Christmas Parties!!!!!

 This was the last two days of classes. We had Christmas parties and had a good time. Left: Kolya, Dasha, Me and Anya. We were all in the room before class and wanted a picture. Dasha was our native coordinator who would go and do things with us on the weekends and she would also teach us Russian.

 Here's Kolya being "Barman" and trying to open up the sprite bottle. That's little Daniel in the back with the green sleeves and the black shirt.

 This is the afternoon level 3 class. It was pretty much impossible to get a good picture of everyone standing still so here is what I got that is probably best.

 Left: Nellie, Kolya, Anya, Varya, Daniel (Dr. Friday) Front: Daniel (Dr. House)

 Everyone together for the last group huge. I will miss these kids a lot. I was so blessed to have them to teach and to learn from them.

 Here is my morning Level 3 class. They were a little less hyperactive but still a fun group of kids to hang out with. Left: Misha, Alex, Sasha, Me, Nastya, Lida Front: Olianna. These kids were super smart and I could talk to them about pretty much anything and they could understand me easily.

 Here is Level 6. Back Left: Seva, Natasha, Me. Front Left: Misha, Melayna. These were my teenagers who would much rather sit and talk than have an actual lesson which I think helped them a lot because then they were learning the words they wanted to learn and still developing their English. They are very smart and  intelligent for their age. They know English very well.

 Melayna, Natash and Mish getting together for a picture.

 Everyone in Santa Hats. They had a lot of fun at the Christmas party and they will be greatly missed.

I just had to teach them how to make proper beards with their hair. Santa just isn't Santa without the beard :)