Christmas Eve I felt a bit like Santa as I headed off to school with my bags of pumpkin pies for the teachers at DuTou and Fuli and the last of my goodies for the students at FuLi. I must admit one of the highlights of the season was shopping in FuLi for the majority of the "goodies." That happened Thursday. Miss Qing and her six-year old daughter took me under wing and we had a fine time searching out the best price for the little English notepads, pencils and candies. The items we bought on that shopping spree were thankfully stashed in my desk at FuLi. On Monday I had only the odds and ends and pies to transport.
I taught my normal morning at DuTou and as always had lunch with the teachers there. They thought the pumpkin pie was maybe even better than the apple pie. After lunch I went to FuLi like I normally do. Much to my surprise the students there met me with cards and gifts! They were so sweet! I taught my two classes and then these teachers and I donned our Santa hats and played Santa's helpers. It was great fun. A very special day.