So yesterday at breakfast, Elvia announced that the elementary school would not have classes on Friday, and for that reason, breakfast would be at 6. That is literally what she said, "at 6". So, with that having been said, we got to the Comedor this morning just a bit before 6 (rather than 5:45) and found that none of the bowls of breakfast had been set out yet. I was a bit confused, so Oscar came walking my way and I asked him...didn't Elvia say breakfast was at 6? He said, "yes". I replied with, "well, it's just a few minutes to 6 and nobody is here and the tables are not set". He then looked at me seriously and said that breakfast is an hour later, so 6:45. So I guess Elvia is saying 6 as in short for 6:45. Well, it's a good thing I have my Fitbit down here, because I am getting quite a few steps in each day, and today I got DOUBLE the steps to the Comedor for breakfast!
This morning during what we used to call "big circle" (which was when the kids formed a large circle right outside our hotel room, and prior it had been in the yard in front of the Comedor), Ana Yancy gave the message and talked about King Josiah, who became the king of Judah at just 8 years old! Imagine the responsibilities. Well, I had wondered if this was the youngest king and in looking through 2 Kings, found that he wasn't. The youngest king in biblical times was King Joash, who in chapter 11, verse 21, it says "Joash was 7 years old when he began to reign". Imagine becoming a king a just seven!
Kaylyn and I had to deal with lots of temper tantrums in the Chosa this morning. Many of the toddlers, when another toddler takes their toy away or even begins to use it when they are no longer using it, look back and then flail their entire body on the floor and begin screaming. Today there were WAY more than normal tantrums and any normal person would have definitely went away with a headache. For me, I simply knew that this would wear me out so much we wouldn't be able to do our Friday Family Night and watch a movie together because I would need to head to sleep early.
Jaden let me know that during the course of the day, he chopped grass both with the machete and with a weed whacker. I am so glad that we brought his sports goggles down so that he could both see what he was doing as well as have protection for his eyes while doing it. He also moved rocks and raked the leaves from the bushes that Chino cut outside the horse barn. After dinner, Chino took his medium boys up the mountain on a walk (hike). Jaden had never been this far into the woods, so I think it was good for him to head along with them. He said that the hike definitely challenged his lungs as most was uphill into the mountains.
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