Even more pictures...

Everyone has been emailing me saying the kids are so beautiful, so I just keeping uploading. I am trying to get a good, solid picture of each little student to print and give to their parents, which is why I have so many solos. It is easier said than done to get these taken - they are like moths to a flame when they see me with the camera. So I lurk around campus trying to surprise them and get good candid shots. So far so good, I am more than halfway there.

I tell people all the time how much I love my students. I feel like I have been with them forever. They do not buy my strict teacher act one bit, and secretly I just want to laugh at them and their cute little faces all the time. They love playing "bus" - a vehicle fashioned out of a jump rope, a mini bowling pin and a frisbee. My engine and screeching brakes sound effects are a big hit, as is the "Wheels on the Bus" song. My favorite thing is riding home with them in the school van - we sing, point out all the things we know in English, and wave at everyone (including the cows). The killer is when the little boys hold my hand on the bus - at that point I am a done deal. SOLD.

This is Deepa, one of my very favorites at Vidya Vanam. She even looks quiet, and I love that she sits by me on my bench at recess so the big boys don't run her over.

Boys will be boys, all over the world. These two are my older students, and they drive me up the wall (on purpose). I try to fake being angry when they act up but they have me all figured out.

Ramkumar, another one of my favorites, who is never without this grin. Even if my ruler has just whacked his desk. He routinely comes back from the boys bathroom looking like he has just had a shower.

More students...