We have almost doubled!

Well, time certainly is flying by! A lot has happened in the last month. My last vacation was incredible, filled with hiking through the forest, kayaking on a beautiful river, swimming in a hot waterfall... that was definitely a first for me!...exploring more caves, dancing the punta with the locals of Livingston...look up the dance, it is quite interesting!...and some Spanish classes thrown in too. Since coming back from vacation, the one girl was with my with the chiquitos went back home to Spain, and now there is another one, also from Spain, with me. We now are up to seven kids..all fun and adorable, with their own cute personalities, and are supposedly getting another one this week as well... we will see. The little ones have enjoyed painting, making little musical instruments, and of course trips to the park. We also all took a trip to a river to go swimming the other week. It was a two hour walk there and back...everyone definitely slept well that night, including me! My English class continues to improve and become more and more confident in their English skills. We wrote pen pal letters to a class in NYC...a great cross cultural lesson! It has been extremely quiet this week, because many of the kids have gone home for Easter...we usually have 150 to 200 kids...we have about 50 now. And we are on the weekend schedule, which means we get to wake up at 7 every morning, instead of 530..this definitely makes me happy, as well as my three year olds! I will be taking another vacation beginning on Monday for a week...the fact that I get a weeks vacation once every three weeks, is pretty incredible considering well, I dont think that is the way it is at home...anyway, I will be going to see the Mayan ruins, and then going into Belize for a few days, because I need to get out of the country in order to renew my visa. Another two weeks after that at the orphanage and then a 10 day vacation with my brother! Then, home sweet home, where I will be living and teaching in NYC, for at least 3 years. Life is good. Off to shower the little ones...Happy Easter to all!