Never thought I'd see the day...

Life at Casa Nazareth is very orderly. There is a schedule for every day - planned down to the minute (as much as possible as in Bolivia...). Three times a day they are all required to do

"oficios" or chores around the house. And pretty much 90% of the time that involves some grumbling, slowwwwwly going to retrieve brooms and mops, and generally just complaining. However, today everyone was asked to clean the pool (which, is DISGUSTING because they leave it uncovered during off-season so it's full of mud, dirt, random articles of clothing, lemons, bugs, and every other gross thing you can think of). As soon as it was mentioned that they would be cleaning the pool after homework time today they all started screaming and clapping out of EXCITEMENT. Never thought I'd see the day when the mention of oficios was met with cheers of excitement. They all took off their shoes and shirts and enjoyed every minutes of brushing, scrubbing, and de-trashing the pool. But truly, I've never seen a group of pre-adolescent boys so excited to do some chores. If only I could figure out a way to get that reaction every day....