Renovations.

To celebrate last weekend Joseph and I purchased one of the amazingly beautiful cakes we see all over the place at different bakeries. The woman told us "Much chocolate" so we figured this cake for 12,000 won was a steal, but it ended up having huge walnuts in ever layer of chcolate... so it was kind of a bust, but really you can't complain too much when there is chocolate, so we gutted up and picked out the nuts, and will know next time the korean for "nuts" followed by the crossing of my arms in a big "X" for no sign.... that move has saved my life a few times... But here is a picture of the cake in all it's chocolatey splendor before we found the aforementioned "nuts".

So beautiful against the 70's wallpaper in our kitchen!

Now on to the real reason for this blog. The renovations of the school are FINALLY complete...

( NO MORE PAINT FUMES)

This is where the front desk used to be, it is now just the Boss Graces office, the windows just got frosted yesterday, so for about two weeks she had NO privacy, and the kids would constantly press their faces up against the windows... come to think of it, that is probably why they frosted the windows so late... haha.

This is now where the reception desk is, if you come in the door and look straight ahead, the desk is right in front of you when you enter. It used to be on your left, but they moved it so it could be closer to the teacher room. Which is now in the old Canada room that belonged to teacher Jenny! The Bricks are supposed to add a "cafe" feel to the school. I think it actually turned out really pretty.


Inside the old Canada classroom that has now converted to the Teacher Room. Joseph and I sit in the back ( unfortunately away from the copy machine and heater... bummer) but we have nicenew shelves to put all our stuff in and they have our names on them too! They put up wallpaper, new desks all the way around the room and so much shelving room.

The Old Bookroom and teacher room were converted into two joined classrooms, so now this hallway has been created. The refridgerator moved out onto the porch area, and we have a bistro nook outside for the teachers ( which we will enjoy much more once it warms up!), but now the old book room and teacher room are two connected rooms with moveable doors ( I could not get a picture because Teacher Jenny was teaching when these photos were taken) This way if we ever need a school meeting, we can move the doors and everyone can fit comfortably!

The new floors are great too, really slippery, which is funny when the bell rings and all the kids Rush like mad to get to the door, some more successful than others.

And Just because this caught me off guard during class, I had to take a picture of it. I didn't really look over the material in the book because normally it is reallybenign and a functional use of the English language, but the authors of the book must have been cracking up when they made this example of future tense with will.

Oh, My Jimmy!

That made me smile! The kids of course didn't really get it, which is probably a good thing!