So I´m writing this in the internet cafe tonight so that I can say that I´ve made my two-posts a month goal that I´ve set for myself in the new year...you could say I´m calling it kind of close.
The last few weeks have been fairly uneventful at work - which I´m not complaining about. Albertina and Martha continue to work together but they´re both doing a MUCH better job and I´ve actually quite taken to Martha and we get along really well.
I even have gotten Edson, Johnoton, and Adrianna to be able to say "Katy!" when they see me which is super cute - although maybe questionable considering the only other two words they know are "mama" and "caca" (poop). Today they decided to give all the kids (minus the newborns) Coca-Cola for a little celebration - genius idea, caffinated two year olds - and when I walked into the sala mid-way through naptime when three-quarters of the kids were awake and Johno and Edson started screaming my name so did about 4 others who had never said it before...it was awesome. I want to give them Coca-Cola all the time now.
I´ve also recently taken to taking a few of the older kids in my sala out to read picture books (with picture of animals and "my first words" type books) in the afternoon for 15 minutes each or so. My goal is to do a little research on how exactly to best go about helping a few of these three year olds who still only know how to say three words (mama, caca, and Katy) how to start saying more - but in the meantime it feels really rewarding when they can repeat "mono" (monkey) and "gato" (cat) and point out the eyes, ears, mouth, and legs on all the animals.
It was a nice short week at work last week because I donated blood on Monday - one of the boys from Casa Nazareth had heart surgery on Friday and in order to recieve the blood for his operation he needed people to donate the equal amount - and when I called Emma to tell her I would be coming into work late her response was "No vas a venir hoy - tienes que descansar y tomar leche - nos vemos mañana¨("you´re not coming in today, you need to rest and drink milk - we will see you tomorrow!"). So I had a nice lazy start to the week and a fairly uneventful week until...
I guess the biggest news is that my teeth and Spanish-speaking countries really have it out for each other...last Thursday when I was opening a little bag of milk with my mouth/teeth - yes the dentist in Spain told me I should not be biting into hard things or opening things with my teeth - my Spanish tooth went flying with the corner of the bag and I was left toothless in Bolivia for about 15 hours from Thursday afternoon until I went to the dentist on Friday morning. The second time around being rendered toothless in a foreign country was much more entertaining and less stressful than the first time. And hey, now I have one Bolivian and one Spanish tooth! Who wants keychains, tshirts, and manillas when you could have Bolivian teeth??
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