Category: team life

Freshmen Sports Day

Yesterday afternoon, the Freshmen teachers on our team hosted a Sports Day for all of their students.  As unofficial team photographer, I pulled myself away from packing for a bit to get a few shots of the students… Read More

Family Feud Birthday

It’s the end of the year.  In teacher lingo, that means some of the fullest weeks of the year.  There is no shortage of tasks on the to do lists around here.  In addition, we’ve already celebrated 11… Read More

Boys will be boys

The team was heading out of the park last Friday, and I, as usual, was lagging behind taking pictures.  I started to snap a couple pictures of the group heading out, knowing that those images were likely headed… Read More

Sunday Snapshot: Fuling Tomb (Shenyang)

This weekend, the team headed to Shenyang for our annual team retreat.  It seems a bit counter-intuitive to pack it up and head out of town during one of the busiest seasons of the year, but the trip has… Read More

Sunday snapshot: Surprise!

On our team, there’s no such thing as minding your own business.  Our lives are unmistakably and unavoidably intertwined.  Let’s just say there aren’t too many secrets around here.  We know more about each other then some of… Read More

Not too shabby

Last week I asked you to hypothesize how many of my 25 students would show up to class this afternoon.  This weekend was a holiday weekend, and Monday classes and Tuesday morning classes had been canceled.  I was… Read More

Sunday Snapshot: Backyardigan’s Bash

Yesterday, we celebrated our youngest teammate’s birthday.  We’re a few days shy of her third birthday, but since her Aunt & Uncle and grandparents were visiting all the way from America, we figured there was a good reason for… Read More

Easter festivities

Easter arrived as a gray, dismal, dirty, windy and cold day–none of which could dampen our celebratory mood!  Since none of the adults wanted to venture outside, the annual kiddo Easter egg hunt (in which about 10 adults… Read More

A chance of meatballs

In case you haven’t noticed yet, our team likes to throw memorable birthday parties.  Our team is also quite young at heart–none more so than our fearless leader Wu.  Consequently, we decided there was no better theme for his… Read More

Our crazy team

For an explanation, head on over to Wu’s blog! (And no, spring has not sprung up here…these pictures are from the wonderful days of no long underwear in Thailand.)