Wicked, Windsor, Work, and a Surprise!

Hello everyone! The pictures in the above slideshow are from the week of June 25th to July 1st. It was another fabulous week that went by way too fast! Tyler and I got to see Wicked on Wednesday night and it was just as amazing the second time. On Friday, my group had a free day so I rode a train to Windsor to meet up with Tyler. He had been working over there and I really wanted to go into Windsor Castle. The Queen was in Scotland, so we were able to go in! There is so much history there and the castle was so beautiful. Within those fun activities I also worked at Queens College Prep all week. It was so much fun and I learned so many crazy things. The first day I got to work with a variety of age groups doing a lot of different things. I helped the teachers with marking (grading), read a lot of books, helped them with their reading and maths, did a lot of disciplining, took them to the park, and helped with the preparation of the art exhibition. One of the upper kindergarten teachers was on holiday for two days, so I basically took her place. The girls were mostly age 5 and were a lot of work. I was completely exhausted after working with them, but they were so cute! Although they were the hardest to work with, they were my favourite. I asked one little girl, Freya, how old she thought I was and she said eleven. This other little girl, Sasha, would tell me every time that she saw me that she liked everything on me. They said some funny stuff and I loved getting to know them and learn about their nanny's and where they would be traveling this holiday. One of the best parts about working at that school was the tea and biscuit (cookie) break that I got every day and the fabulous food they had at lunch. I really enjoyed talking with the other teachers and learning about their school system. As many of you know, Tyler and I had our one year on Sunday the 1st. I did not know what we were going to be doing, so I was very surprised! We had dinner on this river boat along the Thames River and it was so much fun! That area of London is my favourite and it was so cool to see it from the water. We had such a great time. Hope everyone is doing well and having a great summer!