Thursday, June 26, 2008

Sophie's Goodbye Party

It has been a week of goodbyes, and one of them was completed today at Sophie's preschool.  We stopped on the way there to get a cake for 35 little squirts and of course a milk-tea for the boys.  Peter and Jack posed for me in front of the milk-tea store.

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We made it to the school, and Sue, Peter and Jack took their place of honor with Sophie, who was ready to hand out cake to all of the children.
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Here's one of Sophie's teacher who's a real joy.
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A view of the cake, before it was devoured.  With 35 kids in the class, and 4 teachers, not a scrap was left!
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Peter and Jack were LESS THAN THRILLED to be at a 3-year-old goodbye party, but we made them go anyway.  This is one of those "Smile or I'll smack you" pictures :) 
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Sophie served cake to all of her classmates.
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Finally, Sophie got to enjoy her own.  Yum!
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Here are Peter, Jack and Sue with all the 2 teachers and 2 helpers for the classroom.  Sophie will miss them!  So will we!
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Sophie has had such a great year at this kindergarten.  The teachers have been so lovely and patient with ALL OF US and our limited ability to communicate.  They have also taught Sophie a lot of Chinese, and now she plays in Chinese as well as English.  Sophie will miss all of her Chinese chums as well.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

HELLO LEWIS FAMILY,
DOWN TO THE LAST FEW DAYS NOW!
THE SOPHIES PRESCHOOL PARTY PICTURES WERE SO ADORABLE! I JUST WANTED TO WISH YOUR FAMILY SAFE AND ENJOYABLE TRAVELS BACK HOME.
I JUST WANTED TO TELL ALL OF YOU I REALLY ENJOYED READING ABOUT YOUR BLOG IN CHINA FOR THE YEAR. YOU ALL REALLY DID A GREAT JOB.
BEST WISHES SAFE JOURNEY HOME!

LG IN KY

julianne said...

Hello,
I came across your blog a few months ago...really enjoyed it. We are probably going to move to China for 2 years with our 3 children. We have 2 boys and a girls also. :) And, our daughter is from China too. I'd love to hear any suggestions you may have for us. We think it will happen in about 2 years when our kids will be 9,7,5.