I brought a bag of Dove dark chocolates from home. One of my favorite sweets! I opened one last night and the pharse inside said `Remember the simple pleasures in life.` How fitting!
I can't believe I only have two full days left here in Brazil before I head back! Its been a good time and after this past weekend it is going especially quick! Today at Santa Thersea I brought the kids a picture of a Rockin Lobster from a Finding Nemo coloring book! Yesterday the teachers were all giving me a hard time about my sundburn and our Capoera teacher called me a lobster yesterday. Plus the less detailed pictures I bring the better. They only get one color to use so a Rockin Lobster was the perfect one (They only needed red)! We had a full class today of 19! If the entire class was present there would be 22 kids. I have NO IDEA how Mari handles it all!!
I was able to bring my camera today; the kids went CRAZY and were acting like total hams in front of it! They all wanted their picture taken and then more importantly wanted to see their picture on the camera. Victor, a future futbol star, was the biggest ham of them all! He would follow me around and CHEESE as big as he could! Its amazing how no matter where we come from, how much money we have and where we go at the end of the day it inevitable that we are all happier when we get to do something new, different and exciting. That is what seeing a camera is like for these kids.
Many of these kids don't even have a small TV in their home with 1-2 channels, let a long see a digital camera!
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| Victor Hugo! |
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| NATALIA aka Nache. Such a doll. |
She is shy and always seems to sit off in a corner by herself. I always try to make her laugh and get her involved. I got her to laugh for this picture!
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| This is the main door at the school |
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| Maria Luiz showing us her Rockin Lobster |
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| Me with some of the kids. From left to right Victor Hugo, Joanna, Nache, Enzo, Maria, Alicia |
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| That is Cecilia. She is holding on to the door of the classroom. |
Clearly most of the glass is broken out. I spend a lot of time just trying to keep the escape artist in the room! There is no air conditioning or fan. To the right of the door there is one window. In order to get some cool air and stop sweating we have to get out of the room!
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Victor, Nache and Andre
These three have stole my heart! SWEETHEARTS! Andre, on the right, is always smiling and laughing. |
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Feeding Alicia
There are a couple kids who don't eat fast enough or wont eat at all. I typically feed Alicia while Mari feeds Victor on the end (in the yellow). He is lactose intolerant so he has to get special food. Today they actually got a little bit of some sort of fish with their rice and beans. And of course their farota on top! |
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| Lunch room |
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| Nap time |
After lunch day the little ones take a nap. It is honestly pure chaos for a good 10 mins until they calm down. They have mats with sheets on top. This is only half of them in there. Once they have all laid down, the mats are completely full.
They always say pictures speak louder than words....So as you look at these pictures, `Remember the simple pleasures in life.`
Tchau for now,
Nicki
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