We had all day Monday to catch up on sleep from our trip and to get caught up on laundry and all other things we were behind on from the weekend. Monday night we were notified that there would be no PETI on Tuesday as well because of a parent meeting. We took advantage of the rainy day by going to Telemaco and I was able to do an afternoon Muay Thai class. The kids were not able to come to capoeira class in the evening with Megan as we had not left money for them but on Thursday we had all four of them again.
By the time we were back at PETI on Wednesday it had been a week since we had seen the kids. I don't know what happened with the weather but it became FREEZING! It was impossible to get out of bed on Wednesday; even though there was sunshine, there was a bitter wind that was unbearable. I had to search to the bottom of my clothes to pull out my turtleneck and scarf! With this cold weather we ended up staying indoors most of the day, first doing our partnered reading and then doing capoeria in the classroom. Megan and I provided quite the entertainment when we were balancing one another on our backs and somehow toppled over landing in very funny positions! It was good to be back with the kids and get back into our schedule.
Thursday we made ourselves get up early so we could go over and eat breakfast and visit with our neighbors from whom we are renting our house. We have been really busy lately, especially on the weekends, so we thought it was important to catch up with them again. From there we went to PETI and got some older kids to take to the computer house. We found a great website that teaches the basics of typing and teaches the kids about keeping their fingers on the primary letters.. these kids did a great job although after 30 minutes we had a few complaints of hand cramps as they are not used to having to keep their hands in a fixed spot to type! :) In the afternoon the computer house is closed so we ended up just hanging out with the kids and making some string friendship bracelets. I had the chance to really get to know one of the newer children, Luiz as we worked together on bracelets. Sometimes I get discouraged with not really having a connection with the new kids at the Imbau PETI because being there only one day a week does not give us a chance to build too many bonds, so this was the perfect afternoon to lift my spirits and make me realize they are still reachable!
Thursday all day my head had been itching like crazy and Megan thought it might have something to do with the change in weather and off schedule of showers.. who knows where she came up with this, but I decided to have someone check at the gym Thursday night and they were pretty sure I had lice!! :( I woke up Friday morning and ran 3 loads of laundry to get all my stuff clean just in case and then at PETI I had the teachers take a look- sure enough I somehow got lice for the 3rd year in a row… I luckily caught it early and immediately put the shampoo in my hair that kills it but we are putting ourselves at risk every week with two of the kids that come to do capoeira with us. The brother and sister that normally come on Tuesdays both have extreme lice, their whole family does, and even though we immediately wash all the sheets and pillowcases they use each week, the risk is still high that we might get it again. Luckily Megan avoided it this time; I just seem to have the bad luck with this!
Friday we had our store once again and thanks to the large package our parents sent down, we had all kinds of wonderful new toys that were really popular with the kids! Quite a few of them saved up a lot of their money for the next store in the hopes of combining with a friend for $35 to 'purchase' a sleepover at our house. Our weekends might soon be filling up with these overnights with the kids :)
After a relaxing weekend in which I got to Skype with both my friend Erin and my family, we were back to work Monday with a regular schedule. Monday was successful English classes, giving tests over pronouns with almost everyone passing on the first try.. I was so impressed. We then combined the pronouns and the verb 'to be' with feelings so that they could begin formulating sentences such as 'I am hungry'.. it was really exciting! Then on Tuesday we split our time between math classes and decorating shoe boxes that we plan to fill up with goodies next week when we have a little party to celebrate Children's Day on the 12th! It is a surprise; the kids think they are just making these boxes as storage but little do they know they will get stocked up by special 'secret' friends!
I am so happy to hear that my new cousin Will is home from the hospital and doing well after being born on the 19th. I'm sure his big sisters are so thrilled along with his parents! I also continue to ask for prayers for my other cousin Callie as she is also expecting and due early October! Please let us know any prayer requests that you have- lzatkulak@yahoo.com
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