And They're Off!!!

This is our first year registering the boys for official "summer school" here in Taiwan. We opted to go with 國語日報, aka Mandarin Daily News (a Taiwan institution for providing newspapers for school-aged children, similar to Scholastic back in the States). Apparently, so did the rest of the world, including a boy from Jonah's elementary school back in Arcadia!

The hallways were jam packed with children of the United Nations. I saw dads wearing yarmulkes, moms conversing in Spanish, children speaking Italian, and dogs wearing kilts. It took no more than 10 minutes before the children realized that all of them shared one common thread - their ability to speak English. So of course, that was all anyone could hear - English being screamed in between the laughter as boys and girls begin their innate ability to make friends in strange environments.

Everyday, the boys will attend 1.5 hours of language and 1.5 hours of Chinese cultural art. One of my compliments to the Taiwanese culture is their school art projects. The end products are always so very cool. Today, Micah worked with clay sculpturing while Jonah worked with straws. Their end products were adorable Pokemon & Totoro characters and a seal made out of a single straw. Ahhh-mazing!

Both boys are making friends, and Micah's raised the interest of a cute half-Italian, half-Chinese gal from Italy. Mom is quickly teaching him that when a girl says hello, as a dude, he should always be courteous and respond. It's never too early to lay the foundation to treating girls with respect and care!
Definitely a two-thumbs up day all around!