Patterns of life

Being a preschool teacher I encounter lots of interesting things along the way. The kids are always coming up with funny things to say and do. One that got me laughing really hard lately was with Jennifer (4.) I was trying to teach my kids about patterns and getting them to follow some simple patterns made out of some pattern blocks we have in the preschool. I was working mainly with Jennifer, we had a pattern all laid out...blue, green, blue, green, blue, green. I told Jennifer to keep adding to the pattern. I turned around to help Marlon with his pattern when I heard Jennifer's cute little girl voice saying "Mi Jetti (That means Miss Jessi, in 4 year old lingo) Mi Jetti- Where are the blue? Dey (they are) gone!" Jennifer, my mischievous little girl, had taken all the blues out of the pattern and hidden them under the table! At a very rapid rate I might add. My hands flew to my mouth and I exclaimed "Oh my! What happened to all the blues?" This produced a very large smile. You know the kind I'm talking about... the kind of smile that say "yes, I got just what I wanted." I continued on..."Someone must have eaten them! Who do you think ate them?" She quickly pointed to Marlon "Jea she eat dem..it dwas him" (Yeah, he ate them, it was him.) She giggled as I asked Marlon if he ate the blue pattern blocks. Marlon just smiled oblivious to what I as saying since we were speaking in English...were still working on that. It was a funny moment, one that brightened my day and kept the hop in my step!

Toilet paper

I don't think many people would understand the joy I find when I walk into a bathroom and there is toilet paper in every stall! Here in Honduras it more common to find one roll of toilet paper mounted on the wall when you walk into a bathroom, than to find toilet paper in the individual stalls. When you come into a public bathroom you have to look for where the toilet paper is mounted. If you are lucky enough to find toilet paper in the bathroom, you have to grab the "appropriate" amount before proceeding on to use the bathroom. The bathrooms are often dirty and squatting verses sitting is never a bad idea. Also, in Honduras you do not flush your toilet paper, so in the stall there is a large trash can to put the toilet paper. I was ecstatic the other day when I entered a public bathroom and not only found it to be delightfully clean, but found rolls of toilet paper in each stall. I walked out of the bathroom feeling refreshed and cheerful, all on the account of having my very own roll of toilet paper in the stall with me!

Recess!

Here are some pictures snapped at a recent recess. I hope you enjoy the picture as much as the kids enjoyed being outside on this beautiful day!

One Rainy Day...

Theses pictures pretty much speak for themselves! Right now Honduras is in rainy season and we have had plenty of rain. One day this week we had a HUGE downpour. The kind that just invites you outside, because it wasn't a storm, simply buckets of water being poured from the sky. Since we have already had so much rain the water just sat on top of the ground making great puddles. Some of the girls and me decided to make a play day out of it. We came to the top of a slippery hill and enjoyed sliding down it on our stomaches and bottoms. It was a messy delight. Our smiles shone enough for the sun that rainy afternoon.