Emily's School !

                            Sept. 4, 2006     Emily is ready for her first day at Ningbo International School!                          

        A view of the school from the bus.

        It took a few weeks to get the bus painted and the uniforms to the students, but here Emily is getting picked up for school in the morning.  (They have casual uniforms, the T-shirt and her own jeans shown here, as well as dress uniforms for both summer and winter).   

                             Sept. 21, 2006 -- Emily celebrates her 8th birthday at school!  There is a wonderful cake

                              that she gets to share with all the students and staff! (Robin, in the striped shirt, and Andrew

                                look over her shoulder.

The cake is beautiful and delicious!  The candle is the best part -- when lit, the petals of the flower spring outward and it begins playing "Happy Birthday"!!!!

Everybody sings to her, she blows out the candles, and the cake is quickly devoured!  (Emily's teacher is in the brown dress on the left, and Echo, the school secretary who helped us so much, is in the orange shirt and glasses).