Dia Ocho

Today was great! I went to TRINI and finally got pictures! It was so fun. We got to sing songs in English and Spanish and dance with the kids. The assistant, Kati, took our pictures while we did. The kids are adorable. As soon as we walked in they all shouted “Hola” a million times all at different times. It is so cute! The reason we could take pictures here is because it is a daycare so the gov’t doesn’t hold the rights of the children. Sorry but I really know none of the names. The volunteers in the pictures are Shawni and Amber.  The drive there was really beautiful because you drive to the top of a mountain. I will show the pictures when I get home.

Here I go about food again..Catilina made the most amazing enchiladas today for lunch! I am trying to get the recipe translated to English.

After lunch I worked in Cunas. The kids there are adorable. I have found that if I don’t put everything into the kids the shift goes by a lot slower. Today I was a lot more involved with them and they were great and the shift flew by.

At Cunas we are in charge of putting the kids to bed. Tonight while I was putting one of the boys in his Cuna he kept calling me Hannah and then Nicole..I laughed and told him I was Lexi and he said, “Oh, Lesi?” I was dying. Then he grabbed my face a started kissing my cheek repeatatively and then he said “Otra” and as I was turning to the other cheek he planted one on me. So I guess you could say I finally got my first kiss! Haha

Tonight was HML, and that is definitely a handful! We decorated sugar cookies and the kids went crazy with the sugar! They kept coming up and begging for more until they eventually licked all the frosting bowls clean! Don’t worry they used their hands and then wiped them on my hoodie and in my hair. Good times!

I seriously love all the volunteers here as much as I love the kids. They are all so awesome and we have the best times together after shifts talking about worst dates, home life, and all the funny kid stories. I will definitely miss those late night chats!

Tomorrow is our field trip to Giron Falls, and I found out that next week a group of us is going zip lining!! Brace yourselves for the beautiful pictures! Love you all! 💙