Well, my kiddos continue to be as frustrating yet charming as always! Daily classroom experiences are something like: "Ms. K, say the word 'bag!'" (Apparently it's funny I say it 'beg.') "Ms. K, you remind me of orange"...no, not AN orange, just orange! He assured me this was a compliment (I didn't get to the fact I abhor that color.) Me-list some things you like about this class. Some responses: Your shoes, the way you say 'bag,' your accent, your patience (thank god someone noticed!) Also, some boys were playing around so I called them over: "Yes, Ms. K?" they ask, looking ever so angelic. "You have really cool eyes!" "Do not try and butter me up when I'm about to talk to you!" So, yes, they drive me crazy, but I love them for it.
So last weekend was Jen's birthday so we decided to go on a grand adventure to celebrate. Liz planned the tour to Paos, a volcano. The trip started something like this: Molly gets in with coffee and bagels for her and I. Tour guide Mike immediately freaks out talking for about 5 minutes (no joke) how he keeps his bus really clean, yadda, yadda, yadda. We promise not to drink it until we stop. Then, his OCD intensifies. We had to drop someone off at the bus stop first and he proceeds to go into grand detail as to all the locations Andrew could wait for the bus. At the coffe plantation we sat on some oxen! I'm going so save you some of the painful details and fast forward to Paos. It was a foggy day. "I don't think we'll be able to see the crater today. Hmmm, maybe we should just wait here until people leave and we can ask them if they saw anything." We tell him that we just want to leave and go somewhere else instead. OH NO. We park on the side of the road and stalk people as they leave! After flagging his second car, he is finally convinced we wouldn't be able to see anything. BUT WAIT, before he'll let us leave, he makes us get out to see "the poor man's umbrella." Apparently one has not lived until they have touched it. (It truly changed my life.) He kept wondering why none of us would sit in the front with him!
When we got to La Paz waterfall garden, we were SO excited to see he was going to follow us around! Liz and I attempted to go right but we were quickly corrected and told we must go to the left. While looking at the butterflies we were yelled at from across the room to start on the other side first! We saw some very cute animals: macaws, sloths, butterflies, leopards, lions, snakes....then we went to the waterfall. I was very sad that Mike did not descend the stairs with us. Finally left on our own, we enjoyed the peaceful beautiful of the waterfalls.I am quite excited for my four day weekend coming up. We are renting a car and attempting to drive in this crazy country! Fear not Mom, we got the car with a GPS! Until next time...
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