today was i-n-c-r-e-d-i-b-l-e. i was so happy i was almost in tears. and all day long i have known exactly this - i had nothing to do with today. it was God, through me, that made this day happen.

chuy has a 3 day conafe retreat that he thought started tomorrow, but at about 10am remembered that he had to leave at 12:30. so he went inside to shower and pack and i took over for the rest of the day.

the kids have really done well with the schedule. they are constantly looking at it and talking about what we're doing next, or when snack is (go figure).

as of yesterday, i am now the gym teacher, music teacher, art teacher, sometimes math and science teacher, snack distributor, nurse, and classroom mom. today i felt like i was right back in the middle of student teaching, and it felt great. i was so proud of the kids today. we wrote words that started with the ch sound. we got stars for being good students. we did some work at the table, some work on the floor, some work with partners, and some work together in a circle. we had a gym class in the street, where we played red light green light, the parachute game, and who-can-get-the-ball-first-after-jose-throws-it-into-the-next-town-over. we worked on addition for the first time. we practiced being good classmates. we sang songs together, or at least clapped along.

this afternoon we painted with watercolors and most likely painted the table better than our papers. oh well! the kids loved it.

i worked with marisol in the afternoon - she's in the morning class but doesn't know the names of letters. she's super smart because she taught herself how to write every letter, she just doesn't know their names. she wanted to work some more after dinner but i told her that school 3 times a day was too much! she didn't agree.

i bought another watermelon for a dollar today...the kids don't get much fresh fruit here, so i try to bring it for snack whenever i can. they loooove watermelon! and cookies, but what can you do :)