100th Day of School!
Monday, February 9th was our 100th day of school! We had a nice celebration in the afternoon all planned around the number 100. The kids made crowns with 10 groups of 10 things on them and wore them for the rest of the day. They had 100 minutes of free time (broken up into smaller sections so they didn't get bored), worked 100 piece puzzles, made 100 handprints, and wrote their names over and over again in a 100s chart...one letter in each square and each letter a different color. Most of the time it made a cool pattern...see the picture below...
the kids had a great time and it was a fun afternoon.
An almost broken nose
On Thursday of the same week, one of my students almost broke my nose. I was sitting on one of my tables and julio was standing in front of me with his book in my lap. I was looking down, watching him work, and he got really excited b/c he figured out how to do something, so he jumped up and his head came up and hit my nose really hard. It hit so hard, that it made my eyes water and it bled a little. I had to ice it for a little while. Julio was eventually very apologetic, and now we all laugh about it. Kevin, my other 4th grader sometimes just looks at my nose and laughs. Looking back on it now, I laugh too, but at the time it wasn't very funny.
Valentine's Day
The next day was the day before Valentines Day. We had a little party at school for that, too and had cookies, juice, and a few valentines day activities. After lunch, some of the pre-k, Kindergarten, and 1st graders came around to the classes and gave the teachers flowers. It was really sweet. All the kids also made lots of valentines for each other. Here in Honduras, Valentine's day is called, "Dia de amor y la amistad" (or "Day of love and friendship"). My 5th grade girls made a valentine for the 2nd and 3rd grade boys class, but they made sure to underline the word "amistad" or "friendship" because they wanted to be sure the boys knew that they didn't love them. I thought it was pretty funny.
Several of us teachers got together on saturday night and had a nice dinner. we had fun celebrating our friendship as well. We ended up having 3 yummy cheesecakes. At our house, we had 2, one plain, and one with a blackberry glaze. One of the parents sent us a chocolate one as well. We enjoyed the variety. It was a special treat b/c we don't get cheesecake very much here.
Other news:
My mom, Robbie, and his friend, Mallorie, are coming to visit me next week! I'm really excited to have visitors. It will be a fun week! They'll be here Feb 28th-March 7th. Please pray for a safe trip for them and a good week.
