Tonight we had 12 of Kealy's students over to our apartment for DINNER! We always loved having people over to our apartments in the states, but we were a little nervous about tonight, to be honest, hoping they would like the food we cooked, that we had enough, what would we talk about, what we do, etc. But the night was a complete success! We had one of our best times in China so far and so many hilarious things happened they are too many to count. It was relaxing and fun and the students were so kind and even brought some food and cooked some dumplings for us and with us. They said that this is what families cook together so we are family now! A Chinese tradition is cook two coins into two of the dumplings and if you bite into your dumpling and you have a coin, then you will recieve good luck. A little risky, but fun nonetheless. Kealy and I cooked them spaghetti with meat sauce, potatoes and eggs, and we introduced them to apples dipped in peanut butter! They loved the peanut butter. One student stole the bowl at the end and ate the rest, he liked it so much, his chopsticks were covered with peanut butter. We also taught them UNO and had fun playing a couple of rounds of UNO. Some students showed Kealy their pictures and we showed them pictures on our computer of you guys! We took a lot of pictures and video and they even sang some songs for us while one of them played a guitar. They sang us, Enrique Inglesias 'I can be your hero!' and Avril Lavigne, two popular artists here in China, and the girls also sang a beautiful Chinese song to us. We all laughed a lot and had a great time. Kealy and I also sang them a song...'Lean On Me'! We bought some Chinese candy for the evening to celebrate Halloween and we were explaining to them how kids dressed up in costumes and went around to people's houses asking for candy. Kealy rushed out the door with something in her hand and shut the door. She knocked and I opened the door and this is what we saw:
Kealy shouted 'trick or treat!' and all the students laughed for a long time. They also brought Kealy some special necklaces as gifts of appreciation for teaching them English and inviting them to our home. One necklace is for safety and the other is for everlasting friendship.
We're having some problems getting some pictures onto the web right now! Chinese internet! We'll try to get some other pictures from tonight later.
They were all so kind and it was so much fun to hang out with them outside of school. We had a great time together! Hope you have a great Halloween! Be safe, talk to you soon.
Sincerely,
Ryan and Kealy Thorson
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