It's Sunday night in Suzhou. We had beautiful weather this weekend. Sunny skies and warm weather. A welcome treat after 3 weeks of nothing but cold and rain.
For those of you who are not aware, Saturday was "pi day" that means the date was 3.14
(it is also my beloved sister in law's birthday). So anyway, a big deal in the math world that Mark lives in. Last year Mark decided to shave his facial hair into the pi symbol to show his students his passion for the subject and this year was no different. I wanted to show both years' pictures so you can compare.
Needless to say, his students and co-workers got a big kick out of it!
Mark led a professional development session for the staff at SSIS on Friday for the Apple Vanguard team (which he has decided to call the Apple Corps - get it?)
On Thursday, I was invited to come in to view Abigail's powerpoint presentation on her home country - the United States....ouch. All of second grade presented. They have been working very hard for over a month. I was quite impressed with how comfortable she was with the technology. The parents were to grade the presentations afterwards and include a comment. I, of course, gave her top marks but had to comment that I would like to see an equally impressive presentation on Canada next time!
That's Abigail's crazy friend Tabitha next to her.
I had a chance to wander a bit and have a look at the other kids' presentations. This is Abigail's classroom above. A lot of the children wore international costumes and brought traditional dishes for us to try. Here are some from Korea.
After we were done in the classroom, we were invited down to the gym. Each of the grade 2 classes had learned various games from all over the world and show the parents how to play and then we were invited to join in. Abigail's class learned a stick game from New Zealand. Mark had a chance to join us between classes so here he is learning from Abigail.
So that's about all for this week. We were at the dentist yesterday. It looks like James will be getting braces within the next couple of weeks. He's ok with it though. Abigail was at a sleepover party last night and went to bed early, I think she is coming down with a cold. More to come next weekend. Lots of love until then.
