When I got back to the party, Sebastian was dancing all over the livingroom. The kids had lots of fun. 

Sebastian with his friend, Kshatiz. He went to his house for a costume party. It was Kshatiz's birthday. 

The Snow Leopards, our boy's middle and highschool basketball teams, took first place this weekend in a tournament. It was amazing. They beat the British school's team from India. The kids from that team looked like professionals and played like college players. The tenacity of our teams won out. Jenny and some students cooked a dinner for 150 people. They cooked enough for 200.

Dominic and Agnus are two friends from church. They are polish expats. This is their son Jonas playing with Sebastian. 

The snow has melted; however, I got this shot a couple of weeks ago from one of our balconies. Sebastian and Felicity on the swings in our old soviet playground. 

The street urchins from the school production of Oliver. Simon and Felicity were Fagan's pickpockets as well as orphans. 

The cast of our school production of Oliver. Mrs. Sorensen was the director. It was a great show. 

The kids sitting with us in Guinness Pub on Dostik Avenue in Almaty. We are celebrating after the performance of Oliver. It's late so they are tired. 

So we get a large cardboard box from America shipped to the school. It's from Tom. There is nearly 10 boxes of cereal as well as hot chocolate. I think the kids ate most of the cereal in two weeks. Thanks so much Tom. The kids are were so happy when they got the cereal. They really appreciate you thinking about them. Simon, Felicity and Sebastian (regardless of how he looks in the picture) thank you. 

My class looking cool for a shot to be use for their literature project. 

Jenny and her class on the hundredth day of school. 

A friend gave us this picture from last fall. We don't have many shots with all of us in them so I wanted to get this on the website. 

Sebastian with his friends at school, celebrating his birthday on the 14th of Februaury. 

Sebastian's Birthday party at school. 

Happy Birthday Sebastian. We celebrated Sebastian's birthday as a family on Sunday. He will be 5 years old on Valentine's day. Jenny is baking a cake for his class so he can celebrate with them as well. 

One of Jenny's students standing next to their "Biomes of the World" project. 

Johnny Schepens, is a parent of one of my students, Constanijn. He came to the class to give a lecture on Ancient Egypt. Though he is the Proctor-Gamble manager for this region, he is a trained Egyptologist. His lecture was great. And the kids did a great job participating. 

Ik Soo, a good student of mine is now in Korea going to school. Not only was he a student, he went to our church as well. The class misses him. He was at Almaty International School for 7 years. Here's to you, Ik Soo. 

A few shots for you Sebastian fans! 

An exam from the school doctor.