We celebrated "International Night" at the girls' school recently and it was one of my favorites nights ever. Kids were allowed to go to school wearing clothing that represented their home country. And then at night there was a special program where families performed traditional dances from their country. It was amazing. I sat in the front row snapping pictures as tears flowed steadily down my face. I think it really hit me that night how much I will miss the people that have come into our lives while living here.
Although these pictures are not very good technically, they are some of favorites and I will treasure them always. You'll have to excuse Flat Stanley's presence in some of the photos. We were working on a project for some friends in America!
Mia announced at the last minute that she wanted to wear "half Chinese - half American" clothing. I was really proud of her, even though it sort of messed up my "Old Navy T-Shirt" theme for the day. :)
She was very specific in how she wanted to combine the two cultures...
Taiwan
India
South Africa
Japan
Korea and China/America :)
This man had everybody up and dancing a traditional Indian dance. I was laughing so hard, but as it turns out - I'm pretty good at Indian dancing!
Japan, Korea, Indonesia, America... so what's our "traditional clothing" anyway?
Japanese shoes! So cool.
Maggie and one of her favorite friends laughing and hugging while watching the dancers. Boy, it's going to be really hard to say good-bye.
