Of course I had to check on all my guests and make sure they were comfortable. I just love getting a massage! 

I took the teachers to my favorite foot massage parlor near my home. My new friends really loved it. CHeryl's feet were so sore, but after a massage they felt better. 

Sleeping with the fishes? 

Toasting with tea! It was poring down rain. I stayed at home nice and cozy an dry! I'm CHinese, but I don't drink tea.  

After dinner, Mr. Jiang and his friends took the teachers to experience traditional tea culture. The teachers had never seen so much tea! Lady says she wouldn't trade me for all the tea in China. Now THAT's a lot of tea!  

Yesterday after classes, the visiting teachers walked through a market to the restaurant for dinner. Spices anyone?  

Here's April, with her junior middle-schoolers. I like all the teachers, but I think they must be a bit crazy. They paid their own way to come here, and they are working for no money. Can you believe it? I already knew Lady was crazy because she taught for eggs and chocolate for two years. These ladies get lunch and taxi rides. But, they must like it because they are so happy to be here. They get excited about every little thing. I get excited over meat. This is April's first time to come to China and meet real Chinese like ME! Be sure to scroll down to see all of the photos from the American Summer English Camp! 

I like this restaurant because I like to watch the fish. Okay, I like to CATCH the fish, but I am not allowed. Lady wouldn't let me come here for a month after I jumped in the fish pool and got water everywhere!  

I've got the teachers trained. If I dance for them, they give me meat! 

Every day, the American teachers have their lunch in one of two restaurants. This is the fancier of the two. The flowers on the table are actually vegetables, and the vase is a squash! Lady acidentally ordered a dish with squid and octopus! They told her there was no meat, and used a word for seafood with which she was not familiar! The teachers were surprised! I sure didn't eat any octopus!  

This senior scored the highest of any senior taking the college entrance exams in this province.She will go to one of the top universities in the country, Bejing University. She is in Amy's class.  

Jade is enjoying eating watermelon at the party Tuesday. 

Miss Amy had a trivia contest in her center at the 4th of July party. 

At the 4th of July Party, the children made fireworks pictures. 

At the 4th of July party, the older students learned to play American football. Can you find April and Espi? 

Can you find Coy in the back? 

This is from the teachers' welcome dinner on Friday night last week. The dean of the education department of the local university is holding a glass. His son is in Cheryl's class. The other man is the vice president of the university. He is a funny man! His English name is "each one." He has studied in America. Miss Zhang (in white) keeps track of all the students and the money. SHe is trying to learn ENglish as well. Her daughter, Melody, came home from university, and is helping Coy. 

Last night, the adult EC treated my new American teacher friends to dinner. That is Goldie to the left in the front. She is helping Coy. Julia and Betty and next to Espi in the front row. Espi is originally from Honduras, and is also teaching a beginning spanish class for interested students. Linda is behind Julia in orange. She is also helping with the program.  

These are the leaders of the program. They do all the organizing for the teachers and pay the bills. The man in the middle is the "big potato" as they say here. His son, Jack, is in CHeryl's class. The city mayor's daughter is also in Cheryl's class. She is in the striped pink shirt in the photo from the restaurant. 

My new friend, Coy, is teaching the children's class. So many children want to get into this class. Betty (left) is Julia's daughter. I like to go on vacation to her home. She lets me sleep with her!  

My adult English Corner friends gave a very nice dinner for my American teacher-friends. 

Sometimes I go to Julia's(left) for vacation. Goldie (next to Julia) is helping Coy in the Summer English Camp.Amy is in the middle. She is a vegetarian like Lady! So are Coy and Espi. More meat for me!! Linda (next to Amy) is helping April. Kate (pink) is the mayor's daughter, and is in Cheryl's class. Kaylee (Linda's daughter) is my good friend. I like to stay with her, but she doesn't sleep when I do -she just watches me. So I am not allowed to have a sleepover with her on a school night!  

My new friend, April, is also teaching junior middle school students. They are all ninth graders who will go to senior high next term. They just finished examinations yesterday, but here they are taking extra classes! 

My new friend, Espi, writes on her chalkboard on her first day with junior middle school students. My friend, Goldie, helps her. Espi also teaches a beginning Spanish class in the afternoons. 

My new friend Cheryl is teaching a mixed class of junior middle school and senior iddle school students. The ninth graders finished their high school entrance examinations, so they began class today. Cheryl's class almost doubled in size. That's my friend Michael, from English Corner, in the bottom right corner of the photo. Taking a photo is Mr. Din from the college. His son, Jack, is in the class. He is in front of Michael.