Pumpkin Party

Here in China, they take some things very seriously. Some of those things include families, respect, dumplings, and… Halloween. Most of China doesn't celebrate Halloween, but when they do, they go all out. Last weekend we had a big pumpkin carving party with the kids and it was a lot of fun. It was exciting to get all dressed up with the other teachers. And it was fun to see the cute little kids all excited running around and doing face pain on their cute tiny hands. Not very many kids showed up, but it was still a ton of fun and actually helped cut down on the craziness. Now onto our haunted house which is in a week… that's scary!

Best View of the House

The Shanghai skyline! The Bund is the largest TV tower in China and it looks pretty weird but also pretty cool. Because we went there on the busiest day of the year (literally) it was a bit of a task getting to where we could actually see the skyline rather than the back of people's heads. The pushing, shoving, and putting my bag under my shirt to keep from getting robbed was worth it in the end. It is a gorgeous skyline!