May

Pictures from May thus far! (The last day of school is this week, and I'll blog that separately) Here's a quick run down of what I've been up to lately...

Lots of субботник's - cancel classes on Saturday and go out and clean up the school grounds!

Maxim, Alina, and Dilya from the 5v class

Concerts in the square for "The day for the people of Kazakhstan" (used to be International Peace day, but, eh, screw peace! Let's have a party because we live in Kazakhstan!) and for Victory Day

Sasha, from my 6b class playing and singing. He did a great job.

Pasha, leading our boys in marching around the square.

Some of the Veterans in Krasny Yar

Lots of dances. Like always.

Also for the 9th of May - Victory Day - we had a demonstration in our school square where the 5th - 7th grades marched. My cute little Dana from 6a was the marching leader for her class and it was adorable. Just watch.

6a during the National Anthem

5v

6v and 6b

Dana introducing her class to the military teacher

Aisulu was her class leader. Again, so cute.

I went out for a walk one day after a субботник and took these pictures in the fields behind my house:

Ummm... so that's where the trash goes? Eek.

And when I returned home, there was a horse, a pony, and two donkeys in the street in front of my house. So, ok.

Spending time with friends for Hannah's birthday... (black and white photos courtesy of Hannah)

Pretty

"Garret! Girls hate it when you lick their faces! Watch!"

And yes, yes I did hate it. 

I think the conversation was something like this -
Holly: No, seriously, that's gross.
Trevor: Yeah, that's why I did it.

I went to the square one day to have a taste of the best donor kebab in Kazakhstan, and stumbled upon this little spectacle:

Human Hamster Ball!!!!!!!!

That's a party in a ball

I had my last class with my favorite group, 6a. I gave them each a book - courtesy of a former professor/RPCV who sent them to me - and some other little trinkets that I needed to get rid of. They were SOOOOOO excited about it. We made thank you cards the next day (which will be hand delivered when I return to America) and spent a good 10 minutes passing around Miss Holly's camera and taking loads of pictures. Here are some of my favorites:

Alibek and Aidar

Zhanara, Dana, Tamiris, Madina

Dana brought her copybook up to me the other day to check her task and "accidentally" opened it to a page that had hearts and Ghundiskhan's name all over it. CUTE.

I can't remember if this was the day before or after, but, another little surprise when I walked in my classroom from Zulfia and Tamiris:

Love it.


Here is the view from my window right now:

Yay for blossoms everywhere! 

The neighbor gutting fish as our cat creeps in.

And finally, I bought some nylons the other day. I didn't realize I bought the kind for old men?

Ok! That's all! More of May coming soon!