William's winter party

Let me tell you, the activities and fun have been nonstop around here lately!

I was able to attend Williams's winter party last week. Here is a picture of William and a few friends playing the game I brought. The kids had to use chopsticks to fill their cups up with marshmallows. The best part was they were all having such a fun time, they didn't notice there weren't any prizes for the winner.

I was very entertained by their creativity in accomplishing their task. They stabbed the marshmallows, smashed them together and used the chopsticks two handed. I was a little surprised that no one in his class was proficient in chopstick use. I was caught off guard when one of the students noticing the Chinese characters on the side of the chopstick turned to the newest student in the class who is from Mexico and said, "hey! What do these letters say?"

And then to me, "he will know what it says because he is from Mexico. Mexico is a different country."

I went ahead and took that teachable moment to talk about the general differences between Mexico and China.


All in all, we had a fun time and enjoyed ourselves. I had so much fun, I required a dark, quiet room for a few minutes when I came home to reset myself for the rest of the busy evening!