Trees, USA, Picnic, Cake, and Bunny Ears

Here is a bit of whats happened over the past month:

-The school set up another "cultural experience" for us. This time we went to the opening ceremony of a Friendship Garden. We were able to plant trees side by side with other foreigners in the area as well as natives of Zhongshan. The park is already really pretty, but it's going to be gorgeous once everything is finished. We also went to a foramanifera park. I doubt that I spelled that correctly, but it's supposedly the first organism found on the Earth. Why they felt that this would be a cultural experience, I'm not really sure. Our last stop was at an antique furniture store.. also confused about that one.

-The american flag is a fashion influence here. Not only in children's apparel, but also in footwear, purses, and adult clothing. It always makes me laugh.

-Last week was my last time working with the "baby" classes. We all went on a picnic to the park across the street. I already miss them a ton. The age difference is only about a year, but working with the "older" kids is completely different.

-Abby's birthday was also last week. We celebrated with a picnic and the always interesting Chinese cake, watermelon, pamelo, and other randomly flavored chips and candies.

-The last picture is of one of the Easter games that we played with the kids. Bunny Tail Pickup. The kids all wore their bunny ears. We placed cotton balls on one side of the playground and had the kids line up on the other side. The kids were in teams and had to see which team could get the most "tails". They had fun with it.. until it started raining.

I'm sorry that I haven't been keeping up with this blog as much as I used to. I think that it might be because Zhongshan is feeling more like home to me instead of just an adventure. So, I feel like maybe the things that I'm doing aren't that interesting anymore. Then I have to remind myself that I'm NOT Chinese, and that my friends and family who are keeping up with this, are also not Chinese and so you might find these things interesting. I'll try to do better.