上周五应邀到Julia学校去给班上的小朋友讲故事，因为事先没有告诉她，所以当我走进教室的时候Julia那叫一个surprise，立马站起来跑过来和我拥抱。

讲故事的效果挺好，小朋友们超级配合，友善而兴奋，回答问题无比踊跃，而且特别爱提问题，Julia给我介绍她们班的每一位同学，她的每一个好朋友，所有人开开心心。

今天真是完美的一天，呵呵，听到的全是开心的消息啊！

早上去上课，Emily给我带了她最爱的bagle和jelly，真是无比美味1

课堂上老师对我上次课的presentation进行了总结，同学们进行了提问，收到大家的好评，呵呵。

最后的课堂论文一直约不上writing center去修改，今天Emily和Andy都说愿意帮我修改，我好开心！

下课的时候，Andy和Annie告诉我一家超级好吃的turkey店，我们thanksgiving的turkey有着落了，Julia该开心坏了啊。。。

中午约了 LG一起去Chipotle吃墨西哥大餐，那家店超级棒，排队好一会儿，但是东西超级好吃，值值值啊！

吃完午饭回到家，打算check一下米酒的进展，两天前将米酒酵上的，今天打开看，很浓的酒香，舀了一勺子尝了下，倍甜儿倍甜得，无比成功啊，太出乎我意料了，呵呵，我没想到会成功的！

来张自拍庆祝一下呵呵

是不是很完美啊，呵呵，当然得失总是并行的，今天不知道是多少级的大风，我们停电了，正在抢修中。。。

Julia has being  school for two weeks since the beginning.

Yesterday evening, when we were preparing the corn making, Julia talked with me.”Mummy, I felt very lonely at school, when we played in the playground, no one played with me, I was always alone.” She was so tearing when she said that. I hold her and tried to comfort her. I told her she would make some friends in the very near future. I asked her to study English harder then she could talk with her classmates and teachers. She didn’t cry out. This let me so touched. She was very strong because when i asked her whether she still wanted to go to school tomorrow she said of course yes.

Actually, I felt very very sad. This would be so difficult for anyone. I almost cried when I talked with her. But i let my tears go back. I need to be much stronger at this time.

I need to do something. I sent her teacher  an email to let her know Julia’s feelings at school and asked for advices what else we can do to help her feel included.

Her teacher Mrs Kerber replied me very fast. And she said  she will talk with some girls in class tomorrow morning about including her at recess.  And she had also let school guidance counselor and Julia’s English language teacher notice Julia’s situation.  

Hopefully, all of  us can come up with some ways to get Julia involved with her classmates.

For kids, I’m sure it is very hard for anyone to get adjust to a new school. Especially for language changing, Julia already did very goof job. And the most important thing is she never showed giving up and never said nagative  words and she kept trying hard. “Julia is very strong “.  Daddy said. “Yes, I’m so touched and I’m so proud of her.”I replied.

After all the register, insurance, bus, English test, lunch program and paper things done, today Julia could go to her elementary school finally.

We got up at 7:20, after washing and dressing up and breakfast, we were ready to go……

A very sunny  day and very cold in the morning……

Julia was just like her normal  days. It seems like she have been in school for a long time. She played chasing shadow games with me on the way to school bus stop which is just 5 mins walk from our apartment.

The first day the big day, so Daddy and Mummy should  definitely both show up.

I don’t know what did she feel in the morning. Nervous? Looking forward to? Whatever, when the bus came, she jumped up without any hesitate. She waved her hand and say Byebye to me. She was the only one on that bus when she got in. Was she afraid since this was her first time to by bus by herself? I didn’t see any expressions on her face. Oh my god, she is so brave, so out of my imagine.

This morning, she asked me,”Mummy, could you please write the bus number down for me and put it in my backpack. I’m afraid maybe I’ll forget the bus number then I couldn’t come home to meet you and Daddy.” How adorable  she is! Actually, i don’t need to do that because her teacher will take care all of them. Since she asked, i just did what she wanted.

She is so brave. I still want to emphasis that. I’m so touched  and  so proud of her. Wish her have a good time at school! I miss her!I just can’t wait to go to the bus stop to pick her up!

To be continued….

HAHA,this was what she looks like when we picked her up. How happy she was! Mummy’s worry this whole day is not necessary……

Pittsburgh is an industrial city in southwestern Pennsylvania, where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers join to form the Ohio River。University of Pitt  is undoubted one of the best university here.  I am so glad to be a student here.

Here is the building of School of Education. Doesn’t it looks like a shopping mall?

You can study wherever you want.

Here are  my classroom and my classmates.

There’s no wall in Pitt. Lots of streets  across here. Every one can come in.

The church in Pitt which is Very pretty.

Dormitory for undergraduate students.

Market downstairs. There are hundreds of yummy food.

Laundry room on the first floor.

Printer is in every building. Use your Pitt ID then you can get your files print.

Tables and chairs are everywhere.

Study Lounge in dormitory area which student can come in at 8:00 and will be ask to leave at 12:00 midnight. Is this we all dreamed for a long long time?

Ok, I need to stop here. I still have another one year to tell you the details. Educational Psychology is not easy for me. I couldn’t get all the things that professor said in the class. Notebook is hard. The slides are hard too. I need to preview first and then review after.  But the good thing is I learnt a lot here and I have my family accompany me for studying. Isn’t it great?

在连续十三个小时的飞行之后，我们终于平安抵达华盛顿。

United Airlines的食物供给就是不足，我总觉得我没有吃饱，呵呵。飞机上，Julia的状态很不错，看了两部电影，吃了三顿餐，睡了大多数时间。我好像也觉得还好，比我预料的好吧，腰疼但是还好没有断。

We need to stay for one night because the flight transfer to Pitt is too close. Hotel Shuttle bus came to pick us up very fast. We arrived Aloft hotel in 15 mins. And the totel is very nice. Two twin size beds,modern decrorating, huge bathroom, lovely color…We just love it…

这么美得房子和天气，在床边是不是很有学习的冲动，呵呵。哎呀，有三年没有来美国，都忘记美国有多干净了，假如我们的家乡有这么美丽清爽该有多好！

必须提一下，入境时候，海关叔叔很nice，thanks;)

My dear relatives and friends, don’t worry about us, we’ll be fine. Good morning to you all and good night to us…

纠结了五年终于做出了决定，纠结了几个月终于决定和他们父女两一起走，加上签证的耽搁，工作的不舍，对朋友家人的眷念，9月11日这一天，我们终于还是踏上了去美国的行程。

于宜昌–北京的飞机上。

平安着陆北京。。。

要感谢的人实在太多，感谢三位老大的理解、包容和支持，感谢huanghe美女关键时刻挺身相助，感谢爸爸妈妈的温暖叮咛，感谢闺蜜们的时刻相伴，感谢小伙伴们的祝福和关注，感谢我亲爱的学生们如此懂事和能干。。。一生感激，一辈子不忘。。。

To be continued。。。

时不时都会有去跑道上跑步的欲望，Julia and I，we made it this day!

Jullia跑步样子很帅，呵呵！

妈咪跑完8圈啦！

轮滑滑起！

妈咪，我累了，休息一下!哇哦，这样躺着，真像个大孩子！