International Day

Resolved: All superheroes are American. Discuss



It was on this theory that I let the boys wear superhero costumes to the school international week parade. Everyone is supposed to wear a costume representing their home country.



However, when Emmett, as batman, repeated my theory to his British teacher, she found it very objectionable. As did several other Brits.



What do you think?



Thomas' class sang a song from china.




The 5th graders performed a hula and surf dance to represent Hawaii. It brought down the house. I was so proud.




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Active Days

There is nothing like a failing state to get you to plan your weekends.  There's no question of going to wander around downtown, or check out a museum.  So, voila, between horse-back riding, tennis, swimming and arabic lessons, our weekends are nearly as busy as the school week.  Here was Thomas' friday (which is a weekend day here):

riding: (maybe planning the first Egyptian rodeo)

and playing tennis:

We are learning mad skills, yo.

Emmett dressed up as "Superdog" for the Book Week parade at school.  This is a great tradition that American schools should have.  The only downside is the creep in from movie and video characters. I forbid the boys to dress as comic book superheroes (Superdog is a *book*, troglodyte), but other mothers were less careful.  Thomas, who dressed as Dracula, delivered a few lectures to a Darth Vader and other non-conforming classmates.

I think maybe as part of book week, the gym teachers had the kids at MBIS playing quidditch, from Harry Potter.  If you've ever wondered what the game would like like played in earnest, here you go:

And actually, I just looked it up and wikipedia defines "troglodyte" as "cavedweller" a term derived from an ancient group of people who lived on the African red sea coast.  Hey- that's near where we live.  Turns out we're the troglodytes!

Lady Liberty

Once back in New York, we hung out with the usual collection of celebrities, including Grand Kathy and Aunt Lola.  We also had a special cameo appearance by the STatue of Liberty herself!!

Thomas is quite pleased in this picture because he has located where Lady Liberty stows her cash.

I have been assured that all bills made it back to their rightful owner.

More holidays

The cheer continued, with Daddy swooping in like a superhero, and the grandparents setting the stage for all kinds of holiday fun-







Daddy and Emmett joined the Armenians and pastor Margaret for a dinner and stimulating conversation about religion.
                                         

Meanwhile . . . back in the middle east . . .



- Posted by Laura

Location:Street 14,Al Maadi,Egypt