This morning I made a pot of Cafe Maya (a brand name of coffee down here). The kids had told me to get Cafe Maya y Cafe el Indio when I had went to the grocery store, but it was the Cafe Maya they wanted to open first. When Jaden came out after his shower, I made him a cup. Now Jaden is only 13 years old, but it was fairly common when I lived in Mexico for teens and tweens to enjoy some coffee once in a while, so I allow that here. He ended up asking the same question this morning that each of the kids have on their first year of being here (and their first sips of coffee)..."When we get back to the States, can I still drink coffee?" And my answer is always the same...NO. Actually if they've never heard the expression "When in Rome..." this is when I explain it to them.
Breakfast this morning consisted of arroz con leche once again, and as we finished quite a few girls came over by Noah as he tried to finish breakfast (this is his least favorite breakfast) to encourage him to eat it all up. They have now figured out that he doesn't much care for arroz con leche.
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After breakfast, Noah went with Moncho, Kaylyn went to the Toddler House and Jaden went with Alexander. I stayed behind to wrap up the calculus lessons and work on future lessons. Class went well today, as we went through derivatives of negative exponents, the product of a constant and a function, product of functions, and adding and subtracting functions. The students said they were going to leave the class feeling that it was fairly easy, which is a good thing. The next class will most likely not be as easy.
When I met up with Kaylyn, she let me know that one of her biggest struggles in the Toddler House (aside from not knowing enough Spanish) is when one kiddo asks to go to the bathroom, they all seem to come into the bathroom asking her for water to drink and then they keep drinking and drinking and she can't clear the bathroom. She says "
no mas" (which means no more) and they whine and say "
agua" (water). She turns the faucet off, they turn it on. She turns the off the water valve underneath the sink and they turn it on. She feels it's a never-ending battle.
She said that she took the 2 year olds to the other chosa behind the Toddler House where Karen was waiting to teach them. A girl named Elsa read "8 monitos" (8 little monkeys jumping on the bed) to them and Kaylyn recognized the story immediately.
Jaden said this morning he was working once again with the horses and Felipe, since it was Andi's day off. He got to demonstrate how to properly walk behind a horse in the class that took place. In the afternoon, he went to the workshop again to sand and varnish the tops and sides of the tables.
Noah was once again with Moncho, working at the Power Toddlers house on fixing those sinks. He took a picture to show the progress.
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