Taking the Toddlers on a Walk

This morning was fairly normal (with going to the toddlers and medianos houses and then heading to breakfast), up until breakfast was over.  We dropped the toddlers off who would be going to school at their house before heading to the chosa in the back.  It was just minutes later when they all came running and screaming into the chosa, announcing that they didn't have school today.

Having all the kiddos from the toddler house in the chosa for the morning for just over 4 hours would be just as busy as it was on Saturday, so Laurie and I decided to take the older ones for a walk to the farm since it was still a little cooler outside.  We asked for all of the kiddos who should have been in class, and also took Rebekah, Kaylyn and Noah (who stopped by the chosa briefly to return our room keys).  Kaylyn had not yet been to the farm, so I'm glad she was able to come.  In all, we had 9 children from the toddler house.  We walked to the farm the back way, stopping at the campo (BIG soccer field), by the pigs, roosters, cows, plants/garden, tilapia farm, chicken house, and ending up at the horse barn to drop Noah off for work.  As we began our walk, I realized I didn't have my camera so I wasn't able to take any pictures.  I think Kaylyn was amazed by how big the farm actually was!

When we got the toddlers back to the chosa, we found out that a new girl was dropped off (by the Honduran version of social services) at the toddler house.  She was really quiet and didn't want to talk.  We headed to lunch with the toddlers, and then came back to get them down for a nap before heading to our room for the next hour and a half to rest up ourselves.

Lower Right: Alina and Kaylyn patting the toddlers backs to get them to nap

When we came back, we got the toddlers up.  The new girl began talking and told the girls in charge of the toddler house that her name was Rachel (she pronounced it in English).  We got the rest of the kiddos ready and them took them to the comedor for supper and then back to get them showered and their pajamas on.  As we came back to our room, we met our new neighbors...a mother and her daughter (who was a volunteer last summer) who are from Alabama, named Angela and Erin.  We chatted a bit before turning in for the night.