School Starts

Yesterday morning we got the kids all dressed up in their school uniforms and walked them to their first day of school. It was a difficult process though. With 4 kids all wearing the same uniform and 3 of them all being the same size, it seemed as if every item of clothing had to go on at least 2 kids before finding the right owner. I never thought that kids could be so eager to get to school. They downed their breakfasts and were yelling at Paola to hurry up and eat so they could get to class. It was so cute!

And today was the birthday of one of the 6 yr old girls, Aurora. The moms, Alex, our grandfather, Aurora`s dad and I set up a party in my front lawn. We had streamers and balloons, tons of candy and a delicious cake. There were about 10 kids that ran around screaming and playing all afternoon and into the night. We did face painting and even had a piñata. Grandpa cooked a terrific BBQ while the women sat back and drank pisco sours to enjoy International Women’s Day. Doesn’t it sound a lot like a typical little girl’s birthday party back home?