Another week has gone by, though it feels like I was just writing the last post. Throughout the past week, I experienced my first birthday on the Ranch, co-hosted a "boys' night", and participated in a "girls' night."
School is going well, and I've adjusted to the daily schedule. I feel as if I'm finally "settled in" to life here. Although there is always something new to work around, I definitely feel like I know what to expect when. I don't have any photos for you this week, but I would like to share a video that Krista made. She did a great job filming, and her coverage of the Ranch is fantastic!
To elaborate some on this
week's highlights:
Tuesday was Leo's birthday,
so we got to see his smiling face all day as he got to enjoy his special day.
Victor and Adrian took Leo and Josias out to get a couple of video games for
Leo's gifts. The guys were gone from about 10:30 or so until partway
through English class, so they were gone for a good four and a half
hours. After dinner that night, Julie came up to the kitchen and we all
sang "Happy Birthday" in Spanish and then in English. An
interesting birthday tradition here is that the face be put into the birthday
cake. After blowing out the candles and removing them, Leo ducked his
face into the side/top of his cake.
For the past few weeks, I've
thought about getting the older boys together one night to watch Captain
America or Thor. Krista and I have done several movie nights together,
and last week we had Joce and Fati over to watch a movie with us. We
decided that "boys' night" would take place Thursday, so after dinner
we started set-up. It was obvious that eight people wouldn't fit on my
bed, where our movie nights usually take place. So Krista and I pulled
out a spare mattress and moved it into the school. We put my computer on
a chair, and we all crammed onto the full-size mattress to try to watch Captain America. Here's the hitch, because nothing goes that smoothly around here! My copy of the movie is in English, and I could only get English subtitles to go with it. In addition, my speakers are fairly quiet, so those of us who could understand the movie could hardly hear the words, thank goodness for those English subtitles! I have no clue how much Leo, Miguel, or Ale understood of the movie, but all the boys told me Friday morning that they'd had a great time! Now they're asking when we'll watch Thor; they wanted to do it last night!
Girls' night can't really be labeled as such, because Leo decided to join us. We all had a great evening as Vicky taught us how to do facials and how to paint our nails so they'd look good with cracked polish. We finished off our night with "Another Cinderella Story," this in Spanish as the family owns it, and we all got to just relax and enjoy a Friday night "chick flick."
Movie nights are becoming an easy and fun time to spend with the kids. I think they enjoy getting to leave the house in the evening to come hang out with us, and they always get to pick the movie, which doesn't happen often for some of them. We usually squash on my bed, turn out the lights, and sometimes, we'll even break out the snacks! It's always a good time, and getting to listen to the kids' comments cracks me up sometimes. Each comment tells me a little more about each child, and some of them are just priceless! It's always funny hearing a "yuck" in unison from the boys, or an "aww" from the girls.
Overall, the week was pretty basic, but I can't imagine a single week going by without some type of story to share! Sixteen kids keep us on our toes, and there's always something going on!
No comments:
Post a Comment