Today it’s 48 and cloudy…extra chilly with some wind and no sun.

Arturo’s going away dinner was Saturday night; we went to El Portón. We got there a little before ten o’clock and we were the first ones there…no surprise there, we are in Spain (Will, Gunita, Igor, her boyfriend and me…Igor drove). We were 15 in all, so we were there for quite a while; I think we left a little after one.

I thought it was pretty expensive, granted we were a big party, but we paid 18 Euros each! Of course we had to split everything, even though I ate very little, but whatever. Plus we spent 12 Euros each for his present—we got him a watch and a bracelet that we had engraved to say “We’ll miss you…from your friends in Socuéllamos”…except they left out the word “amigos” so it read “…de tus Socuéllamos”. Overall it was an expensive night for me! It was nice though; a last hoorah for him!

Everyone wanted to go to the bar afterwards, but I didn’t. I really wasn’t in the mood to drink anymore, I was already tired. I said goodbye to Arturo at the restaurant, wished him a safe flight and that was it. He took the 4:30 bus to Madrid this morning. I don’t know what time his flight was, but I assume it was early, as he took the pre-crack-of-dawn bus.

This morning I had two sixth levels first. First hour we played this interactive game about the Salem Witch Trials. We were this little girl trying to escape capture after her mother was deemed a witch. In order to pass each “level” we had to complete a list of tasks. For example we were shown a picture of the cellar and we had to click on all the objects on the list we saw (i.e. book, lamp, pawn, etc). Second hour, however, the site decided it didn’t want to work so we did this Christmas crossword instead.

4A was taking an exam third hour, so I looked, without much enthusiasm, for more Christmas activities. I actually did find one though one PowerPoint about Christmas symbols, so that’ll be useful!

I had the three-year-olds for the afternoon classes. I read them a short little story about Ellie, who builds a snowman but then he melts because the sun comes out. We practiced their song for the festival, (which I want to say is next Monday) Santa Claus is Coming to Town…though rather than singing it they’re doing gestures. I think it’ll be pretty cute, once they practiced a bit more, that is!

I need to investigate this Christmas activities website I found this afternoon. It has several online games that I think would be good for the older kids, so I’m gonna check that out. I haven’t really found a whole lot of worksheets/activities geared towards the upper levels, so I hope I find something!

Xoxo,

Court