

1st Christmas Party: Young Students' Edition
Here are a few shots from our 1st annual Christmas Party for our young students. We enjoyed playing a series of fun "minute-to-win-it" games including: making a snowman using toilet paper?; making the highest cup-tower; decorating the Christmas Tree using a conveyer belt; and balancing the Christmas ornaments. We wrapped things up by giving each student a chance to decorate Christmas cookies that both Kaori and I baked a few hours earlier. They were surprisingly delicious! :)

1st Christmas Party: Adult Students' Edition
Our 1st Christmas party for young students was loads of fun, but so was our adult students' version! ;) As many as 16 students joined us for a lovely evening of delicious food (potluck style), refreshing beverages... (read wine, etc, etc), and of course - a "Secret Santa" gift-exchange game. I don't want to give away too many details, but suffice to say that everyone had a very memorable time. Following our main event at CEA, many of us headed over to Tree Cafe for a night of