Rick asked me to help his class celebrate Christmas. So, I volunteered to dress up like santa Oh my what was I thinking.. WEll, it was fun, silly and well probably unforgettable.

Santa came to China a couple of days early, so I gave him a newspaper and a soft drink until it was time to come and surprise my class.

All my student young and old enjoyed sitting on his knee.

Some asked him question about their future success on their test, some wanted to touch his beard and find out if it was real...

One of my students wrote:

Dear teacher,

Can you give me today's photos? I want to save them as a memory ,tonight we are very happy because this is the first time to see the father Christmas!Thank you for giving us so many happiness!~

your students

Richard has improved immensely on the computer. He can even type in a google search line and find files. But you still have to be precise. We had a "district tele-conference". I set up Skype to make the call before I left for class. I left a note "press the green button" and then enter the access code. I come home later and find out he was pressing the laptop screen. Literally pressing the green button on the screen instead of "clicking" on the green button with the mouse. Well, for you computer challenged people, you may not think it's funny. But for the rest of us, it's hilarious.