Class day -- my ladies are working hard. Each one had written in her journal during our break, and we worked together to clean up their English. J is doing her own work (without grandchild help) and I can see progress. C said that writing is really hard for her. I assured her that writing in another language is hard for everyone, and it takes practice, practice, practice.
M wrote about decorating one's house -- making it look fresh and new again. It sounded great, but I know that what was on the paper was not the same as what came out of her mouth. We will continue to work on that.

A/China has satisfied the residency requirement for citizenship. She has been studying and now has an appointment in May to speak with the proper authorities. She said she was scared and excited. That led to a discussion of "mixed emotions."

We discussed Easter customs and I did not have an explanation for Easter Bunnies who lay eggs.
Beats me -- that is just the way it is -- it is our custom. My best explanation is that it is the secular world's way to celebrate what is actually a Christian observance. (Yes, I know some people don't believe it is 'Christian,' but I do!)

After discussing their journals, I shared about our trip to California. They were excited to hear about all that we had seen and done. When I said we had gone to a play they were puzzled. The concept of a "play" (noun) was difficult for them to understand. Even their translator machines didn't list it. We did finally get the point across. I'm going to watch for a play to take them to.

We finished our day by doing some vocabulary study -- using flash cards with pictures instead of words. That went really well and we will do some more of that next week along with viewing some pictures I took. All along we are studying verb tenses since one can't talk or write without using them.