Today we awoke to rain – lots of it. Someone said it was going to rain for the next 4 days. Just our luck. Rachel and I went back to Monte Sion - our daycare. The kids could not go outside because of all the rain. It worked out okay though. Susan brought a CD player from the CCS house. A few of the kids liked playing musical chairs. It was fun when there were the same number of chairs as kids. But one of the kids – Juan, remembered that there should be one less chair than kids, and started taking chairs away. Somehow, the game always came down to the same two boys – who really took it seriously. Juan and Said duked it out to the end. While dancing around the chairs to the music, the boys flexed their muscles while yelling “Yo gano”, and “No, yo gano”. Rachel later told me this means “I’m going to win” and “No, I’m going to win.” Wow!
When musical chairs got old, Rachel taught the kids how to make origami puppies and cranes. One kid started making boats too. The kids liked the bright paper and seemed to have fun with that.
The kids also played with the wooden blocks that Susan had brought the week before from CCS. It’s really a Jenga set, but the kids use them as blocks. They love them. It’s pretty amazing to see how wooden blocks can keep these guys occupied for a half hour or more. And they all stay pretty happy with their block ration of 5 or 6 or so - until someone decides to move in on their neighbor’s blocks. Then chaos breaks out, until the blocks are restored to their temporary owners.
We were picked up by our CCS van right after the kids ate a lunch of sopa negro y arroz – black bean soup with rice. It’s awesome to see even the little two year olds completely feed and clean up after themselves. Sad to see them still hungry even after finishing their meal. After eating our own lunch, most of us CCS Insight volunteers headed up to La Fortuna to go zip-lining. Alex and Rachel and the two other kids – Megan and Lanice - were so excited. Pat went too, while Mom and I stayed on ground and took pictures. Stay tuned for a guest post from Rachel.
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