People We Miss: Part 3

Painting in diapers

I hate to anger a bunch of family and friends (we really really miss you, promise), but after our 5th week of school, we are REALLY starting to miss our ASI family. It's not that this week was any harder than the others, it wasn't.  We have been feeling the aching absence of coworkers who understand and value us, parents who trust and like us, and children who greet us with hugs, come to us for support, and who cry to us in a language we understand. We have had to remind ourselves over and over again that our first few weeks, days, and months at ASI weren't perfect either, and all of those things come with time, but right now all we can remember is how much like home that building felt.  Thank you to all of you who played such an important part in our lives.  You will always hold a family-like spot in our hearts.  We miss you dearly, and can't WAIT to visit in the summer. (We have plans to bring a few of our Turkish teacher friends with us to visit.  We are sure that they will be inspired.)

Baking in diapers

saying "goodbye"

My favorite chicken

One last day of "mandatory fun" with the whole gang

So... While writing this blog I was very disappointed by our lack of pictures from this very important chapter of our lives. We have NO pictures of us with our coworkers, very few pictures of children and families, and practically zero pictures of children doing awesome things like building a castle out of stars and straws, or leading their own version of group with flannels.  It's not that we didn't take a million, it just felt kind of creepy to take them when we left.  Now I feel sad that we didn't.  If you have any gems in your collection, of school, home, vacation, whatever, I would love an email.  xo