Back to School

Between my surgery and Eid break, I had been away from school for a long time.  I expected the children not to remember me.  However, they did.  I walked in the hall during recess and my whole class ran up to me.  Then, they ran to tell my Arabic co-teacher that I showed up.  Between the cheek kisses from my Arabic co-teachers (common greeting), the kids running and hugging me, and the welcome back gifts the teachers gave me, I felt something like a celebrity.  Hahahahaha.  Seriously though, I am so thankful for all of the love.  Sometimes I start to think that I may never return to America......well at least not for a long time.

Despite being treated like a local celebrity, being back at school entertaining the four-year-olds was draining.  They won all week.  They literally wore me out.  I had to sit still over the weekend just to recover from school, and I only work about four hours everyday.  I don't know how you mothers do it all day everyday.

Here is a glimpse of one of our little experiments/activities.  We turned cream (frosting) red and blue using food coloring, placed it on biscuits (cookies), and ate it.  It is against the religion to waste food, so we must eat it after we finish using it in our activities.  The kids loved it, and hopefully now know the colors red and blue.