Currency

It was one strange moment this past weekend.  Standing in Costa Rica, I realized I had 3 forms of currency on me- all of which I needed.  Although not much of any, no wonder my brain has been confused!  Overload!

Honduran Lempira
Costa Rican Colon
U.S. Dollar

Quick Trip to Costa Rica :-)

WOW!  The difference between 2nd World Costa Rica and 3rd World Honduras!  My nice weekend break included: cool air, sweatshirts, jeans, no mosquitos, sleep under blankets, warm showers, faucet water, delicious Christian-cooked meals, yes-shopping (a few clothes- WHAT???? and A LOT of groceries!), Monopoly (Katie- we missed you!), and lots of hugs from missed friends.  Needed that!

Valeria Kalana!

That's my buddy :-)

Dance lessons from one of the greatest teachers I know!

City walks!

Circus clowns!

Everyone loves the newest family addition- great dane puppy, KAI (Hawaiian- Ocean)!

Pablito, Jesus, Paola, Favi- Oh, how you have grown!

Lil man, learning how to play the game!  Check out my POKER FACE!

Oh, the memories and fun seeing a Monopoly Board in Spanish!

BUEN PROVECHO!

Noone likes goodbyes :-(

El Dia de Los Ninos/The Day of the Children

We dressed up and gave our students many reasons to laugh last Friday!

What is it about stickers?!!!!  Gave out red and yellow cards WITH STICKERS- ohhhhhhh, the kids LOVED them!

Good ole fashion fun :-)))

Ate until our bellies burst!

I wanna be like the big kids!

But my food's as big as my face!  I CAN DO IT!

Beautiful young minds!

And some great music to close the day!

Town Parade- The night before El Dia de Los Ninos!

All of the area schools Marched for 2 hours through Cofradia last night in honor of our children!  It was a BEAUTIFUL sight :-))

Arm in arm, we are proud to be dressed in our best :-)

I was fascinated with new sounds!

San Jeronimo represented with YELLOW torches!!!  Yes, real flames- this is HONDURAS!

The whole town glowed with a rainbow of colors!

These drum lines were SPECTACULAR!!!

It is a little past my bedtime and my tiny feet are tired.  Nighty night :-)

Wildlife Sightings :-(

...so MOST creepy crawlies excite me, for some strange reason!  I am really ok with the fact that he lives above me!

I LOVE that he lives out front!

It fascinates me that my roommates found a tarantula beside my room.  It didn't freak me out toooooo, tooooo bad when I felt a lump in my sock and found a dead baby gecko inside.  Although, the incident did cause me to run out onto our patio in my underwear, SCREAMMMMMING for Colleen to come look!  I can handle all of that, relatively.  I have grown accustomed to the roosters screaming through the night, the stray dogs wandering the streets...

BUUUUUUUT THIS!!!!!!!!!  REALLLY?!!!!!!!!?????????  ARE YOU SERIOUS??????????  Can I say that I was FAR LESS THAN PLEASED to find this snake skin on my book bag beside my BED when I came home yesterday!  IT WAS NOT THERE WHEN I LEFT FOR WORK IN THE MORNING.  Ummmmmmmmmm, Mom asked if I had someone come take care of that.  You realize this is a laughable matter in Honduras?!!!!!!!!!!!!  H E L P!  Georgia Rudolph, will you please at least try and find out if this kind of snake is POISONOUS?!  HOLY TOLEDO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  No me gusta :-(

And NO, it does not comfort me to say, "He is keeping away the mice!"  And YES, they scurry across our back porch, too!  Another another Y E S- I thought I was paranoid, but now confirmed SENSIBLE each time I shake my sheets before bed!