When Noah and I got to the medium boys house, we waited out in the pavilion in front of their house for the boys to come out for their morning circle (devotional time). Some of the grandecitos boys ran over with a snake that they had killed, trying to scare the medium boys while we waited for devotions to begin. Also as we waited, there were 2 boys who decided that I was way too young to have gray hair, so they worked at pulling each one out (ouch!). Then they proceeded to braid my hair for me. I had left it down this morning, thinking I would put it up later, because it was still cool outside.
After devotions, we headed to breakfast. Most mornings will be arroz con leche for Noah and me. It's not on Noah's 'favorite' list, so between his morning medications and not really having a taste for this type of breakfast, he's taking quite a bit longer than the boys to eat. The other meals he eats just fine. When we walked to the school, Profe Ramon (the math teacher) told me that one of the other high school teachers was out ill today and he asked if I could teach math all morning. I said that I'd have to run back to our room to pick up my notes (since I hadn't planned on coming in to teach until 10am). I got back to the school at 9am and worked with the students on derivatives the rest of the morning.
Over the lunch hour, I rested until we heard the drums in the elementary school celebrating Dia del Indio. I had posted about this a little bit last year, but it is a celebration meaning, Day of the Indian. A male and female representative from each grade dress up as the indio and india and judges vote on who best represents the indio/india. Also during the afternoon, various classes give presentations via recitations, dances, etc.
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| The kindergartners putting on a traditional dance for Dia de Indio |
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| Maricela with her daughter, Perla |
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| The India and Indio (Jefferson) for 2017 came from the kindergarten class |
After school was finished we headed to the medium boys house. Noah has been excited about the medium boys house having a basketball pole and tonight he got to show off his stuff. It sounds like he'll be playing a lot of basketball down here with the medium boys this next month. We then went to supper and finally went to the gym with the medium boys to play until 6pm. A new group came in today and most of them ended up in the gym at some point to play with the boys as well.
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| Noah playing basketball with Salomon (Moncho) |
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