This morning I walked to the Comedor with Jaden for breakfast and then headed to the Chosa for the morning to hang out with the toddlers and Kaylyn. On Thursdays and Fridays, I will most likely be in the Chosa as I do not have math classes to teach. Kaylyn brought her book along with her to the Chosa and by lunch time she had finished her book. She is reading through her books very quickly and I am sure all will be finished well before it is time for us to head back. Micah (son of another volunteer here, April) decided to put one of the girls glittery gray sweaters on while in the Chosa. It was entertaining enough for me to take a picture.
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| Micah in the glittery sweater |
I decided to bring my Zambos (salsa verde flavored) to the Chosa to share with the toddlers. These are fried/dried plantain chips and honestly, it takes a lot for me to be able to eat an entire snack bag...so it was best I share. The toddlers go absolutely bazonkers when someone brings food and just flood that person. I am not one who enjoys being surrounded by tons of people, and even the toddlers had me handing out the chips as fast as I possibly could so that I had some space to breathe. I found it most useful to just say their name when I was about to hand it to them because then all the children knew who that handful was going to.
Jaden didn't wear pants today because he only has 2 pairs of pants and they were both in the laundry (yes, we had to do laundry today). This meant that he wasn't able to week whack today, and in his lingo had to be "gas boy" all morning long, running with the gas can to each weed whacker as they needed it. He then helped raked up the grass and tried to weed whack the entryway to the horse barn. Before supper, he hung out a bit with Chino's medium boys.
Instead of going to the Comedor for supper, we headed up to the Small Boys' House. Invisible (my nickname for Pamela) had planned a birthday party for David (son of Cecilia) and invited me and the kids. There was "arroz chino" (like Chinese fried rice with beef and shrimp), bread, orange soda, and cake (both vanilla and chocolate). She gave David gifts - a watch, shoes, and some clothing and then also bought a pinata which he got to hit at with an old broom handle until it broke open little by little. It was a good time for all the small boys.
On our walk from the party back to our room, Jaden saw the grandecitos playing in the school playground, so he asked if he could join them until they went back to their dorm at 6pm. I let him since we could see him from our room, for the most part. That gave Kaylyn and me a chance to just rest a bit as we waited for Jaden to come back.
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| Invisible (Pamela) and Cecilia |
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| David |
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| Invisible (Pamela), David and Cecillia |
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| Rollie preparing the pinata |
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| David swinging at the pinata |
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