As the kids' school is sending the kids on summer break next Friday, they reserved the whole yesterday to have kids bring their parents in and show them what they have been doing all year long. Both Amy and Rex were proud to show their parents all their work. Their teachers both made sure to let us know how much they enjoyed having the kids in their class and how much of a role model both have been for their classmates. Ms Grizzle told me how Amy is never the tiniest bit bossy in school (that made me think she must have some electronic switch that gets turned kn as soon as she descends from the school bus). I'm really proud of the two of them for being such good kids and having so much fun and passion learning. I really never heard them say that they don't want to go to school, not even once throughout the year. So as we went to school early in the morning we got back hkme before lunch which gave us time to finish Amy's Chinese homework and Rex' birthday invitations. He has his 9th birthday coming up next Tuesday, but as so many kids will go on holidays or head back home right as school ends we scheduled a Pre birthday party for him this week Saturday. We are planning on a "Running Man" party, where each kid gets a name tag with their name on taped to their back and then try to rip other people's name tag of. Last one standing is the Running Man. As we don't have a printer at home, even though there have been lots of discussion before about getting one, I helped Rex write his invitations. As the kids happened to have no extra classes in the afternoon that day, I had scheduled an art class for them and their friends in the afternoon. I found the school online and they had been really helpful scheduling a clay class. After taking the bus and the subway, we got to the Huaxi Art School and the kids had a great time modeling their own projects. They also had the oportunity to try the pottery wheel. But as we know kids, give them water and dirt and they will try to get ot everywhere, nobody actually got a piece of art made by the pottery wheel, instead they got the stuff all over there clothes. And hair. Literally every possible spot on their body had clay on it. Took us a good 15min and a whole pack of wet wipes to get them cleaned up. But the kids had suCH a good time and I am happy we took them! For dinner we met the kids' former piano teacher who is heading to Germany this summer to study. My hostmom invited him out to Hot Pot to say thank you for three years of teaching and giving the kids a chance to say goodbye. The hot pot was delicious, I would say the best hot pot in town, and we had a great time chatting. Of course the day wouldn't have been the complete without two of the three kids left falling into the little fountain pool outside the restaurant. There would have really been something missing.