Aunt Sissy and Uncle Bubba Come to School!

Our last set of guests of the school year arrived last night and to "help" them get over jet lag we invited them to school to visit Maddie's classroom. It was a beautiful day here at Shanghai Links so they walked to school and I met them near the entrance as the guard escorted them onto the school grounds. Sissy was so bright-eyed and bushy-tailed about being escorted by Chinese guards. I had Patty cover my class for me so that I could take Jan and Greg to the Pre-K, K, 1 Chinese performance. (Did I mention that I LOVE being a teacher in Maddie's school?!)

So here's the thing with 3 year olds on stage... they either perform for the audience or ignore the audience and go about their lives. Maddie chose to do the latter and we were cracking up the entire time! She saw me walk into the auditorium and her demeanor immediately perked up... I've always seen other children perk up when their parents walked in, but this was Maddie perking up at seeing me, her mom, walk into the auditorium! (Love being a mom - just love it!) Maddie was very cute for the first song, and I suppose was cute in her own way for the second and third songs. But the attitude definitely came through!! Another student bumped her accidentally so she bumped him back not so accidentally and the proceeded to pout about it the rest of the song. During the third song, she thwacked Jordy one, twice, three times was a charm for no apparent reason. I think she just felt like it. The other parents just looked at me and laughed... ah, what to do but say.... "she must learn this from her father!"

Welcome to Jan and Greg! I hope that we can show you all that Shanghai has to offer while you are here! Maddie sure loves showing off her life for you!!