1st day of school!!!  My first day went great!!!  It went by really fast.  There are a few kids that don't know what is going, so I need to help them get caught up on their English.  I have a student who speaks no English and his name is Eita.  Eita has the smallest arm cast in the world, it is so cute!  However, as cute as he is, he did cry for the last hour of the day because he missed his parents.  Otherwise all the kids did a great job!  Here is our class picture!

Miss Sloane's Class!!

I have seven boys and five girls.  In the front row starting from my left is Brady, Richard, Jolyn, Lindzay, Angelina, and Brian.  Second row starting from my left is Jeff, Eita, Kuya, and Jake.  The two girls in back are Rio and Sally.   They are all so sweet!  I also have an amazing teachers aid called Candy!  It is hard to believe I made it through last year with 25 kids and no assistant ( I miss my IEM first graders so much. Tell them hi!)!  Having 16 kids and a teaching assistant as amazing as Candy is going to be wonderful!   

Miss Candy and our class!

Besides school I had a busy weekend!  I made my first trip to IKEA in Shanghai!  I got all the extras I need for my apartment, but I also got pick pocketed, and someone stole my phone. :(  No worries I got a new one for 200 RMB which is about $30.  It is also better than my other Shanghai Nokia, which is not saying much because I'm pretty sure my phone in high school was more high tech then this phone.  Lesson learned in big crowds white westerns have a giant target on them, so keep a hold of your stuff!!  Also saw several people taking cat naps on the IKEA beds.   

Then after school I went running!  Which was a great way to end the 1st day of school until I was crossing the road and a nine year old on an adult bike ran into me.  Luckily I turned at the last minute and only my forearm got hit.  A few beers later, and all better no bruise.  Lesson learned never let your guard down crossing these crazy Shanghai Streets.  The biker was also going the opposite way of traffic on a one way street.  

Love you all!!!