Welcome Back Lunch

Today at the school we held a teachers meeting and a "welcome back" lunch for the kids. There was quite a few children there and I got to meet all of my fellow teachers. Kind of. Of course, I cant speak to any of them so I just waved and said Bonjour (Hello). It was challenging. Everyone was socializing and I dont have the ability to socialize. Every now and then someone will approach me and try to communicate, but it normally ends in both of us becoming frustrated. But, I can always count on the children to keep me company. They never get aggravated that I can't speak their language. They just simply act out what they're trying to say. I think it feels like a game to them. Alot of the children here today had never seen me before, so they were very curious. After they were done eating many of them started feeling my hands and arms. I guess, they were wondering if white people felt the same as they do. They also think its strange that I turn red when I get hot. I don't blame them.....it is a little strange if you think about it. After about 15 minutes of gettting poked and pinched by a hundred little fingers they must have decided I didn't feel that much different  and they ran off to play. Hopefully they won't feel the need to do that the first day of class...lol