Sunday, November 30, 2008

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving

Hey everyone, I am FINALLY updating my blog today after a very eventful week... Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the States!

So last week on Thursday, Aunt Maria came from London to visit me for a few days. It was so great to have family here again, and it was fun to see some more of the city with her. The weather was gorgeous and we ended up walking around Retiro Park and checking out a few different restaurants and bars, which were yummy! And I finally got to take someone to my favorite Cuban restaurant and even found a new Cuban bar (complete with a VERY tall transvestite). Here are a few pics of our weekend!

This week was also packed with Thanksgiving preparations and celebrations at school. Here are some pics of Thanksgiving at the Artica School.
Pretty cute, right? I do love my preschoolers, even though they are exhausting! I am pretty sure I will be changing schedules in January to work with older kids, and I will definitely miss these little guys. I'll still go visit them and stuff, I'm sure.

Oh, and for those of you who have heard about/met Diego... he got in a fight with a plastic chair on Friday. I literally had to hold him in my lap for 5 minutes to keep him from kicking and slamming his little plastic seat. Oy.

Well, I clearly don't have nearly enough room on here to blog about our Simmons Thanksgiving tonight so I'm going to do a separate blog about that...

Adios, guapos!

Saturday, November 1, 2008

5 Little Pumpkins

Here are some pics of Halloween at my school. My parents even came in to help me and were pretty much a hit! The kids are dressed up as gypsies selling chestnuts in honor of fall... just an FYI!Here's me helping Diego play "Pin the nose on the pumpkin"

I'm reading "Happy Halloween, Biscuit" to some 3 year-olds and Javier and Rocio are watching my mom take pictures.
And this is our performance of "5 Little Monkeys" --- and their favorite part: "NO MORE MONKEYS JUMPING ON THE BED!"

My 4 year-olds singing their poem, "Pumpkin, Pumpkin" with their awesome masks.

Samuel, Joaquin and Rodri are apparently too cool for my Halloween dancing... and happier hanging out with my parents at the cookie/sticker table!

Diego and my mom cuteness, Part 1


Diego and my mom cuteness, Part 2