November Recap Part 2

Sophia and Naya all dressed up

There are two fun little girls we've met that live on our busy city street here in Wuhan.  The first is Lyla.  She is just one year younger than Elise and her family is from the Midwest.  Her parents, Logan and Amber, work at Mr. Mai's coffeehouse which I've mentioned on my blog before.  The other little friend is Naya and she's 2 1/2 and from Virginia.  Her parents are English teachers at a University just 2 blocks from our house.  This Sunday both families are coming to our house to decorate Christmas cookies and watch a Christmas movie.  It will be  a special time!  Here are some photos of our friends.

With Naya at the playground here in our apartment complex

 Another afternoon we went to a beautiful park here in Wuhan.  The trees were gorgeous and we even found these fallen leaves for the girls to jump in.  That's Lyla in the green shirt.  At the park, we saw this couple taking wedding photos.  I thought the girls looked like a '50's bride.

We live in China!

November 12 Sophia's school put on a performance outside in the courtyard of our apartment complex.  Here is a photo of the 3-year-olds class performing.  I thought that girl was so cute and the poor boy standing up cried through the whole thing.  

Here is Sophia dressed and lined up with her classmates before their performance

This is Sophia's teacher.  She is the head teacher, and there are 2 other assistant teachers in her class of 24 students

Sophia's classroom.  

We took one day off of school to go to Huangshi to visit our good friends Jessica, Franklin, and Rui Rui.  Rui Rui is Sophia and Elise's best Chinese friend.  We had a really special day together.

The tree with fall colors right outside my patio doors in my living room.  We enjoyed it's beauty so much this fall.