Happy Birthdays, All Around!

Special Olympics was held here a few weeks ago.
This was the snowshoe race competition.

Despite a week that wasn't overly busy, we had a fairly busy day yesterday! Let's start with a few things we did this week:

One of the teachers had a visitor. Her boyfriend came to the village for the week. It was interesting to see the village through another person's eyes. The kids were obsessed with him! When we went to the cafe for a different teacher's birthday, the two little girls that were there kept staring at him and saying hello to him. It was a lot of fun. Later that evening we had a game night and just had fun.

Birthday dinner at the Cafe.

Also, three of my students went to district in another village for the science fair. They were there for two days and did a very good job. One of them received second place in her category, but we aren't sure yet if she is going to state. Another student from our school is going to be going to state, and we are all very proud of him.

Then there was another teacher with a birthday. He is the teacher that has been in our village the longest and has two children. We went over to their house and had cake and hung out. His oldest child is so adorable. We played with him and danced with him and had a good time.

Playing cards with an oversized lap dog

There were two other birthdays this week. One of them was a student of mine. She was so excited about her birthday. We didn't have school on her birthday, either, so that was fun, too. The other birthday was the grandpa of one of my other students and the father of a coworker. He turned ninety years old yesterday.

Sorry it is so blurry, but it is a piece of
whale meat. It tasted pretty good

Joe's birthday was a big celebration. It isn't every day that a village member turns ninety! It was such a fun party. Everyone in the village came out, plus a few people from another village flew over for the day. We all brought food and had a huge potluck. The elder ladies made some delicious cakes and there was an Eskimo dance after we ate. I didn't stay for the dance, though, because my students were playing ball at the gym.

My kids playing basketball

It was sort of a pick up game with the closest village. Unfortunately, I only made it to the boy's last game, but the girls did good and won both of their games. The boys didn't win, but I really enjoyed cheering them on and watching them play. My students are very talented and as I was talking with a few of the parents, we said that when my students are old enough to play senior high basketball, we should have a really talented team.

All in all, it was an eventful week. Unfortunately, I didn't take lots of pictures, especially of what we did Saturday and the birthday party of the older teacher, but it was a lot of fun. Some of the pictures this week are older that I meant to put on a long time ago and just hadn't. I hope you enjoyed this week's blog!