as well as individual pictures in their graduating attire. In China, children are required to be in kindergarten for five years, and our older kindy has finally fulfilled that incredible requirement. They are scheduled to graduate at the end of June, but unfortunately we will miss the actual ceremony :(! I am so happy for them, however, and so excited for them to move on with their education. .

It was raining hard after class, so a few of us stayed inside and watched a group movie. Someone jokingly suggested watching, "The Hills Have Eyes" and we actually ended up watching that, which was a horrible plan. It was quite corny because it is an older film, yet it was so twisted and gory, I pretty much hated it from start to finish. Also, the group made fun of me when I asked if the second of the two dogs the family had was the first dead dog's spirit...I didn't realize there was two dogs and thought the pup was looking at his corpse, instead of dog number two looking at dead dog number one, whoops. I have made the dumbest comments recently, and I always get teased so much about them. Now they all just enjoy watching movies with me to hear my dumb comments or questions. What have I done for myself?!

The day ended well with a walk down to our treasured smoothie shop and a visit from our favorite neighbor, baby Alyssa. She is the sweetest little thing and always loves running up and playing with us when any of us are in the hallway. Her mom, Tina, and her came into Courtney and Lexi's room for a minute to chat, and I held the sweet babe in my lap and taught her how to strum on the ukulele. She mostly just used it as a drum, but she was so fascinated and happy that it didn't matter. It amazes me how content kids are with the smallest things, I wish we could all live so simply.